Items Tagged with "Cyber Security"
Summit Seeks Global Cybersecurity Collaboration
June 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
“I’d like to see us create a working group which talks about cybersecurity espionage and cyber conflict in a big way. Cybersecurity is now intertwined with international security, and you can't divorce it from that...”
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Joint U.S.-China Report on Cybersecurity Released
May 27, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"In a time when most can only see a grim, downward spiral of recrimination when it comes to all things cyber, this report is the product of cooperation and offers some hope for an improved relationship between China and the US..."
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Internet Kill Switch Option Actively Debated by Senate
May 24, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The debate in the U.S. over legislating an "Internet kill switch" is not one of whether or not to create a mechanism to control Internet access, but one of who will legally exercise the power to limit accessibility and under what circumstances...
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Obama's Cybersecurity Plan Gets Lukewarm Reception
May 20, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Overall, the proposals are disappointing compared with what the president said in his 2009 policy statement... [and] when you look at some sections, it appears to give DHS some broad authorities here that concern us." said Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance...
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DHS Cybersecurity Chief Philip Reitinger Resigns
May 19, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Unless people really start to really pay attention to the threat and how we need to drive fundamental change, we're in a world that is going get worse from day to day and month to month and year to year," Reitinger stated...
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NATO's Mutual Defense Doctrine Applies to Cyberspace
May 17, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Cyberspace activities can have effects extending beyond networks; such events may require responses in self-defense. Likewise, interconnected networks link nations more closely, so an attack on one nation’s networks may have impact far beyond its borders..."
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Stuxnet and the Emerging Cyber Arms Race
May 17, 2011 Added by:Headlines
“We have created an arms race because now countries like China are blaming the US for the Iran attack and saying 'we need one too'. I think the next Stuxnet will be cruder but it will go after broad spectrum connections..."
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FCC's Ten Key Cybersecurity Tips for Businesses
May 17, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Broadband and information technology are powerful factors in small businesses reaching new markets and increasing productivity and efficiency. However, businesses need cybersecurity tools and tactics to protect themselves, their customers, and their data from growing cyber threats...
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Obama Delivers Cybersecurity Strategy to Congress
May 12, 2011 Added by:Headlines
“We are now in a world in which cyber warfare is very real. It could threaten our grid system. It could threaten our financial system. It could paralyze this country, and I think that's an area we have to pay a lot more attention to..."
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Security Experts Launch Cybersecurity Index Resource
May 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The Index of Cyber Security is a measure of the risk to the corporate, industrial, and governmental information infrastructure. It is sentiment-based in recognition of the rapid change in cybersecurity threats and the state of cybersecurity metrics as a practical art...
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Chinese Hackers Are Hungry for Information
May 06, 2011 Added by:Rahul Neel Mani
Stuart McClure, Senior Vice President at McAfee co-authored his best-selling book Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions 12 years ago. In an interview with Varun Aggarwal, he talks about how things have changed since then as he launched the new edition of his book...
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DOJ: FBI Unprepared to Combat Cyber Security Threats
April 28, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"One agent who had recently been assigned his first counterterrorism intrusion case said that he did not know how to investigate a national security intrusion case. He was concerned about is ability to perform the investigation, especially because he viewed it as a significant case..."
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White House Official: Attacks are Risk of Doing Business
April 28, 2011 Added by:Headlines
In the wake of several substantial consumer information breaches such as those at Sony and Epsilon, White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt sought to downplay the level of concern in stating that cybersecurity events are simply a business-side risk like any other...
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Joint US - Russian Report on Critical Cyber Terms Released
April 27, 2011 Added by:Headlines
“It may seem like a small step, but Russians and Americans have never before sat down and really agreed on the terms that are the prerequisite for rules of the road for cyber conflict. Defining terms together is the first step for creating international cybersecurity agreements...”
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Cyber Security Lacking for Critical Infrastructure Systems
April 19, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"The message is that our industrial control systems are very, very vulnerable to attack and the security we have installed today is insufficient to protect us. I'm concerned that (the industry) is not getting that message, despite having the evidence in front of us..."
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Senators Introduce Cyber Security Public Awareness Act
April 18, 2011 Added by:Headlines
“The government keeps the damage we are sustaining from cyber attacks secret because it is classified. The private sector keeps the damage they are sustaining from cyber attacks secret so as not to look bad... The net result of that is that the American public gets left in the dark..."