To get ready for the FedCyber Summit on Wednesday, we spoke to some of our sponsors about the current state of the Federal Cyber ecosystem, and what they are doing to advance it. I asked Doug Meyer, Cyber Security Practice Manager of Fulcrum IT to answer the following questions: Q: What is the bigge...
One year ago a malicious software program called Stuxnet exploded onto the world stage as the first publicly confirmed cyber superweapon – a digital guided missile that could emerge from cyber space to destroy a physical target in the real world. While Symantec, the big antivirus company, and othe...
via eWeek Federal government IT and cyber-security professionals are worried about sophisticated threats and the level of visibility they have in their networks, Cisco found in a recent online survey. Many of the professionals are seeing the cloud as a way to improve security while reducing costs. E...
via GovInfoSecurity Cyber intelligence, a new approach to IT security, could make significant gains in the coming year, says Terry Roberts, chair of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s Cyber Council. “The good thing is,” she says, “this isn’t really rocket...
via Networkworld There is an urgent need for businesses and our government to develop high-level cyber-intelligence as a way to combat the unacceptable levels of online security threats because the current “patch and pray” system won’t cut it in the future. That was the major thr...
via Military.com ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The new academic year marks the beginning of the Naval Academy’s new cyber security curriculum, in which midshipmen are required to take classes that will enhance their knowledge of cyber warfare and the threat it poses to national security. Discussion o...
via Post Tribune U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder praised Northwest Indiana’s efforts to fight cyber crime, saying the government needs to continue to work with the private sector to do so. Holder, who gave the keynote speech Thursday at the Northwest Indiana Cyber Security Summit in Hammond,...
via IBTimes The sophisticated cyberattack into U.S. defense contractor LockHeed Martin Corp. highlights the grave threat cyber criminals pose to companies, especially weapons manufacturers. Though Lockheed claims the recent hack attack did not compromise the data on its customers, programs or employ...