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January 25, 2010  5:06 PM

Melissa Hathaway on managing cybersecurity, FISMA compliance reforms



Posted by: GuyPardon
compliance, cybersecurity, cyberwar, data breach, electronic privacy, federal data breach law, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, FISMA, FISMA compliance, privacy

In this podcast, former cybersecurity director Melissa Hathaway talks about emerging cybersecurity threats, reforms to FISMA compliance and corporate...

January 22, 2010  5:29 PM

Network mapping and leak detection at DISA



Posted by: GuyPardon
compliance, cybersecurity, Department of Defence, DISA, DoD, leak detection, Lumeta, network scanning, vulnerability detection

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has entered into a multiyear enterprise contract to use Lumeta Inc.’s IPsonar for network mapping and leak detection for the Department of Defense (DoD) global...


December 22, 2009  9:55 PM

White House introduces Howard Schmidt as new cybersecurity coordinator



Posted by: GuyPardon
compliance, cybersecurity, cybersecurity coordinator, Howard Schmidt, Melissa Hathaway, Microsoft, National Security Council, White House

This morning, the White House made it official: Howard Schmidt will be the nation’s next


November 20, 2009  4:15 PM

Former cyber czar describes cybersecurity policy-making, faults FISMA



Posted by: GuyPardon
compliance, Computer security, cyber security, cybersecurity, cyberwar, DHS, Electrical grid, FISMA, Government, Greg Garcia, Security, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security

How did the first U.S. “cyber czar” describe his time as the nation’s assistant secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C)? Quoting Mark Twain, Greg Garcia observed that “a man who carries a cat by a tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” It was “like a...


November 17, 2009  10:55 PM

Study links outsourcing, mobile workforce and cyberterrorism threats



Posted by: GuyPardon
Application security, CA, compliance, Critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, FISMA, Government, Government agency, Ponemon Institute, research, Security, United States, United States Department of Health and Human Services

A new study of top government IT executives conducted by the Ponemon Institute identified outsourcing, cyberterrorism and an increasingly mobile workforce as significant threats to data, government systems and the nation’s critical infrastructure. IT executives from the Departments of Defense,...


November 9, 2009  10:10 PM

60 Minutes covers cybersecurity threats, federal data breach



Posted by: GuyPardon
CBS News, compliance, cybersecurity, cybersecurity threats, cyberterrorism, cyberwar, FISMA, ICE Act, Melissa Hathaway, United States Central Command, United States Department of Defense, White House

Yesterday, CBS News' 60 Minutes devoted its opening story to cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure in the United States, including the power grid, financial systems and military information systems. Threatpost, the information security blog associated with Kaspersky Labs, has...


November 6, 2009  10:10 PM

U.S. CIO Kundra bets on SOA, cloud computing, agile, data-based policy



Posted by: GuyPardon
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, CIO, compliance, cybersecurity, Data.gov, Federal government of the United States, FISMA, Google, gov2.0, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra

U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra, appearing Friday as the keynote speaker at the University of Maryland's CIO Forum, touched on a number of topics affecting both public- and private-sector CIOs. Some of his comments follow: “We found that the role of CIOs in the federal government is very much focused on...


November 2, 2009  9:30 PM

Improve public and private cybersecurity partnerships, says Hathaway



Posted by: GuyPardon
cybersecurity, cybersecurity threats, cyberwar, DDoS, Federal Emergency Management Agency, identity theft, Melissa Hathaway, National security, Security, United States, White House

Melissa Hathaway, former acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security councils, spoke of the need for better public-private cooperation at a cybersecurity...

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November 2, 2009  9:26 PM

New rules for cyberwar being defined as cybersecurity risks grow



Posted by: GuyPardon
Center for Strategic and International Studies, cybersecurity, DHS, FISA, International Spy Museum, National security, Security, United States

James Lewis, director and senior fellow of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the

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October 2, 2009  7:21 PM

NIST, smart grid privacy and social networking for security pros



Posted by: GuyPardon
cybersecurity, Google, Google Docs, identity theft, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Personally identifiable information, privacy, Security, Smart Grid, smart grid privacy, Twitter

Last month, the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) outlined a framework for building more...