Cybersecurity
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Alan Paller is the Vice President for Research at the Sans Institute.
August 17, 2011 -
Weak information security controls have put financial systems at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at risk, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
August 17, 2011 -
Rod Beckstrom, ICANN\'s president and CEO, announced that after he finishes his current term, which ends in July 2012, he\'ll step down. The low-profile nonprofit organization is tasked with managing top-level Internet domains.
August 17, 2011 -
Kerry O\'Connor, program manager of the State Department\'s Sounding Board, joins host John Gilroy to talk about security and crowdsourcing. August 16, 2011
August 16, 2011 -
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has introduced a new piece of cybersecurity legislation that would strengthen data breach laws.
August 16, 2011 -
The Federal Trade Commission has fined a software developer $50,000 for an application that collected private information from children using an online character.
August 16, 2011 -
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has become the first Navy vessel to undergo a cybersecurity inspection while at sea. The ship passed with a score that surpassed what the Navy has been able to accomplish even at its shore-based units.
August 15, 2011 -
Dickie George, the technical director of the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency, joined the Federal Drive to discuss the agency\'s robust hiring efforts, including in the cyber realm.
August 15, 2011 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology unveiled a plan for cybersecurity education. The agency will take public comments on the draft plan through Sept. 12.
August 15, 2011 -
Setting the trap for a shady RAT. Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.
August 12, 2011 -
Rep. Mary Bono Mack announced she wants a briefing on the recent wave of cyber attacks and whether public disclosure would help or hurt efforts to combat cyber crime.
August 12, 2011 -
At the recent Black Hat cyber conference, a proof-of-concept demonstration exposed many security holes in Mac\'s OS 10.
August 12, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: USPS announced it\'s considering massive job cuts, Veterans Affairs large-scale IT contract under siege from bid protests and expanded benefits to the post-9/11 GI Bill.
August 12, 2011 -
It turns out a hack into law enforcement agencies did expose personal information. The hacker group that claimed responsibility is also thought to be behind a hack into government contractor Booz Allen earlier this year.
August 11, 2011 -
The GAO found the State Department had improved real-time awareness of cyber vulnerabilites, however it still has some areas to cover, according to the watchdog agency\'s latest report.
August 11, 2011
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