Cybersecurity
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Agencies reported more than 41,000 cyber incidents in 2010.
March 21, 2011 -
Despite a 2006 mandate to secure mobile devices and implement two-factor authentication, only just over half of federal agencies have managed to do so. OMB submits its annual FISMA report to Congress detailing the steps the government has taken to improve cybersecurity, including spending $12 billion on cybersecurity last year.
March 21, 2011 -
The U.S. military does not have the trained personnel or the legal authorities it needs to respond to a computer-based attack on America or its allies, and a crisis would quickly strain the force, the Pentagon\'s cyber commander said Wednesday.
March 17, 2011 -
Cyber defense giant Symantec has been asked to join a White House advisory council.
March 16, 2011 -
Cadets are taking on the role of \"malicious insiders\" in a study of front-line cyber threats.
March 16, 2011 -
There will be slightly less \"video intelligence\' at the Department of Defense from now on.
March 15, 2011 -
Iranian hackers working for the powerful Revolutionary Guard\'s paramilitary Basij group have launched attacks on websites of the \"enemies,\" a state-owned newspaper reported Monday in a rare acknowledgment from Iran that it\'s involved in cyber warfare.
March 14, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security is offering a new program that invites top executive-level talent from the private sector to share their expertise with the Department to fill some exciting and important roles here at DHS.
March 11, 2011 -
The contract is a blanket purchase agreement worth a maximum $49 billion.
March 10, 2011 -
Instead of imposing additional security regulations, the U.S. government must work with the private sector to develop incentives that motivate companies to voluntarily adopt security best practices.
March 10, 2011 -
Einstein 3 also expands information sharing by the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team, and allows automatic US-CERT alerts.
March 09, 2011 -
For the 11th year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint category
March 09, 2011 -
NIST has updated its Cybersecurity Recommendations for Government. Learn how your agency will be able to better manage information security risks from project leader for FISMA implementation, Ron Ross.
March 08, 2011 -
Whether caused by a foreign government or a prankster, last week\'s denial of service attack that hit the CIA is puzzling officials.
March 08, 2011 -
If you want effective cybersecurity, you need a policy that embraces voluntary public/private partnerships.
March 08, 2011