Cybersecurity

• Recrafted cyber bill contains emergency powers

  A cybersecurity measure still in draft form would give President Obama additional powers. The proposed legislation would permit the President to declare an emergency if there\'s a threat to the nation\'s electrical grid.

  Federal Drive

  September 22, 2010
• Cyber anti-virus choices grow

  With cyberattacks saturating the Internet, a dramatic shift is underway in the $7 billion-a-year anti-virus industry - and it\'s all good news for consumers.

  Federal Drive

  September 22, 2010
• Azmi: Supply chain forgotten element in cybersecurity

  CACI International and the U.S. Naval Institute released a report national security and assessing cyber threats specifically on global supply chains.

  All News

  September 21, 2010
• Google adds extra security step

  Google is adding another layer to its security outfit. The additional step will make it harder for computer hackers and other impostors to get into e-mail accounts or other services that are protected by passwords.

  Federal Drive

  September 21, 2010
• Top agencies still at risk for cybersecurity attack

  Senator Tom Carper of Delaware says the results from a new Government Accountability Office study are evidence that lawmakers should enact tougher rules to ensure the security of federal data -- like his bill -- Data Security and Breach Notification Act.

  Congress

  September 20, 2010
• Are you practicing safe social networking?

  Cyber criminals have stolen the identity of some high ranking officials around the world, including the head of Interpol.

  Technology

  September 20, 2010
• Y2K offers lessons for cybersecurity

  One cyber bill before Congress would create a cyber committee much like the Y2K Conversion committee to help deal with cybersecurity issues. John Koskinen, former chairman of the Council on Year 2000 Conversion, tells us how his committee was set up and why it was successful.

  All News

  September 20, 2010
• Navy’s Cyber Forces move full steam ahead

  There\'s a new type of naval warrior. Commander of Navy Cyber Forces, Rear Admiral Tom Meek explains.

  Federal Drive

  September 20, 2010
• Beware of hoax virus emails

  The putatively invading viruses have imaginative names: black in the white house, Olympic Torch, midget census workers kidnapped, etc.

  Federal Drive

  September 20, 2010
• VA wrestles with portable medical data storage

  The Veterans Affairs Department is facing a new challenge when it comes to cybersecurity: letting doctors access patient data outside the workplace. VA CIO Baker said a major policy change may be needed to ensure the agency is meeting the needs of its veterans and the doctors and nurses who serve them.

  Defense

  September 20, 2010
• Connolly: Cyber top concern on Capitol Hill

  Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) tells the DorobekINSIDER he has some concerns about the Pentagon\'s procurement changes.

  Congress

  September 17, 2010
• Botnets are for sale to cybercriminals

  A new investigation finds a managed services provider that specializes in offering a fee-based service sheds new light in to the growing commercialization of this criminal space.

  Federal Drive

  September 17, 2010
• New head named for FBI’s Cyber Division

  Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Shawn Henry as the executive assistant director (EAD) of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch (CCRSB). Mr. Henry will succeed Assistant Deputy Director T.J. Harrington. Mr. Henry most recently served as assistant director in charge of the FBI\'s Washington Field Office.

  Federal Drive

  September 17, 2010
• Cybersecurity takes two steps forward

  This week host Tom Temin talks with Ron Ross of NIST and Nicole Dean, deputy director of the National Cyber Security Division. September 16, 2010

  Technology

  September 16, 2010