Cybersecurity
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The space agency\'s CIO Linda Cureton said the I3P contracts are helping NASA stay on pace as technology matures. The agency already is seeing benefits from the three awards made in 2011. February 23, 2012
February 22, 2012 -
Jenn Scholtes, who covers homeland security for CQ-Roll Call, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the legislative wrangling over the Senate cybersecurity bill.
February 22, 2012 -
A survey by the information security certifying organization (ISC)2 found demand is high and salaries increasing for information security personnel.
February 22, 2012 -
NIST\'s 2012 appropriations provided $10 million to establish the center near NIST\'s Gaithersburg, Md., campus.
February 22, 2012 -
The Army and DISA are using more disciplined processes to implement technology upgrades. Email-in-the-cloud also is giving the Army better a firmer cyber posture, and it opens the door for a host of emerging technologies because of better identity management.
February 22, 2012 -
Hackers might be gearing up to shut off power in your office. National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander says the group Anonymous might have that capability in the next year or two.
February 21, 2012 -
According to a new report by Symantec\'s Norton Internet Security and Sperling\'s BestPlaces, Washington, D.C. has the highest risk of cybercrime in the country.
February 20, 2012 -
The CIA says its private sector funding arm, In-Q-Tel, will work with Reversing Labs to develop a program it will offer to both the public and private sectors.
February 20, 2012 -
A team of computer scientists at Wake-Forest University is creating an algorithm inspired by genetic survival of the fittest.
February 17, 2012 -
Hackers who broke into a security consulting firm Stratfor are now targeting the company\'s government subscribers.
February 17, 2012 -
Lawmakers at odds over critical infrastructure protection provisions. Sen. McCain promised to introduce a new version of a comprehensive cyber bill to focus on collaboration and information sharing instead of regulation of critical infrastructures. Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins refute the criticism, saying they\'ve held 10 hearings, hundreds of meeting and pleaded with others in the Senate to offer comments.
February 17, 2012 -
DHS officials said they\'re only monitoring Twitter and Facebook to get situational awareness of the homeland security situation. Congress seems unconvinced. Privacy group wants lawmakers to take action to stop DHS.
February 17, 2012 -
Sam Rosenfeld, the chairman and co-founder of the Densus Group, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the definition of cyber protest and how federal agencies can protect themselves.
February 16, 2012 -
Two congressman wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook that they\'d heard reports about applications that copied phone owners contacts data and uploaded them.
February 16, 2012 -
The University of Maryland has published a report, in collaboration with NIST, on how the government and industry are addressing the cyber supply chain challenge.
February 15, 2012
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