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Officials say that an advertising firm must immediately stop using its network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London's financial district. The City of London Corporation says it has demanded Renew pull the plug on the program, which measures the Wi-Fi signals emitted by smartphones to follow commuters as they pass the garbage cans.
October 08, 2013 -
New guidance is on the way to change the way you secure your computer systems. The Office of Management and Budget is finalizing the policy to implement federal information system continuous monitoring. It's been three years since the last major cyber policy change. Federal News Radio executive editor Jason Miller is here with exclusive details of the new policy, Inside the Reporter's Notebook.
October 07, 2013 -
We've all heard: continuous monitoring is the buzz word in federal cybersecurity. The Office of Management and Budget is trying to decide what agencies should monitor. OMB Director Sylvia Burwell is reviewing the first major cyber policy change in three years. When she's done, expect more clarity on the types of systems and information that are supposed to be watched 24-7. Federal News Radio's Jason Miller reports, those in the know are applauding the cautious approach. They don't want a continuous monitoring policy absent detail to stoke public fears of another government surveillance program.
October 07, 2013 -
The shutdown is delaying a six-Billion-dollar government-wide continuous monitoring system. A key contractor MacAfee tells Next Gov: the Obama administration was going to issue task orders this week. That did not happen. The Homeland Security Department is paying for the cyber surveillance technology. It will let agencies choose among a vendor's various threat sensors...displays and consulting services.
October 07, 2013 -
Egyptian riot police fired volleys of tear gas and locked down Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday as clashes broke out in a rare push by Islamist supporters of the ousted president to take control of the iconic square, leaving at least four dead. Using lines of armored vehicles and barbed wire, troops sealed off the square and diverted traffic after the Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which ousted president Mohammed Morsi hails, called on its supporters to march there.
October 07, 2013 -
Stan Soloway and Robin Lineberger from the Professional Services Council, join host Debra Roth to discuss how sequestration and other issues are affecting contractors. October 4, 2013
October 04, 2013 -
Adobe asks for help from Federal Law Enforcement after a security breach. Hackers accessed customer information, including encrypted financial records, and source code for Adobe products. The company is offering one year of credit monitoring to affected parties.
October 04, 2013 -
The White House is finalizing its first major cybersecurity policy in more than three years.
October 04, 2013 -
Adobe has issued a warning that cyber attackers managed to lift information on 2 point 9 million customers. Adobe says it lost names, encrypted credit card numbers and passwords. It's offering free, one-year credit monitoring to affected individuals. Perhaps worse in the long run, Adobe says the cyber thieves obtained source code for numerous Adobe products. In a blog post, the company says it contacted the federal Computer Emergency Readiness Team. US CERT issued its own warning about the Adobe breach.
October 04, 2013 -
The "persistent threat" is becoming the hallmark of how government and industry deal with cybersecurity concerns, particularly threats to the nation's electrical grid and critical infrastructure. Plus: how is industry and government training and retaining top cybersecurity professionals? On this edition of "AFCEA Answers", we'll explore these topics with Dr. Ernest McDuffie from NIST; Mike Peterson, Vice President with URS, former Air Force CIO; and Tom Conway, Director of Federal Business Development with McAfee.
October 03, 2013 -
Anne Neuberger, director of the National Security Agency's Commercial Solutions Center, explains the pluses and minuses of public-private partnerships for the cybersecurity world.
October 03, 2013 -
The Federal Marketing Insight is a weekly feature highlighting a topical federal marketing subject. It's meant to be an insightful and a quick read.
October 03, 2013 -
Steven VanRoekel fears hackers will prey on government websites "skeleton crews" are covering because of the shutdown. Van Roekel tells the Wall Street Journal he could call employees back if an attack happened during the shutdown. But VanRoekel calls that delayed response scenario "worrisome".
October 03, 2013 -
The FBI has arrested an alleged hacker and online purveyor of illicit goods. Ross Ulbricht was the owner and operator of Silk Road, an underground website officials say generated nearly 1 point 2 billion in sales. Computerworld reports, law enforcement also seized 26 thousand Bitcoins. Ulbricht was arrested in San Francisco and was to be arraigned yesterday. His site was taken down last month. It listed 13 thousand controlled substances. Plus a trove of hacker tools including key loggers, banking Trojans, and remote access tools. Silk Road also connected gun and ammunition buyers and sellers. It offered fake passports and Social Security cards.
October 03, 2013 -
Top intelligence officials say the National Security Agency has tried to track Americans' cell-phone locations. It was part of a two-year pilot to test the technology. NSA chief General Keith Alexander says the agency did not actually track Americans' movements. He spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel is considering legislation to restrict the surveillance programs. Alexander denied reports that the NSA dug into American's social media networks. And he says the agency has discliplined all but one of the dozen employees who have used the agency's technology for unauthorized purposes...including spying on their girlfriends.
October 03, 2013