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ASMC The Business of Defense
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A new survey by the TechAmerica Foundation found civilian and Defense technology spending over the next five years will go flat. Federal IT managers say the lack of new money means innovation and upgrades will slow or even stop.
October 16, 2013 -
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Eugene Spafford, a professor of computer science at Purdue University, and the executive director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), a campus-wide institute for cybersecurity, said feds need to be held responsible for cyber problems and that would help improve the overall security state of the government. October 17, 2013
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This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" Transportation Security Administration Local 1127 President George Stebbins and Department of Transportation Local 3313 VP Tyler Patterson discuss the union's future from AFGE's recent Leadership Conference. Working America North Carolina State Director Carolyn Smith and AFGE TSA Local 1127 member Jason Miller also appear from the recent North Carolina State AFL-CIO Convention.
October 16, 2013 -
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In this week's edition of Agency of the Month, John Hickey talks about bringing vendor-agnostic, commercial-off-the-shelf mobility solutions at all classification levels to the Department of Defense.
October 16, 2013 -
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Americans are more concerned about the state of the nation's cyber security in shutdown mode, a new survey from Cyber Talk says. 54 percent of those surveyed say they felt slightly more concerned about cyber threats under the shutdown. USA Today reports the shutdown will give hackers and cyber spies more time to find ways to breach national cyber security, even cyber attacks that occur after the shutdown ends.
October 16, 2013 -
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Agencies are staring at one of the biggest breaches of federal cybersecurity right in the face. The Federal Times reports, a new study found 49-percent of security breaches at agencies are caused by federal employees themselves who bypass security measures while surfing online and accessing email. It's according to a report from public-private IT partnership MeriTalk. 69 percent of feds who were surveyed say their work takes longer because of additional cybersecurity measures they face. Two-thirds of federal network users also say security practices at their agency are burdensome.
October 16, 2013 -
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What happened with the Abu Anas al Libi interrogation? There are reports that interrogators essentially gave up, because he stopped eating and drinking regularly, which caused his Hepatitis C problem to worsen. U.S. officials say he was taken to a hospital before being taken to a hospital in New York, before his appearance in court in New York. Al Libi, suspected of being a long time al Qaida operative, plead not guilty to terrorism charges yesterday in New York.
October 16, 2013 -
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Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, said the greatest impact of the ongoing government shutdown on cybersecurity is on the morale of the cyber workforce.
October 16, 2013 -
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Dr. Devin Jopp, CEO of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Exchange, will talk about his organization and the benefits of exchanging health care data electronically. October 15, 2013
October 15, 2013 -
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Half of Agency cyber security professionals expect to be victim of a denial of service attack within a year. And more than sixty five percent of respondents don't think their agency can handle it, or other malicious attacks against their networks. The data comes from a Meritalk survey of one hundred cyber professionals in August.
October 15, 2013 -
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The National Security Agency has been gathering contact lists from private e-mail accounts and sifting through them, looking for hidden connections. The collecting occurs overseas, but end up scooping information from some Americans' accounts. The Washington Post reports, NSA has collected hundreds of millions of lists. The new revelation comes from documents leaked by Edward Snowden. In one day, the NSA gathered more than 700 thousand contact lists from Yahoo, Hotmail, Facebook, and Gmail. It also collects millions of buddy lists from live chat services. The Post quotes an NSA spokesman saying the program targets terrorists, human traffickers and drug dealers.
October 15, 2013 -
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For those of you who used Yahoo to get your email, good news: it's catching up to its competitors in making a common security setting the default. The Washington Post reports, Yahoo users will automatically use the SSL encryption standard beginning in January. Google made it the default for GMail web users back in 2010. Microsoft soon followed suit with Hotmail. Even Facebook and Twitter use it now.
October 15, 2013 -
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Secretary of Defense Hagel spoke with United Arab Emirates (UAE) Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan Monday to consult on regional issues. Hagel emphasized the U.S. commitment to regional security and noted that the strong U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship remains integral to regional stability. Hagel also reaffirmed U.S. commitment to the strategic partnership with Egypt, and discussed the recent decision about US security assistance to Egypt.
October 15, 2013 -
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Homeland Security News is reporting that if hackers can steal a company's top-secret data, they can just as easily destroy a company's network. Richard Bejtlich, chief security officer for Mandiant, a cyber-security company, said not only are hackers getting into networks to steal huge amounts of intellectual property but they can also permanently erase data.
October 15, 2013
