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Defense minister describes country\'s websites as operating at a \"general threat\" level.
The International Informations Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. — or (ISC)2 &mdashl; has awarded five scholarships as part of a cybersecurity challenge for high schoolers. The organization works with the U.S. Cyber Challenge, a national public-private coalition.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are among the defense contractors lining up for a shot at the $42 million contract.
\"Crawl before you can walk. Walk before you can run.\" That\'s how Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel framed his 2012 priorities in his first speech to government IT contractors in Washington. He said agencies would have to do \"more with less,\" but he wanted to emphasize the \"more.\"
Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Internet Project, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the growing trend of \"sousveillance,\" a term created to describe, bottom-up surveillance.
Chris Wysopal, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Veracode, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss a recent Veracode report examining the federal government\'s security posture for its mobile applications. The report found agency apps are often at higher risk of certain attacks.
Former E-Government and IT Administrators Mark Forman and Karen Evans count down the top federal IT news stories of the year.
Irvine Sensors Corporation, called ISC8, says it has drawn down the entire $5 million available under the facility and has used nearly $2 million to pay off its debts.
ISC2 sponsored the challenge. The idea is to spark interest in the field of cybersecurity to help build a broader pool for a future cybersecurity workforce.
Lieberman said a congressional staff is reviewing draft legislative language of the comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, which includes an update to the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act. Sen. Reid promised to work on a cyber bill during the early part of the Senate session in 2012.
The White House released the new plan to focus on four broad areas to improve cybersecurity in the government and in the private sector. Howard Schmidt, the White House cyber coordinator, said agencies will issue RFPs and RFIs to meet the strategy\'s goals.
Ronald Marks, a senior fellow at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute and a former CIA official, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what the intelligence community is doing to manage the cyber revolution.
Anne Arundel Community College officials say that by expanding their cybersecurity classroom space, they can become a hub for the training industry.
The bureau has said, because the investigation into the company\'s possible wrongdoings is ongoing it will not publish information on company. The company, which provides mobile-analytics software, faces a lawsuit alleging it violated federal wiretap laws because its services are intrusive and infringe on users privacy.