Cybersecurity
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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 -
The federal government offers plenty of opportunities for experienced information security professionals.
February 15, 2012 -
A hacker had stolen the credit card information of more the 16,000 users of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service website.
February 15, 2012 -
Cloudera CEO Mike Olson joins host John Gilroy to talk about how his company can help you with big data. February 14, 2012
February 14, 2012 -
The bill does not include Senate-confirmed White House cyber coordinator position. It does include new requirements under the Clinger-Cohen Act around acquisition. The comprehensive legislation complements several of the administration\'s 2013 budget proposals.
February 14, 2012 -
The Homeland Security Department would sharply raise spending for cybersecurity under the White House 2013 budget request.
February 14, 2012 -
Arbor Networks surveyed 114 large organizations. It found that last year, 90 percent experienced one denial of service attack every month. A few experienced 50 attacks per month.
February 13, 2012 -
Cathy Flickinger said her biggest challenge is keeping the IT operations going while her bureau\'s building is upgraded. She has moved mission critical apps and websites to the cloud. February 9, 2012
February 09, 2012 -
Larry Clinton, the president of the Internet Security Alliance, testified before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on the role of the private sector in responding to cyber threats.
February 09, 2012
