via boston.com State officials unveiled yesterday a new team of law enforcement officers, emergency planners, academics, and private businesses aimed at taking down threats to cyber security and tackling cyber attacks when they happen. Members of the new Rhode Island Cyber Disruption Team said the p...
via The Hillicon Valley The Senate Judiciary Committee will wade into the cybersecurity debate Tuesday with a hearing on the Obama administration’s legislative proposal in front of the subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, chaired by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). The Judiciary Committee is ...
via The Hill The number of attacks on federal government networks rose 40 percent last year according to a new White House report on cybersecurity. Federal agencies reported 41,776 attacks in fiscal 2010 after seeing 30,000 the previous year, according to the Office of Management and Budget’s ...
via Info Security Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) has introduced legislation that would expand the Department of Homeland Security’s authority over private networks determined to be part of US critical infrastructure. The bill, the Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act, would give the Department of H...
via The Hill Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) unveiled a comprehensive cybersecurity bill on Wednesday that would give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to regulate the security of private networks deemed part of the nation’s critical infrastructure. “Our nation sits at a cruci...