Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Energy has published its Electricity Subsector Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model as a guide to cybersecurity for utilities. More here. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (Fed...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: President Obama ordered to accelerate a campaign of cyberattacks against started by President Bush and code-named Olympic Games including the U.S. and Israeli developed Stuxnet. More here. The Department of Energy missed 50...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The House of Representatives will begin discussing four cybersecurity bills this week but will not consider the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness (PRECISE) Act of 2011 . More her...
According to an internal Energy Department audit, the federal utility Bonneville Power Administration, which provides power to over 305 of the Pacific Northwest, is at risk due to weak passwords. Overall, the DoE found a 60 percent increase in vulnerabilities between 2010 and 2011 across the depar...
The federal government maintained its leadership in supercomputing with five of the top 10 of the world’s most powerful machines under its management, according to a biannual list of the top supercomputers. However, a Japanese supercomputer called K computer–run by the RIKEN Advanced I...