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Dave Gwyn VP, Federal Nutanix Dave Gwyn has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. His experience includes three years of programming on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope program, followed by…
October 28, 2013 -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, is hosting a multi-year competition for fully automatic network defense systems that can evaluate software and root out security threats. DARPA released rules for its cyber grand challenge last week. Applications will be due by June. The final event would be in 2016. The winning team receives two-million dollars in cash.
October 28, 2013 -
The National Security Agency says its Web site was down for a bit over the weekend. The agency says the system encountered an internal error during a scheduled update. The NSA says the site was NOT hit with a denial-of-service attack, countering speculation on social media.
October 28, 2013 -
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and New Zealand Minister of Defense Jonathan Coleman met in Washington Monday to discuss expanding defense cooperation between two countries. During the gathering, both Hagel and Minister Coleman highlighted the decade long cooperation between the two during the war in Afghanistan. And they confirmed that cooperation on peacekeeping will be expanded into capacity building activities in the Asia-Pacific region.
October 28, 2013 -
Israel's military chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz says computer sabotage is a major concern and he warned a sophisticated cyber-attack could one day bring the nation to a standstill. In fact, a month before his address, a major artery in Israel's national road network in the northern city of Haifa was shut down because of a cyber-attack by a Trojan horse. Key operations were knocked out of commission for two days causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
October 28, 2013 -
A British man has been arrested in England and charged by the United States and Britain with infiltrating U.S. government computer systems, including those run by the military, to steal confidential data and disrupt operations, the Associated Press reports. U.S. prosecutors said the alleged hacker, Lauri Love, infiltrated thousands of computer systems including those of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. space agency NASA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
October 28, 2013 -
A British national is free on bail in the UK after being charged by prosecutors there and here in the United States with hacking into thousands of government computers. Twenty Eight year old Lauri Love's infiltrations allegedly included systems belonging to the Pentagon, NASA and the EPA. Authorities say the attacks began in October of 2012. He is next due in court in February.
October 28, 2013 -
The Army still doesn't know whether its new and growing force of soldiers dedicated to cyber missions is large enough for the task. But it's certain it doesn't have the legal authorities it needs to attract and retain the talent it wants.
October 28, 2013 -
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October 25, 2013 -
European leaders demanded the truth at an EU summit meeting in Brussels as reports of possible US spying on allies continue. The British newspaper the Guardian reports the NSA has monitored the communication of 35 world leaders since 2006. German Chancellor Angela Merkel had stern words for the US. She says Germany and other European allies now need to rebuild trust with the US. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy says France and Germany are planning talks by the end of the year with the US to discuss its national intelligence activities.
October 25, 2013 -
Justice Department chief information officer Luke McCormack is heading back to the Homeland Security Department to serve as CIO. He replaces Richard Spires, who left the position in May. President Barack Obama announced his decision to appoint McCormack last night. McCormack previously served as CIO for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and acting director for Customs and Border Patrol's Infrastructure Services Division. He's also expected to continue his role leading the information security and identity management committee at the federal CIO Council.
October 25, 2013 -
Earl Crane, senior principal at Promontory Financial Group, was Francis Rose's guest in studio for Industry Chatter.
October 24, 2013 -
As business practices, information technology and cybersecurity threats become more industry-agnostic, competition across and between industries for cybersecurity professionals will remain fierce, says Earl Crane, former member of the White House National Security Staff. Though professionals will be in short supply for years to come, increased mobility among industries and government will bring a leveling of common cybersecurity skills across the profession.
October 24, 2013 -
Brigadier General Brian Dravis, director of the Joint Information Environment Technical Synchronization Office, says he was skeptical of the JIE initiative at first but, after four months on the job, he's now very confident the department is getting it right.
October 24, 2013 -
What is the National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding? How has information sharing matured across the information sharing environment, the ISE? What are the biggest challenges facing the ISE? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Kshemendra Paul, Program Manager Information Sharing Environment. Kshemendra Paul Program Manager Office of the Information Sharing Environment
October 24, 2013