Cybersecurity

The threat from the inside
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New approach to identity security management
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Questions raised about FISNA effectiveness
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Powerful, targeted Internet attacks on rise
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U.S. making progress on cybersecurity
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VeriSign launches two-factor authentication for the masses
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Cyber Storm drill under way
Nation-wide (indeed, international) cybersecurity drill under way
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State of federal-state cybersecurity cooperation unsatisfactory
There is a lot of talk about the need for greater federal-state cooperation on cyber security, but much is still to be done
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Symantec provides secure environment on insecure machines
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Big cybersecurity vendors join to combat spyware
The big hitters in the cybersecurity industry are teaming up to fight spyware, but small spyware companies are worried
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DHS, private industry in national IT emergency exercise
Most of the nation’s critical infrastructure is privately owned including the communication infrastructure, so DHS is going to test government-private industry coordination in the event of emergency
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DHS WAN susceptible to service disruptions
DHS IG says department WAN susceptible to disruption and data loss
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Metrics: Money allocated to security grows
Motivational speakers accentuate the positive, but fear is also a great motivator — just see what countries and companies are planning to spend on defense this year
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IDS shows biometric identification system with proprietary 384 Bit algorithm
Biometrics company combines finger-print recognition with 384 Bit security and touts the superiority of finger printing over other forms of biometric identification
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DHS beefs up cybersecurity budget
Cybercrime reaches record level and shows growing sophistication; DHS beefs up its cybersecurity efforts, even as state and local cybersecurity officials say not enough is done to coordinate federal-state cyber defense efforts
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The long view

U.S. contemplates responses to a cyber-Pearl Harbor attack on critical infrastructure
Cybersecurity experts often contemplate how U.S. security agencies would react to a cyber-9/11 or a digital Pearl Harbor, in which a computer attack would unplug the power grid, disable communications lines, empty bank accounts, and result in loss of life. “Ultimately, it absolutely could happen,” says one expert. “Yeah, that thought keeps me up at night, in terms of what portion of our critical infrastructure could be really brought to its knees.”
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To bolster the world’s inadequate cyber governance framework, a “Cyber WHO” is needed
A new report on cyber governance commissioned by Zurich Insurance Group highlights challenges to digital security and identifies new opportunities for business. It calls for the establishment of guiding principles to build resilience and the establishment of supranational governance bodies such as a Cyber Stability Board and a “Cyber WHO.”
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U.S. adopts a more assertive cyber defense posture
Recent cyberattacks and intrusions by hackers, operating alone or backed by nation-states, have prompted the Pentagon and DHS to reaffirm their commitment to upholding the reliability and integrity of America’s cyber network and the systems connected to it. Americans rely on the connected Web to deliver critical services such as water and electricity, and should the Web be breached by bad actors, the consequences could threaten national security. “If we look at cyberspace as a hostile environment and there are bad people out there who want to do bad things to us, it may cause a wholesale re-examination of the way we build our systems in the first place,” noted one expert.
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The threat from the inside

New approach to identity security management

Questions raised about FISNA effectiveness

Powerful, targeted Internet attacks on rise

U.S. making progress on cybersecurity

VeriSign launches two-factor authentication for the masses

Cyber Storm drill under way

State of federal-state cybersecurity cooperation unsatisfactory

Symantec provides secure environment on insecure machines

Big cybersecurity vendors join to combat spyware

DHS, private industry in national IT emergency exercise

DHS WAN susceptible to service disruptions

Metrics: Money allocated to security grows

IDS shows biometric identification system with proprietary 384 Bit algorithm

DHS beefs up cybersecurity budget

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The long view

U.S. contemplates responses to a cyber-Pearl Harbor attack on critical infrastructure

To bolster the world’s inadequate cyber governance framework, a “Cyber WHO” is needed

U.S. adopts a more assertive cyber defense posture