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CIO March 25, 2011 Grant Gross |
Does Obama Really Have an Internet Kill Switch? Cybersecurity may be top of mind for Congress this year, but the whole `kill switch' thing is overblown and there's much more on the table. |
National Defense October 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Party Platforms Have Little to Say About Homeland Security Republicans and Democrats released their party platforms at their respective conventions this summer. Neither had much to say about homeland defense. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security was not invoked in either document. |
CIO January 2007 |
Data Breaches Cost You More Data breaches continue to become more expensive. |
InternetNews June 30, 2010 |
IT Security Still a People Problem, Experts Say Despite the best efforts of high-tech companies to deploy security defenses across public and private networks, end users often remain the weakest link. |
InternetNews October 14, 2010 |
Defense, Homeland Security Team in Cyber Push Top military and civilian agencies join forces to pool resources and share personnel in the ongoing struggle to preempt and combat threats against U.S. digital systems. |
Information Today August 6, 2012 Barbie E. Keiser |
Cybersecurity and Privacy Concerns at the Highest Levels of Government Ensuring the privacy and security of personal information collected by federal government agencies and preventing cyberattacks in the future is a responsibility of government that all Americans can support. |
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Counting Down to White House Cyber Czar As the time draws near, many questions remain about how Obama will shake up government cybersecurity. |
Information Today October 1, 2015 |
LexisNexis Rolls Out Newest A.S. Pratt Journal Pratt's Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, launching on Lexis Advance in late October, focuses on current local and worldwide aspects of privacy and cybersecurity law. |
InternetNews February 26, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Obama Proposes Millions for Cybersecurity Security experts are praising the new administration's increased spending on national network security efforts. |
InternetNews March 19, 2010 |
Senate Cybersecurity Bill Back in Play Lawmakers have reintroduced bipartisan cybersecurity legislation to the Senate, stripping out controversial provisions that alarmed privacy advocates and civil libertarians. |
InternetNews June 16, 2010 |
Sens. to Mark Up Cybersecurity Bill Next Week Leaders of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs pledge to bring week-old cybersecurity bill to a markup next week, hope for passage this year. |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Davis Not Interested in Obama's Cybersecurity Job Former lawmaker says he's not interested in new White House cybersecurity position, a job that some see as too low on the bureaucratic totem pole to attract someone with real clout. |
InternetNews February 10, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Obama Calls for Cybersecurity Review After a string of breaches and data leaks, president orders two-month interagency review to shore up computing infrastructure. |
Information Today October 20, 2015 Barbie E. Keiser |
The Federal Government Turns To Silicon Valley for Tech Support What's needed is input from these experts, but more importantly, a new viewpoint from a young demographic that works in new ways. |
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Napolitano Keeps DHS on the Hop With cybersecurity, information sharing and risk analysis on the agenda for next week, the new Homeland Security secretary is looking to patch holes, fast. |
National Defense August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Cybersecurity Legislation: Solution or Distraction? After three years of debate and intense horse-trading, four major pieces of cybersecurity legislation have collided on Capitol Hill. Each claims to provide definitive policy and legal answers on how the United States should protect itself from crippling cyber-attacks. |
Fast Company Luke Dormehl |
Google, Facebook, and Yahoo Shun Obama Cybersecurity Summit President Obama spoke at the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. The urgent theme that surfaced was the importance of the public and private sectors working together. |
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Cybersecurity: National Priority or 'Flavor of the Week'? A White House-led plan to strengthen the nation's computer networks is so overarching and ambitious that agencies worry that they don't have enough knowledge or talent to take on the challenge. |
National Defense November 2012 Valerie Insinna |
States to Ramp Up Cybersecurity Information Sharing Cybersecurity has long been seen as a federal domain, but an initiative announced by the National Governors Association seeks to shift the discussion to the state level. |
InternetNews October 1, 2009 |
DHS Recruiting 1,000 Cybersecurity Experts Kicking off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the government's cybersecurity agency secures funding to beef up staff. |
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Shortage of Talent Could Cripple Cybersecurity Plan Government agencies are worrying that they don't have enough knowledge or talent to improve cybersecurity in the United States. |
InternetNews November 17, 2009 |
U.S. Cybersecurity Can Halt 80% of Attacks at Best Senate panel probes ties between cybersecurity and terrorism as uncertainty continues about where authority should reside. |
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark |
Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office. |
CIO September 1, 2005 Grant Gross |
DHS Revamp Targets IT Cybersecurity The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a new position of assistant secretary for cyber and telecommunications security, thereby raising the standing of the cybersecurity chief on its organizational chart. |
National Defense May 2010 Austin Wright |
Industry Reacts To Proposed Regulations As Congress moves forward with a long-awaited cybersecurity bill, industry leaders are voicing mixed views about the proposed measure. |
