By Paul Goldernberg Editor’s note: In this guest post Paul Goldernberg brings more focus to the cyber security concerns facing many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). NGO’s are typically non-profit organizations that pursue social aims. With over 1.5 million NGOs in the US alone, they presen...
By BobGourley The TechAmerica foundation has published a PDF which appears to be a draft executive order on improving cybersecurity for our nation’s critical infrastructure. You can download a copy here: Executive Order: Improving Critical Infrastructure Cyersecurity There is no way to conf...
“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), struggling to find enough cybersecurity talent to meet its needs, says it is going to groom the next generation of cybersecurity pros starting in kindergarten. But several security experts say while better education and training is fine, there is ple...
“There was a time when the Department of Homeland Security wasn’t enthusiastic about its drone fleet. Unmanned flying surveillance ‘bots had the potential to freak out the public, top DHS science and technology officials worried. That time has evidently passed — particularly for smaller ...
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: White House sources confirm that Chinese hackers penetrated unclassified networks with a spear phishing attack against the White House Communications Agency. More here. Sequestration threatens the bipartisan...
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Federal Trade Commission has charged several rent-to-own companies and a software maker over rental computers that illegally used spyware that took “pictures of children, individuals not fully clot...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The White House is working with the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and others to draft their cybersecurity executive order. More here. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimousl...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The White House Office of Public Engagement, the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Transportation hosted the first Safety Datapalooza to highlight innovators who used freely-available g...