DOD warns against the dark side of social networking
Two Defense Intelligence Agency experts explain how adversaries can use social-networking tools to gather information on targets.
New information security controls to strengthen federal cybersecurity standards
New catalog of information and security controls co-developed by NIST, the Pentagon and the intelligence community, along with information security legislation gaining traction in Congress, are expected to significantly improve federal cybersecurity standards.
NIST revises guidance for telework security
The guidance document will help organizations understand and mitigate the risks of teleworking by emphasizing the importance of securing sensitive information stored on telework devices and transmitted across external networks.
Trading platform professionalizes creation, buying and selling of malicious botnets
The Golden Cash network provides a one-stop shop for buyers and sellers of networks of infected computers, complete with attack toolkits fir exploiting legitimate Web sites and infecting unwary visitors.
GCN Lab Review: BounceBack Ultimate 9.0 provides excellent backup in a friendly interface
With BounceBack Ultimate 9.0, you can boot your system from an external drive via the USB port if your main hard drive dies, and your computer won’t even know the difference.
Potential cyber chief Hathaway developing cybersecurity response plan
The team that conducted the 60-day review of government cybersecurity policy is following up with a national incident response plan and efforts to untangle legal hindrances to improved security.
Wyatt Kash | Cybersecurity coordinator needs to close the talent gap
Skeptics may be disappointed by the lack of authority in President Barack Obama’s new cybersecurity office. But consolidating authority would have required lots of legislation and meant plenty of delays.
William Jackson | Ultimately, the cybersecurity buck stops with Obama
The impact of the new cybersecurity coordinator will depend on how well the office is supported by the president.
Center releases first security benchmarks for iPhone
Benchmarks from the Center for Internet Security outline best practices for securely configuring one of the most popular smart mobile devices, the Apple iPhone. Benchmarks for the BlackBerry are due later this year.
Microsoft issues record number of security fixes
Microsoft set a new high — or as some might view it, a new low — this month, when it issued a record number of security fixes for 31 software vulnerabilities in its products on Patch Tuesday, June 9.
Microsoft releases new enterprise security betas
The new Forefront Threat Management Gateway beta 3 and Forefront Online Security for Exchange (Release 9.1) provide key enhancements for Web security.
Tale of two smart-grid bills
Bills now before the House Homeland Security and Energy and Commerce Committees take different approaches toward regulating and strengthening the security of the electric grid against cyberattack.
DOE, NIST aim to secure smart grid
Parallel efforts to secure a new, technologically advanced power grid are taking place in Congress on the regulatory side and at NIST and the Energy Department on the technology side.
Keith Rhodes | Effective IT security starts with risk analysis, former GAO CTO says
Keith Rhodes, now chief technology officer at QinetiQ North America’s Mission Solutions Group, discusses the importance of setting priorities for protection and who in government is doing a good job with security.
IT policy in the U.S. goes back 100 years
The Cyberspace Policy Review continues a tradition that dates back to the telegraph.
Study finds wireless APs open to attack
AirTight, a provider of Wi-Fi security services, recently scanned 3,632 access points and nearly 550 clients in seven different financial centers and found that half of these WAPs were either unprotected or used WEP encryption.
U.S. defense technologies put at risk by bureaucratic turf wars: GAO
Weapons and other defense-related technologies are in danger of falling into the wrong hands, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.
Latest version of Digital Signature Standard expands key sizes, adds security
The Commerce Department has given final approval to FIPS 186-3, which strengthens requirements for the cryptographic algorithms used for digital signatures.
Cybersecurity gets a seat on new Homeland Security Advisory Council
Black Hat and DEFCON founder Jeff Moss is among the new members on the advisory council, and expects cybersecurity to get a higher profile in DHS.
ICANN, VeriSign, agencies collaborate on securing the Internet's root DNS
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, VeriSign, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and NIST will engage in a joint effort to secure the Internet’s root domain name system.
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