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DHS to tighten security of information included in national infrastructure plan
Infrastructure and IT companies are supposed to provide DHS with information to help fashion an effective infrastructure protection policy; these companies are worried about who would have access to that information
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Protecting data over wide-area networks
For business to recover from disaster it has to have its data and applications protected; to do that effectively, both hardware and software encryptions are required, and both transmitted information and stored information should be proected
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DHS buys 150,000 Camouflage CyberKeys
You can take it with you: DHS buys a nifty little device to help its work force be mobile and secure at the same time
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Identity Systems shows upgraded identity search-and-match solution
Businesses are becoming more aware of the need to know exactly who their clients, suppliers, and employees are, so the upgrade to an already-popular search and identify solution will be welcomed
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Emblaze acquires majority interest in secure information specialist Smart Content
Versatile communication security company acquires a content delivery company with sophisticated technology; beyond meeting consumer demand for more consumer-tailored contents, the system may be used for homeland security purposes
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Emblaze acquires majority interest in secure information specialist Smart Content
Versatile communication security company acquires a content delivery company with sophisticated technology; beyond meeting consumer demand for more consumer-tailored contents, the system may be used for homeland security purposes
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DHS funds effort to monitor vulnerabilities of open source code
Open source-based applications grow in popularity, and DHS decides to monitor more closely the security issues involved
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RSA release preliminary fourth quarter results
On-line identity security company shows fourth quarter results
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Amit Yoran named president, CEO of In-Q-Tel
Rising cyber security maven Yoran, with government and private sector experience, assumes leadership of CIA venture capital arm dedicated to promoting novel technologies
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CSC, garnering fat contracts; is acquisition target
CSC should be an ideal acquisition target for Lockheed Martin, in the same way Anteon offered an attractive target for General Dynamics
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NetClarity to use RSS for real-time reconfiguration of countermeasures to threats
Machine-readable RSS to be used to detect internet threats, disseminate the information, and instigate countermeasures
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Civil Air Patrol uses instant messaging from IMLogic
Instant Messaging is not for teenagers only anymore. The Civil Air Patrol and other emergency services are beginning to use it to good effect
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Arxceo signs first OEM agreement; market recognizes value of anomaly-based cyber defense
You may have received a call from your credit card company asking whether it was really you who purchased thousands of dollars worth of lingerie in Hawaii two weeks ago; why did they call you? Anomalous behavior, that’s why; now a similar same behavior-based defense is brought to corporate IT security
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The long view
States Rush to Combat AI Threat to Elections
By Zachary Roth
This year’s presidential election will be the first since generative AI became widely available. That’s raising fears that millions of voters could be deceived by a barrage of political deepfakes. Congress has done little to address the issue, but states are moving aggressively to respond — though questions remain about how effective any new measures to combat AI-created disinformation will be.
Ransomware Attacks: Death Threats, Endangered Patients and Millions of Dollars in Damages
By Dino Jahic
A ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a company that processes 15 billion health care transactions annually and deals with 1 in 3 patient records in the United States, is continuing to cause massive disruptions nearly three weeks later. The incident, which started on February 21, has been called the “most significant cyberattack on the U.S. health care system” by the American Hospital Association. It is just the latest example of an increasing trend.
Chinese Government Hackers Targeted Critics of China, U.S. Businesses and Politicians
An indictment was unsealed Monday charging seven nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their involvement in a PRC-based hacking group that spent approximately 14 years targeting U.S. and foreign critics, businesses, and political officials in furtherance of the PRC’s economic espionage and foreign intelligence objectives.
Autonomous Vehicle Technology Vulnerable to Road Object Spoofing and Vanishing Attacks
Researchers have demonstrated the potentially hazardous vulnerabilities associated with the technology called LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, many autonomous vehicles use to navigate streets, roads and highways. The researchers have shown how to use lasers to fool LiDAR into “seeing” objects that are not present and missing those that are – deficiencies that can cause unwarranted and unsafe braking or collisions.
Tantalizing Method to Study Cyberdeterrence
By Trina West
Tantalus is unlike most war games because it is experimental instead of experiential — the immersive game differs by overlapping scientific rigor and quantitative assessment methods with the experimental sciences, and experimental war gaming provides insightful data for real-world cyberattacks.