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Federal News Radio continues to highlight unorthodox ways that some feds spend their days with a visit to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
This week Federal Security Spotlight checks in with Ernest McDuffie, the leader for the National Initiative on Cyber Security Education. July 14, 2010
This week, the show features two speakers from the Management of Change conference, which took place in Philadelphia earlier this year. Encore Presentation
Cybersecurity training is expanding beyond agencies and into high schools, libraries and other workplaces. It\'s called the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. We learn more about it from NIST\'s Dr. Ernest McDuffie.
Also in the cybersecurity headlines: Navy CIO Carey moving to Fleet Cyber Command, Study Reveals DHS Does Not Dominate the Homeland Security Market
If you are a sticker for time then your in luck.
The Senate is now considering a bill, approved last week by the House, designed to help the nation\'s electrical grid evolve into an enhanced Smart Grid which would help protect itself from cyber-attacks. In addition, however, the Smart Grid is also expected to help the nation do a better job of managing our electrical resources. A group of federal employees recently talked about their role in developing the Smart Grid.
We get analysis from Federal News Radio\'s Max Cacas.
Quantum cryptography was first demonstrated in the laboratory in the 1980s and had largely been viewed as an experimental field due to a variety of practical difficulties. NIST\'s Joshua Bienfang made the dream come true.
Rent-a-botnet attack for $9 an hour, Macs under attack by spyware
The document highlights work being done by NIST, standards working group and budget guidance to agencies. NIST to come out with several special publications to help agencies implement cloud computing. The CIO Council also includes use cases on 30 different cloud implementations.
DHS is leading the effort to rework cybersecurity metrics around patch, configuration, vulnerability and inventory management. Justice plans to host an industry day in June to tell vendors how cyberscope works. NIST will issue new cyber publications and GSA plans on new RFP for situational awareness and incident response tools.
Computer breaches starting to level off, GISLA awards open for nominations