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Obama urged to appoint new cybersecurity tsar
News The Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency is recommending U.S. President-elect Barack Obama create a new White House office to address cybersecurity.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Defense/military, Federal Government, Security, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Telecommunications, NOC
US senators aim to protect electric grid from hackers
News Politicians respond to reports of cyberattacks by suggesting new plans to protect an increasingly networked electric grid.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Rep., Grid, network, Hacker, U.S., U.S. Congress
US authorities' red tape left medical devices virus-infected
News Regulations stipulated that hospitals wait 90 days before updating Conficker-infected systems.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Security Management, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Telecommunications, Medical Device, Grid, computer, U.S. President Barack Obama, virus
US Homeland Security continues laptop seizures
News New guidelines are announced to clarify the U.S. border department's practice of seizing laptops and electronic gadgets indefinitely.
Tags: Consumer Technology, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, American Civil Liberties Union, electronic media, phone, agent, Laptop Computer, Homeland Security, Adobe PDF, disk
US govt takes DDoS attacks in its stride
News Department of Homeland Security reports series of distributed denial-of-service attacks on U.S. government networks since July 4.
Tags: Federal Government, Network security, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Attack, FTC, distributed denial of service, U.S. Government, CERT, British Broadcasting Corp., network
US and UK experts launch anti-cybercrime plan
News At Infosecurity 2009, U.S. and U.K. government security agencies announce a high-level plan to tackle cybercrime.
Tags: Network security, Security, C, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, cyberthreats, software, U.K., knowledge, action plan, software architect
US Homeland Security lacking 'open source' intelligence
News Report by a House committee says the Department of Homeland Security is not providing sufficient publicly available information for state and local law enforcement.
Tags: Open source, Regulations, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Training, Homeland Security, Internet, blog, analyst, CIA, secretary
US President's budget blueprint enhances cybersecurity
News U.S. President Barack Obama's 2010 budget proposal continues to fund Homeland Security's heavily criticized cybersecurity division, but it also boosts such funding for intelligence.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Government, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Bush Administration, Hathaway, U.S. President Barack Obama, National Security Agency, U.S. Government
US President hints at cybersecurity shakeup
News Announcement that cybersecurity official from former U.S. President George W. Bush's administration will conduct a review of cybersecurity efforts, may indicate authority will shift from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House.
Tags: Security, Defense/military, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Bush Administration, Hathaway, White House, Homeland Security, CNET Networks Inc., agency
Schneier: 'Zero benefit' from US border biometrics
News The Department of Homeland Security has disputed Bruce Schneier's claim that the U.S.-Visit program has had no impact on reducing criminal and terrorist threats.
Tags: Security, Biometrics, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, British Telecommunications, Officer, Program, RSA Security Inc., undersecretary, Iraq, blog
Conficker flaw reveals which computers are infected
News Researchers find flaw in Conficker that lets them detect which computers have the legit Microsoft patch and which were "patched" by the worm itself.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, Scanner, Honeynet Project, Tool, removable storage, Flaw, computer
US President on cybersecurity: We're not that prepared
News U.S. President Barack Obama announces new White House cybersecurity coordinator job, and says the government will not monitor private sector Internet communications.
Tags: Security, Government, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, computer, Washington, White House, network, Internet, agency
Report: Problems stymie US cyberspy protection
News Technical and privacy issues are plaguing the U.S. government's work on the overarching system to protect federal computer networks from cyberspies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Federal Government, Server platforms, File servers, Hacking, Mobile platforms/communications, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, U.S. Department Of Justice, Attack, Pentagon
US on hunt for 1,000 cybersecurity experts
News US Department of Homeland Security has been given the go-ahead to hire the staff in a push to improve the country's response to cyber incidents.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Security, Network security, Cybersecurity Expert, Cybersecurity, network, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Internet Attack, Information Security
US National Archives offers reward for missing hard drive
News Missing external hard drive at the National Archives contains names and Social Security numbers of White House visitors and staffers during Clinton administration.
Tags: Storage, Data security, Staff, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, social security number, Social Security, personally identifiable information, hard drive, White House, agency
