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CIA Gives Nod to Cybersecurity
The Central Intelligence Agency is ramping up cybersecurity efforts with increased investments in technology, a move that the agency claims also will boost efficiency.
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Justice Beefs Up IP Bench
Tech Daily Dose reports the Justice Department has beefed up its bench to fight intellectual property crimes. They'll work in the department's Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property program. From TDD:
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FEMA mismanaged $40M IT system, IG says
FEMA made a mess of developing an IT system to oversee the National Flood Insurance Program, a new report says.
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White House Heroes
The White House is close to requiring agencies to do continuous security monitoring. I always thought I'd see the day, but now that's its finally arrived it seems surreal. The White House made the <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100421_5175.php">announcement</a> on Wednesday, a proud day for <a href="http://cybersecurityreport.nextgov.com/2010/04/state_dept_success_revealed.php">John Streufert and company</a>, the State Department's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) who successfully implemented the first federal government continuous monitoring model.
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Recommended reading
A contrarian's view on security; a beginner's guide to Gov 2.0; how to navigate airport security.
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FBI names new cyber chief
Gordon Snow is the new assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division.
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Standards agency moves closer to $1 billion lab overhaul
Policy bill streamlines NIST laboratories into operating units, including one for information security.
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Cyberattacks From Brazil?
Although most of the government-targeted cyberattacks that occurred last year were launched from China, targeted Chinese cyberattacks were actually less likely to be directed at governments than those launched from Brazil, said a cybersecurity analyst.
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Commerce opens suggestion box for online privacy
The Commerce Department wants opinions from businesses and consumers about privacy protections for Internet commerce.
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McAfee Update Goes Bad
A ton of reports filtered into <a href="http://isc.sans.org/">SANS' Internet Storm Center</a> on Wednesday about a bad McAfee Antivirus update. Turns out McAfee antivirus is identifying "svchost.exe" as a virus, a critical systems file in Windows that it can run properly without. As a result of the antivirus misidentification, McAfee attempts to remove it, or prevent it from running. Systems that are infected will keep rebooting, or networking will no longer work, according to SANS Chief Research Officer Johannes Ullrich.
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Senate committee chairman suggests killing the virtual fence
Sen. Joe Lieberman questions the future of the SBInet virtual fence system is a failure.
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Federal cybersecurity monitoring goes real-time and digital
New rules call for agencies to continuously collect data about security status and stream it to OMB monthly, rather than report quarterly by paper.
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White House tells agencies to use same framework to exchange information
OMB says joint Justice-Homeland Security program should be basis for federal information-sharing.
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State Dept. Success Revealed
In March 2009, the U.S. State Department <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091030_4029.php?oref=rss">implemented</a> a bold strategy to continuously monitor cyberspace for malicious computer attacks. Chief Information Security Officer <a href="http://www.govinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1934">John Streufert</a> led the effort.
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Union: Contractors weaken Federal Protective Service, placing feds at risk
The National Treasury Employees Union has complained to Congress that Federal Protective Service relies far too much on private contractors armed with too little training, too little funding, and too little proper management to protect federal buildings.
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When to Discuss Security Publicly?
When is it appropriate to talk about security issues in a public forum? Pennsylvania's (former) chief information officer Bob Maley found out - or at least learned when it isn't.
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HHS publishes online list of patient data breaches
The Health and Human Services Department has started publishing an online list of data thefts and breaches that affect the health data of more than 500 patients.
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