Cybersecurity
Fusion centers to be assessed
Federal, state and local officials plan to assess fusion centers' progress in meeting baseline capabilities.
Digital Government
DHS wants your ideas for cybersecurity awareness campaign
The Homeland Security Department wants suggestions for ways to bolster public awareness about cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
With cyber czar in place, lawmakers continue legislative push
Congress could tackle key computer security questions in 2010, despite persistent disagreement over the extent that cybersecurity should be regulated.
Cybersecurity
Critics not satisfied with partial revelation of secret cybersecurity plan
Observers welcomed the release of summary of the government's classified cybersecurity initiative, but some want the Obama administration to give more details.
Cybersecurity
DHS plans to seek cybersecurity R&D center support
The Homeland Security Department plans to award a multi-year contract to provide a range of management and technical services for its cybersecurity research and development programs.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano explains why less (money) is more for SBInet
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano explains the Obama administration's rationale for seeking significantly less money for fiscal 2011 for a border security program that includes building a virtual fence.
Cybersecurity
FBI outlines three components of cyber-risk
Organizations should consider three key factors when assessing risks to computer security, according to the deputy assistant director at the FBI's Cyber Division.
Cybersecurity
U.S. would lose a cyber war, former intell chief warns
The country needs to make a national commitment to securing cyberspace before a catastropic attack occurs.
Digital Government
Federal Trade Commission sweats peer-to-peer networks
The FTC has told nearly 100 organizations that sensitive information from their computer networks has made its way onto P2P file-sharing networks.
Cybersecurity
Navy looks to advance cyber defense
The Navy wants algorithms that can be used for malware detection and to distinguish between legitimate and malicious traffic.
Modernization
NARA clarifies recordkeeping for the cloud
The National Archives and Records Administration wants agency officials to understand how cloud computing affects recordkeeping.
Digital Government
Former intell chief to talk cybersecurity
Former director of national intelligence Michael McConnell is scheduled to testify before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee about what is needed to protect the country's critical infrastructure from cyberthreats.
Cybersecurity
Massive botnet may have snared some agency systems
Computer security firm NetWitness discovered a botnet that, according to the firm, has compromised 75,000 systems at 2,500 organizations, including 10 federal agencies.
Modernization
Feds look for their avatars in 3-D
The Agriculture Department plans to acquire software that agencies across government can use to build its own virtual world for collaboration and training.
Cybersecurity
Cyberattack simulation highlights vulnerabilities
A simulation exercise today showed the legal and technical problems a cyberattack could cause.
Cybersecurity
DHS gets new intell chief
Caryn Wagner started today as head of the DHS office that uses information technology to share homeland security-related data with state and local authorities.
Digital Government
Advice for the cyber czar: Make friends with OMB
Melissa Hathaway, the Obama administration’s former acting senior director for cyberspace, said the strongest ally the cyber coordinator needs or should have is in the Office of Management and Budget.
Cybersecurity
Former officials plan guest appearances in cyberattack simulation
A bipartisan group of former senior government officials will participate in a simulation to show how the government would craft a response to a major cyber incident.
Cybersecurity
DHS debuts open government suggestion box
The Homeland Security Department has debuted an online tool for public comment on how it can be more transparent to meet open government requirements.
Digital Government
Hathaway gets award from trade group for cybersecurity review
The Internet Security Alliance today gave Melissa Hathaway its annual McCurdy Award for her work on the Obama administration's review of cyberspace policy.
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