Items Tagged with "Government"
Off Topic: What to do about Conspiracy Theorists?
May 21, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
I received an alert recently about an article dealing with Electronic Warfare or EW. Since EW has always been one of the components of Information Operations I decided to take a look. Mistake. My very first indicator, before I even had to think, was that the title was in ALL CAPS...
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Law Professors Cast Further Doubt on ACTA's Constitutionality
May 17, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
At issue is whether the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) had authority to enter into the controversial IP enforcement agreement on behalf of the United States when the Deputy U.S. Trade Ambassador signed ACTA in October 2011...
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The US Cyber Guard Begins
May 17, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
US cyber defenses will now include more than just the US Cyber Command and the Department of Homeland Security. Eventually it may include somewhere around 8,000 contractors, mostly defense contractors. Of course the conspiracy theorists will begin screaming “big brother”...
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White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt Resigns
May 17, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"It has been a tremendous honor for me to have served in this role and to have worked with such dedicated and professional colleagues both in the government and private sector. We have made real progress in our efforts to better deal with the risks in cyberspace..."
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Dutch MoD Innovation Competition 2012: CYBER Operations 2.0
May 16, 2012 Added by:Matthijs R. Koot
The Dutch Ministry of Defense's (MoD) annually issues a "Defense Innovation Competition" is a competition that is intended to get input from and foster relations with Dutch industry and SME. This year's theme is "CYBER Operations 2.0"...
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Growing Mistrust of India’s Biometric ID Scheme
May 14, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
In India, a massive effort is underway to collect biometric identity information for each of the country’s 1.2 billion people. The incredible plan has stirred controversy in India and beyond, raising serious concerns about the security of individuals’ personal data...
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Defense Industrial Base Cyber Security Program
May 14, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
The United States continues to face a significant risk that critical Defense information networks can be compromised by malicious actors resulting in economic losses or damage to national security. The DIB CS/IA Program is designed to improve DIB network defenses...
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FedRAMP Releases Updated Security Assessment Templates
May 11, 2012 Added by:Kevin L. Jackson
FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and monitoring for Cloud Service Providers. This document has been designed for Third-Party Independent Assessors to use for planning security testing of CSPs...
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Pentagon CIO Discusses DoD's Cyber Defense Strategy
May 11, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"We deal with all aspects of cyber security. How to defend all our information. We have a lot of R&D to protect. There are those who want to get in and maliciously disable or damage or change information. We’re so heavily dependent on our network for a national security role..."
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Drones, Secret Surveillance, and Classifying the Wizard of Oz
May 11, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
The FAA finally released the names of the government agencies which applied for and received authorization to fly drones in the US. Unfortunately, the list did not include what drones were authorized, what they were being used for, or what information they were collecting...
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Panetta Treads Lightly Around Chinese Cyber Attacks
May 10, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"I can hardly agree with the proposition that the cyber attacks directed to the United States are directly coming from China. And during the meeting, Secretary Panetta also agreed on my point that we cannot attribute all the cyber attacks in the United States to China..."
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The FBI, Content Monitoring, Backdoors and Going Dark
May 09, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
The FBI is working to obtain a backdoor for major social networks like Facebook and also for some of the most used communications platforms such as Skype and Instant Messaging for government surveillance, and is collaborating with companies like Microsoft, Google and Yahoo...
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Join ICS-CERT on the US-CERT Secure Portal
May 09, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
One of the best kept secrets in the critical infrastructure world is the US-CERT secure portal, a web-based platform that provides a mechanism for secure, unclassified information exchange between government agencies and the private sector asset owners and operators...
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DOJ: Any Protection is too Much for Cell Phone Tracking
May 08, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
For years, we've been arguing that cell phone location data should only be accessible to law enforcement with a search warrant. After all, as web enabled smart phones become more prevalent, this location data reveals an incredibly revealing portrait of your every move...
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Legislation Would Stick Business with Cyberwar Costs
May 08, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"The legally mandated role of the government is to provide for the common defense, and they're willing to spend pretty much whatever it takes... If you're in a private organization, your legally mandated responsibility is to maximize shareholder value. You can't spend just anything..."
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CISPA: The Devil is in the Details
May 08, 2012 Added by:Michelle Valdez
The problem with CISPA involves all the information added under one of the approved amendments. The vagueness about what information can be shared has caused most of the concern – especially that catch all category of “to protect the national security of the United States”...
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