Cybersecurity
Screaming 'Come Rob Me'
With the explosion of social media usage, self infatuation is now considered an accepted form of sharing. But posting photos alongside the intimate details of your daily activities may be making you vulnerable to unrealized cyberattacks. In a metaphorical sense, the seemingly harmless photos you've been sharing might as well be nude shots.
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Time to Get Going
Robert Rodriguez, founder of the Security Innovation Network, talks about the imperative to for government and business to collaborate in speeding innovative cybersecurity technology to market.
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Kicking It Off
Welcome to the Cybersecurity Report, a joint effort from the SANS Institute and Nextgov. This blog will become a source of information to different kinds of computer users. Policy, breaking news, and emerging attack vectors will be a few of the many areas touched here.
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Customs at odds with DHS IG over report on small-biz goals
Officials at Customs and Border Protection say a draft report by the inspector general contains 'misstatements of fact and inaccuracies that are misleading.'
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VA investigating security breach of veterans' medical data
In violation of department policies, physician assistant allegedly conducted an unauthorized download of two sets of clinical records in an attempt to conduct research, according to sources.
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Security guidance to aid agencies in cloud computing push
Threat list is helpful but incomplete, analysts say.
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Obama announces new pick to head TSA
Robert Harding, former director for operations at the Defense Intelligence Agency, is President Barack Obama's new pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration.
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Homeland Security wants you to know your cybersecurity ABCs
Napolitano announces campaign to collect the best ideas for improving the public's awareness and literacy of computer security.
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Watchdog suggests clearer delineation of cybersecurity roles
Federal CIO argues agencies already know their responsibilities.
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Are DHS contractors running amok?
Two heavyweights from the Senate want to know who is running the shop at the Homeland Security Department. And whoever it is, the department's inspector general would like to speak with them.
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Uncle Cyber Sam wants you
The cyber spooks and watchdogs in the Obama administration are coming out of the shadows, making a full-court press to engage industry and the public in their crusade against cyber war.
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DHS awarded noncompetitive contracts without having adequate records, IG says
The Homeland Security Department's Inspector General found gaps and missing data when he searched records on contracts awarded without open competition.
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Fusion centers to be assessed
Federal, state and local officials plan to assess fusion centers' progress in meeting baseline capabilities.
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Emergency communications center stalled, GAO says
The Homeland Security Department and its federal partners are still in the early stages in forming an emergency communications preparedness center, a report says.
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Data mining
Physician offices have increased their use of electronic health records by 9.7 percent in the past year, according to a survey by research firm SK&A.
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With cyber czar in place, lawmakers continue legislative push
Congress could tackle key computer security questions in 2010, despite persistent disagreement over the extent that cybersecurity should be regulated.
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