By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Cisco Systems to buy Meraki for $1.2 billion – Cisco announced on Sunday that it would be buying Meraki, a cloud solutions provider, for $1.2B. This purchase is intended to help Cisco reach $1B in annual revenue, as well as pr...
By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Senate cyber bill is ‘dead’ – Senator Harry Reid of Nevada (the majority leader) has pronounced that the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is officially dead this year, after they failed to gain the 60 votes necessary. Mos...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working on an All Source Positioning and Navigation (ASPN) project to provide robust, seamless, low cost navigation with or without GPS. More here. Debora Plunkett, director...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a widespread internet revolt Wednesday....
After more than two years of protracted negotiations and numerous legislative rewrites, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is preparing to schedule a floor debate for a bill that would overhaul the country’s cybersecurity framework, a senior aide to the Nevada Democrat said on Tuesday....
Some members of the Congress switched sides to oppose antipiracy legislation as protests blanketed the Internet on Wednesday, turning Wikipedia dark and putting black slashes on Google and other sites as if they had been censored....
An update to the Federal Information Security Management Act is under review by members of Congress. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Thursday night during a speech before the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council (HSDBC) in Washington that congressional staff is reviewing a draft of th...
The Senate will debate cybersecurity legislation in early 2012, according to a letter from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) late Wednesday. “Given the magnitude of the threat and the gaps in the government’s ability to respond, we cannot afford to de...