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DHS Cyber Official: There is No Silver Bullet to Cybersecurity
Published on 16 Jun, 2010 at 10:11 in Cyber | Viewed 146 times | No Comments
The U.S. cybersecurity effort does not need the creation of a new agency or department, a senior DHS official told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during a hearing Tuesday, June 15.
In reference to a cyber bill proposed by Sens. Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins and Tom Carper, Phil Reitinger, deputy under secretary of…
DHS Websites May Be Vulnerable to Hackers
Published on 14 Oct, 2009 at 9:33 in Cloud | Viewed 118 times | No Comments
Richard Skinner, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general, announced in a report that many of the most popular DHS sites are vulnerable to hackers, a problem that could result in the loss or misuse of DHS data.
The most frequently visited websites were audited and were found to have basic security protocols. However, security patching and assessments were largely inconsistent leaving a number of vulnerabilities…
