Items Tagged with "Cyber Security"
ICS-CERT: From the Trenches - A Tabletop Exercise
May 22, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Incident response is critical. During a real incident, you don’t want to discover major gaps in policy/procedure and/or technology tools. The collaboration that occurs during the exercise helps to understand the roles and responsibilities that each of us have during cyber attacks...
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Former DHS Director Sean Paul McGurk Joins ICS ISAC
May 22, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Malware such as Stuxnet and Duqu have led to the recognition of broader systemic vulnerabilities within critical infrastructure which until recently have been largely disconnected. Addressing the resiliency of these systems must occur at technical, organizational and policy levels...
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Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China
May 21, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"In 2011, computer networks and systems around the world continued to be targets of intrusions and data theft, many of which originated within China. Although some of the targeted systems were U.S. government-owned, others were commercial networks owned by private companies..."
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Logging: Opening Pandora's Box - Part 4 - Awareness
May 21, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Awareness is the ability to know, understand and react to various types of events in near-real-time in order to defend your enterprise. Whether you're defending it from performance failures, functionality failures, or security failures is dependent on the group you work in...
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Kaspersky Warns of Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
May 18, 2012 Added by:Headlines
“It’s not possible to protect. Stuxnet told us that modern systems are not protected... SCADA could be very easy victims – the result of an attack could be like Stuxnet but everywhere... [We] need to understand the danger of cyber-weapons and of cyber-war to ruin national infrastructure..."
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US Enhances Cybersecurity Collaboration with Australia
May 18, 2012 Added by:Headlines
This statement of intent will help enhance situational awareness and information sharing on cybersecurity issues, increase collaboration and sharing of cybersecurity best practices, and create opportunities for training and cooperation in cyber exercises...
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Air Force Command Realigns Cyberspace Capabilities
May 18, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"As the lead major command for space and cyberspace, Air Force Space Command is chartered to organize, train and equip space and cyberspace forces and is tasked to review and efficiently use the resources assigned to the command," said Lt.Gen. Michael J. Basla...
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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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Researchers Developing Self-Defending Networks
May 15, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"This is a game-changing idea in cybersecurity.... we are currently losing against online attackers. In order to fundamentally change the cybersecurity landscape and reduce that high risk we need some big, fundamental changes to the way computers and networks are constructed..."
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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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No National 'Stand Your Cyberground' Law Please
May 14, 2012 Added by:William Mcborrough
We know that some attacks on our privately owned critical infrastructure have been attributed to foreign government networks. Would it be wise to license companies to attack these networks? The last thing we need is an international incident started by some SysAdmin..
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ICS-CERT: Risk Management for the Electricity Sector
May 14, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
The DOE collaborated with the NIST and NERC to release a second draft of the Electricity Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management Process guideline, designed with the idea that cybersecurity risk management should be driven by the business needs of the company...
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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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