Cybersecurity
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Former White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke said recently smartphones remain a huge cybersecurity problem for the U.S. In an interview with Computerworld-New Zealand, Clarke said that smartphones are the newest and largest vulnerability in the U.S.
September 20, 2011 -
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Monday there are certain capabilities the service must keep whole as it navigates the current budget situation. He did not offer clues as to what the service would be willing to give up.
September 20, 2011 -
Salient Federal Solutions has landed an Air Force WRAP contract. In a company release, Salient said its job is to defend the Air Force\'s computer networks from cyber attacks.
September 19, 2011 -
Joe Jarzombek, the director of software assurance at the division, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the workshops DHS is sponsoring at the conference.
September 19, 2011 -
Sean McGurk is leaving. Nicole Dean gets a promotion and two others step into acting roles to fill in spots.
September 15, 2011 -
The use of QR codes is building momentum in government. But some cyber experts are warning agencies that some of them could pose cyber threats.
September 14, 2011 -
Merlin International, a veteran-owned IT firm, has landed a five-year, $40 million cybersecurity contract with the Health and Human Services Department.
September 14, 2011 -
German researcher Ralph Langner says malware, such as the Stuxnet worm that targeted Iran\'s nascent nuclear program, will likely be used by nations and terrorists alike as a more economical weapon of war.
September 13, 2011 -
Tom Reilly, vice president and general manager of HP Security, said security officers should focus two things besides just the network perimeter, such as keeping a bead on data throughout the network and better monitoring user activity.
September 13, 2011 -
The nation needs better cyber intelligence, according to a new report from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. The report says the United States must develop cyber intelligence that can do better at predicting computer-related threats and stopping them.
September 12, 2011 -
Jennifer Nowell, director of Symantec\'s government solutions group, offers ways to identify and eliminate this problem.
September 09, 2011 -
More than 7.8 million people were victims of healthcare data breaches from 2009 to 2010, the Health and Human Services Department said in a recent report to Congress.
September 09, 2011 -
Philip Reitinger, who left the Homeland Security Department in the spring, has a new job: the first chief information security officer at Sony Corporation, Information Week reports.
September 08, 2011 -
Activist hacker group Anonymous could be taking aim at U.S. infrastructure, according to a warning from the Homeland Security Department.
September 07, 2011 -
Securities fraudsters would rather steal an identity and take over a trading account than set up a fake new account, according to a study of suspicious activity reports by the Treasury Department\'s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN.
September 07, 2011
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