The United States and European Union have conducted their first-ever cybersecurity joint exercise, which was designed to improve collaboration and speed responses to cyber attacks. Lee Rock, acting director of US-CERT, told InformationWeek in an interview Friday that the Cyber Atlantic 2011 Exerci...
via InformationWeek Government Having jump-started Uncle Sam’s move into cloud computing, Vivek Kundra is now aiming more broadly, pitching the idea of a “global cloud-first policy” and agreeing to advise the European Union on its cloud strategy. They’re impressive next steps...
via Open Channel When a “foreign intelligence service” hacked into the computers of a major defense contractor in March and made off with more than 24,000 Defense Department files, the subsequent report in the New York Times understandably focused on the size of the haul. A less-obvious ...
via Balkans.com As part of the EU-US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial in Gödöllo (Hungary), Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano reiterat...
via WSJ Last week, the European Union revealed that its headquarters had come under a major cyber attack, likely state-sponsored, on the eve of the EU summit. Earlier this month, the French announced that they had been hit with a cyber assault at the end of 2010, probably launched by Chinese hackers...
via Federal Computer Week With the WikiLeaks hacks and other threats to cybersecurity present, guarding against cyberattacks has become a significant part of governing – especially because most government agencies have moved to online systems. As a potential government shutdown comes closer, a...
via InformationWeek Department of Defense officials, including deputy secretary of defense William Lynn, are meeting with NATO and European Union officials in Brussels, Belgium, this week to discuss how they can work together on cybersecurity issues. Lynn will be meeting with NATO’s secretary ...