Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team within the Department of Homeland Security reports a a 20-fold leap in the number of incidents since the team was created in 2009. More here. The Homeland Securi...
Lt. Gen. Michael Basla will become the Air Force’s chief information officer when Lt. Gen. Bill Lord retires this summer, the Air Force confirmed to FedScoop....
via Stockhouse MCLEAN, Va., May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service to provide the expertise, technical know...
via BND.com COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The United States is still “hugely vulnerable” to cyber attacks, but so are most other nations, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday. “We’re way late” in preparing to defend critical computer systems from...
via Defense Systems Information security in the predigital age involved physical barriers, locks and guards. Modern data systems are more secure — yet also more vulnerable — than the acres of file cabinets they replaced. The Defense Department has spent a lot of time and money on technol...