Cybersecurity

  • Chris Wysopal, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Veracode, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss a recent Veracode report examining the federal government\'s security posture for its mobile applications. The report found agency apps are often at higher risk of certain attacks.

    December 16, 2011
  • Former E-Government and IT Administrators Mark Forman and Karen Evans count down the top federal IT news stories of the year.

    December 16, 2011
  • Irvine Sensors Corporation, called ISC8, says it has drawn down the entire $5 million available under the facility and has used nearly $2 million to pay off its debts.

    December 16, 2011
  • ISC2 sponsored the challenge. The idea is to spark interest in the field of cybersecurity to help build a broader pool for a future cybersecurity workforce.

    December 16, 2011
  • Lieberman said a congressional staff is reviewing draft legislative language of the comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, which includes an update to the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act. Sen. Reid promised to work on a cyber bill during the early part of the Senate session in 2012.

    December 16, 2011
  • The White House released the new plan to focus on four broad areas to improve cybersecurity in the government and in the private sector. Howard Schmidt, the White House cyber coordinator, said agencies will issue RFPs and RFIs to meet the strategy\'s goals.

    December 16, 2011
  • Ronald Marks, a senior fellow at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute and a former CIA official, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what the intelligence community is doing to manage the cyber revolution.

    December 15, 2011
  • Anne Arundel Community College officials say that by expanding their cybersecurity classroom space, they can become a hub for the training industry.

    December 15, 2011
  • The bureau has said, because the investigation into the company\'s possible wrongdoings is ongoing it will not publish information on company. The company, which provides mobile-analytics software, faces a lawsuit alleging it violated federal wiretap laws because its services are intrusive and infringe on users privacy.

    December 14, 2011
  • Attackers uploaded malware-laden copies of popular apps, such as Angry Birds. While Google removed the apps from its online store, more than 14,000 users downloaded them.

    December 14, 2011
  • The agency releases a RFI and will hold an industry day in January for the situational awareness and incident response tier III contract. DHS expects to create a qualified products list for the rest of the government to use.

    December 14, 2011
  • Hackers are sending out malware disguised as a file in an email from security firm Symantec.

    December 14, 2011
  • Agencies, vendors can comment until Friday on the draft standard describing cybersecurity workers. A common definition will help agencies classify who is a cyber worker.

    December 14, 2011
  • The DoD Cyber Command poked and prodded the Army Corps\' Los Angeles district\'s network during a recent Command Cyber Readiness Inspection. Army Corps of Engineers CIO Bob Kazimer said the analysis will give the rest of the agency lessons learned to improve cybersecurity across the Corps. December 15, 2011

    December 13, 2011

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