Cybersecurity
CISOs seek more support for cybersecurity programs
Additional funding and better standards are critical to threat protection, survey respondents say.
Cybersecurity
Cyberwar Out; Crimes, Espionage In
One of the interesting discussions to come out of the international confab in Dallas on cybersecurity, which concluded on Wednesday, was whether the term cyberwar hurt the effort to fight cybercrime. According to an Associated Press <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFatTsavzN-4tZkORnptEFLD-6ogD9FGS7D01">report</a>, it does. Here are some comments and thoughts from top cyber experts:
Cybersecurity
DHS should assess effects of physical border fence, watchdog says
The GAO faulted Customs and Border Protection for spending $2.6 billion on physical fencing and vehicle barriers at the southwestern border without assessing their effectiveness.
Cybersecurity
House panel advances bill to make chief technology officer and cyber czar permanent jobs
Legislation aimed at streamlining FISMA to improve information security processes and ease reporting burden on agencies.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers circulate draft consumer privacy bill
The bill, which has not been introduced, would restrict how companies can share personal data they collect from people over the Internet and offline.
Cybersecurity
Senators Cross the Line on Facebook
Four senators put a scare into <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> last week, issuing a public letter <a href="http://www.schumer.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=324175&">lambasting</a> the company for its privacy policy changes. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg">Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg</a> had to see the day coming; the changes to the privacy controls are somewhat hidden and confusing.
Cybersecurity
Security reporting overhaul costly but necessary, analysts say
Old FISMA requirements not sufficient to fight threats, but new programs will require more funding.
Cybersecurity
Unplugged VA computer affects treatment of cancer patients
Without network connection, doctors could not check X-rays of veterans with prostate cancer to determine how they were responding to radiation, the department's inspector general reports.
Cybersecurity
Facebook Attacks X's and O's
If the Internet is <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0301/rebuilding-paller-america-internet-give-me-your-hackers.html">God's gift to espionage</a>, Facebook is like a cruel joke. And it appears the latest Facebook fix is in, an attack referred to by experts as social engineering.
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard has IT internal control problems, audit says
The Coast Guard performed slightly better in its fiscal 2009 audit of IT controls, but an audit still found problems.
Cybersecurity
Private, government experts wary about cybersecurity
The poll, conducted April 19-26 for the nonpartisan think tank the EastWest Institute, surveyed 137 security experts, 34 government officials and 103 private sector security experts.
Cybersecurity
Crumbling Global Security Ties?
There's a lot of talk in cybersecurity about what we need to do, but not always talk about what we have done. And that might be because the global response hasn't been sufficient enough.
Cybersecurity
NIST will coordinate national cybersecurity education program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will work with agencies on a new program to improve cybersecurity education.
Cybersecurity
Agencies under pressure to develop systems first, security second
As agencies rush to adopt the latest technology tools, they're leaving the traditional approach to information security behind.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity: A Group Effort
New cybersecurity legislation has the private sector concerned about increased government regulation, but lawmakers are working to <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100429_6545.php?oref=topnews>assure industry</a> that they are an important part of a team effort, not a target.
Cybersecurity
Mass SQL Injection's Evolution
<a href="http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001427.html">Mass SQL Injection</a> is like a bad cold. It probably won't kill you, but it comes with a cough, a headache, a stuffy nose and a sore throat. It's also the next most dangerous attack vector on Ed Skoudis's list. It resides there because of its evolution.
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