InternetNews September 30, 2009 |
FCC Panel: Cybersecurity Needs Incentives Cybersecurity experts warn FCC of market challenges to shoring up broadband networks. |
InternetNews December 8, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Obama Faces New Calls for Cybersecurity Revamp National security think tank pushes for new U.S. oversight and regulations to combat Internet threats. |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Feds Mulling Incentives for Secure Software Tax breaks for better software? That's one idea on the table as officials work to flesh out government role in public-private partnerships. |
InternetNews October 13, 2010 |
DHS Touts Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign To mark October as national cybersecurity awareness month, the Department of Homeland Security is holding a nationwide campaign to promote safe computing. |
Information Today May 3, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
Online Consumer Privacy in the Spotlight Choose Privacy Week is being held May 1-7, 2012. The theme is "Freedom from Surveillance." The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom established Choose Privacy Week to deepen public awareness about this issue. The event is timely with many privacy issues like CISPA in the news. |
Bank Systems & Technology July 12, 2007 Larry Greenemeier |
Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports A U.S. Government Accountability Office report indicates that while the amount of information lost or stolen is disturbing, it's difficult to prove that these breaches lead to identity theft. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 20, 2010 Penny Crosman |
BofA Hires Data Security Czar Gregory Garcia, former assistant secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to lead bank efforts to keep data secure. |
Information Today February 3, 2015 George H. Pike |
New U.S. Laws Impact Information Gathering and Security Congress has not been the only branch of government acting in ways that could impact the information industry. The Supreme Court is continuing its recent trend of increased attention to patent and copyright issues. |
InternetNews April 20, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Cybersecurity Report Nears Obama's Desk President awaits results from 60-day cybersecurity review that could inform controversial legislation pending in the Senate. |
CIO March 30, 2015 Michael Friedenberg |
Security crashes the boardroom party This sharpening of cybersecurity focus has forced corporate boards to have conversations they once considered too technical and back-office-oriented. |
InternetNews May 25, 2005 |
Fed IT Security Spending to Jump 20% Agency spending on cybersecurity is projected to grow from $6.1 billion to $7.3 billion. |
InternetNews March 11, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Federal Cybersecurity: Not for the Spooks? Security experts warn lawmakers against placing too much control over federal cybersecurity in the hands of the intelligence community. |
InternetNews November 16, 2004 Roy Mark |
Tech Hopes Dim With Lame Duck Congress A final, four-day session leaves little time for new Internet access tax moratorium and other items on tech agenda. |
InternetNews May 19, 2005 Roy Mark |
House Approves Cybersecurity Promotion Legislation aims to raise profile of protecting federal networks from cyber attacks. |
National Defense April 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Cybersecurity Executive Order Can Only Do So Much; New Legislation Needed, Official Says The order called for the expansion of the Defense Industrial Base Information Sharing Program, in which companies alert the Defense Department to attacks on their systems, and it, in turn, sends out reports on the new threats to all participants. |
InternetNews July 8, 2010 |
Feds Work for Private-Sector Cybersecurity Deal Public-private partnerships are viewed as the way to go for proper cybersecurity, but experts warn there are still pitfalls. |
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand. |
InternetNews May 21, 2004 Roy Mark |
Democrats Call for Privacy Czar A new bill would mandate federal privacy officer to balance civil liberties with homeland security concerns. |
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Call for Cybersecurity Enhancements As the 108th Congress scrambles in its final days to address homeland security issues, U.S. Reps. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) are focusing on the state of U.S. cybersecurity. |
InternetNews June 1, 2010 |
National Defense Act Creates Cybersecurity Post Plan to overhaul national cybersecurity infrastructure now includes the creating of a formal cybersecurity office in the White House. |
InternetNews March 24, 2010 |
U.S. Gov Says Cyber Security Experts in Demand Universities aren't graduating cybersecurity experts fast enough to help the government head off security threats, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity director. |
National Defense September 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Surge of Cybersecurity Bureaucracies Sparks Lucrative Opportunities For Industry A cybersecurity gold rush is under way amid widespread confusion about how the federal government will oversee efforts to protect the nation's computer networks. |
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data Breach Bills Crowding Congress Seeking to make it a crime to conceal data breaches involving personal information, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday jumped into the data breach debate playing out on Capitol Hill. |
InternetNews April 2, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Senators Introduce Cybersecurity Overhaul Bill Sens. Rockefeller and Snowe bring forward sweeping bill to revamp federal cybersecurity operations and establish better coordination with businesses. |
InternetNews August 9, 2010 |
New Federal Data Breach Bill Debuts in Senate The new bill is getting early support from prominent Democrats and could require enterprises meet tighter security measures and new notification rules. |