Cybersecurity
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Anti-Leaks launched its attack just as Wikileaks began releasing information on a secret government surveillance program, Government Computer News reports.
August 14, 2012 -
Timothy Ryan joins Kroll Advisory Solutions as managing director.
August 14, 2012 -
The Energy Department is asking electric utilities to make cybersecurity a top priority. It called for a cybersecurity governance board that would share information with the DoE.
August 13, 2012 -
The FBI is warning the public of a new "drive-by" virus that is sending fake messages that appear to be from federal agencies.
August 10, 2012 -
Most IT managers are moving data to the cloud, but 40 percent of them believe doing that will weaken security of that data.
August 10, 2012 -
Instead of using a lengthy security technical implementation guide approval process to decide which tablets and smartphones will be allowed to use its network, the Defense Information Systems Agency wants to put the ball in the vendors' court.
August 09, 2012 -
An updated how-to guidance for responding to cyber incidents is out.
August 09, 2012 -
F-Secure analyzed 19 new families of mobile malware. It found a big increase in products that target Android.
August 08, 2012 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is making it easier for agencies to test the use of logical access control for applications.
August 06, 2012 -
Auditors found no security weaknesses that present an immediate threat to the jobs portal or user information housed in its database. The test represented the site's first independent security evaluation since OPM took control over USAJobs.gov from Monster Government Solutions in Oct. 2011. Under MGS management, hackers broke into the portal twice in 17 months.
August 03, 2012 -
Department says 99 percent of laptops now are encrypted. Of the 21 laptops reported stolen or missing in the last two months, all were secured with security software.
August 03, 2012 -
On this week's Bloomberg Government Capital Impact show, analysts will discuss which cybersecurity companies are being targeted for mergers and acquisitions. Plus, what's next in the internet tax debate and how are companies benefiting from the R&D tax credit. August 2, 2012
August 02, 2012 -
The Social Security numbers and bank routing numbers of about 8,000 accounts were exposed in a cyber breach of an Environmental Protection Agency database.
August 02, 2012 -
A battle over the role companies should play in keeping the U.S. safe from cyber attacks threatens to kill cybersecurity legislation in the Senate
August 01, 2012 -
The contract includes "very stringent" IT security requirements. The announcement follows a data breach that affected 123,000 TSP participants in 2011.
August 01, 2012
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