Cybersecurity Strategy
8 Stories
Govt red tape adds to security threats
News Bureaucracy and lack of sharing of data between countries impede efforts to address cybersecurity, but work is in progress to resolve issues, notes global industry body.
Tags: Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Kaspersky Lab, Security, Howard Schmidt, Impact, Cybersecurity, Singapore, cyberthreats
Bill would give US president emergency control of Internet
News Critics question revised proposal from U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller to let the White House do what it deems necessary to respond to a "cybersecurity emergency".
Tags: Web sites, Cybersecurity, U.S. Senate, computer, aide, White House, Electronic Frontier Foundation, network, Internet, president
Cybersecurity post needs a promotion, firms say
Insight Cyber Security Industry Alliance calls on Bush administration to create new assistant secretary position in Homeland Security Department.
Tags: Security Management
Aust govt sets up new CERT
News Australian government launches in-depth cybersecurity strategy, which includes establishment of a new Computer Emergency Response Team to rival existing AusCERT.
Tags: Government, Network security, Security Management, PC security, cybersecurity workforce, Cybersecurity, AusCERT, Information And Communication Technology, Identity Theft, cyberthreats
EU calls for 'Mister Cybersecurity'
News The European Union's telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding says member states have been "quite negligent" in coordinating cybersecurity strategy across Europe, and urges creation of a European cybersecurity chief.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, Security, Cybersecurity, European Union, Information Security, Europe, cybersecurity strategy, denial of service, member state
US cybersecurity review stepping up on privacy
News Melissa Hathaway, who is conducting a government-wide, 60-day cybersecurity review for U.S. President Barack Obama, is meeting with privacy and civil liberties groups.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Rep., cybersecurity strategy, U.S. Senate, White House, Microsoft Office, strategy
Report: Acting US cyberspace chief resigns
News Melissa Hathaway, who was considered a leading candidate to fill the post permanently, says she's resigning for personal reasons.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity strategy, Bush Administration, e-mail, White House, Homeland Security, Wall Street Journal, strategy, spokesman
UK launches dedicated cybersecurity agency
News New government agency will coordinate national IT security defence and response, including launching DDoS attacks and cyberespionage.
Tags: Security, Cybersecurity, IT Security, Government, Prime Minister, U.S., Cyberattack, agency, Security
