“Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Wednesday said the cybersecurity executive order that the White House is drafting is ‘close to completion.’ ” Source: Napolitano: Executive order on cybersecurity is ‘close to completion’ – The Hill’s H...
“Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday she would consider having tech companies participate with the government in “proactive” efforts to combat hackers based in foreign countries.” (Source: Homeland Security chief contemplating proactive cyber attacks – San Jose Mercury...
DARPA Director Regina Dugan is leaving government for a new job at Google, another in the growing list of government technology executives leaving for the private sector. More here. The Army cautioned deployed military personnel about the use of Geotagging on social media, which runs the risk of e...
via SIGNAL Magazine When it comes to the transition from command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) systems to cloud computing architectures, both the challenge – and the promise – boil down to “getting the right information to the right individual at the ri...
via The Wall Street Journal Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Wednesday suggested easing restrictions on the domestic activities of intelligence agencies like the CIA as a way to combat international computer hacking. “We need to take a fresh look” at laws that generall...
via Urgent Communications Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this week addressed the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) to testify about the ongoing efforts of the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security and NSTAC to safeguard the nation’...
via US Department of Defense WASHINGTON, May 16, 2011 — White House officials released an international cyberstrategy here today that will help to build a “coalition of nations [with a] mutual interest in securing cyberspace,” Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said. The ...
via NorthJersey.com The House of Representatives has been in session 46 days so far this year. And in that time, officials from the Department of Homeland Security have testified at 45 House hearings. The one-a-day average illustrates what former New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean Sr. calls the “d...