By AdamElkus I can already hear the chuckling. “Cyber warfare? Balanced? And I’d like partisanship in Washington to end, a double date with Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, and some fries with that!” Yes, my desire is utopian, but the fact that I would have to qualify it with a s...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, endorsed using the cloud for sharing classified intelligence on cyber threats with critical industries. More here. A MeriTalk survey fin...
Here are today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Missile Defense Agency has issued a request for proposals for a new methods to identify counterfeit electronics. More here. The Federal Bureau warns travelers not to update software on hotel wireless networks due to...
Cyberspace is an evolving medium, and the best strategic thinking about cyber dimensions of commerce, security, politics, and warfare is likely yet to come. I was happy, however, to read David Betz and Tim Stevens’ recent International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) monograph Cyberspace...
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...
House lawmakers said at a hearing Tuesday that they are worried that the country’s electrical grid is vulnerable to a crippling cyber attack....
Technologists from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will this month detail a new program it wants to develop that can secure embedded systems in everything from large supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that manage physical infrastructure, to medical devices, co...
A group of researchers has discovered serious security holes in six top industrial control systems used in critical infrastructure and manufacturing facilities and, thanks to exploit modules they released on Thursday, have also made it easy for hackers to attack the systems before they’re patched ...