Cybersecurity

• Cybersecurity sector report:
  • Cyber protection of DHS’s and other federal facilities is weak: GAO
  • U Wisconsin, shedding 1960s anti-classified research image, launches cybersecurity center
  • Universities adding cybersecurity programs to their curricula to meet growing demand
  • Obama to unveil several cybersecurity initiatives this week
  • Cybercrime imposing growing costs on global economy
  • Medical devices, not only medical records, are vulnerable to hackers
• Sector Report for Tuesday, 26 June 2013:
  • Medical devices vulnerable to hacking
  • HHS IG warns of lax USB security practices
  • States tighten cybersecurity practices
  • Technology trade shows pay more attention to cybersecurity
  • More cyberattacks now emanate from the Middle East
  • U.K. SMBs spend too little on cybersecurity
• Sector Report for Thursday, 11 November 2010:
  • Cybersecurity standard published to protect global critical infrastructure
  • The time for cybersecurity contracting is now
  • Second round of CyberPatriot competition sees 80 teams advance
• Sector Report for Thursday, 28 October 2010:
  • Cybersecurity bill not likely to pass this year
  • Congressional cybersecurity leadership after the elections
  • Cybersecurity only bright spot among disappointing administration privacy grades
  • PwC recruits cybersecurity talent with online puzzles
• Sector Report for Thursday, 14 October 2010:
  • Microsoft releases barrage of fixes at Stuxnet and more
  • Microsoft cleaned 6.5 million zombie PCs during April-June 2010
  • Britain faces "real and credible" cyber threat: intelligence chief
  • Briton gets 4-months jail for refusing to disclose password
• Sector Report for Thursday, 30 September 2010:
  • October's National Cyber Security Awareness Month launched
  • Budget cuts harm cybersecurity in the states, survey says
  • Faster cybersecurity with merging of two protocols
  • Ethical hacking conference coming to Charleston, WVA
  • Cyber innovation center launches in Maryland
• Sector Report for Thursday, 16 September 2010:
  • Pentagon lacks effective doctrine to guide cyberwarfare operations
  • Security standards for smart grid evolve
  • U.K to increase spending on cybersecurity
  • Vulnerable IT infrastructure means loss of revenue
  • GTEC buys Zytel, bolstering cyber, intelligence capabilities
  • The most pressing cybersecurity issue
• Sector Report for Thursday, 2 September 2010:
  • U.S. nuclear power plants bolster defenses against cyberattacks
  • Need for digital security spurs growth of cyber security field
  • Commercial quantum cryptography vulnerable to attack
• Sector Report for Thursday, 19 August 2010:
  • Intel acquires McAfee for $7.68 billion
  • Shop Shield privacy protection expanded to IE browser
  • House Cybersecurity Caucus launches new Web site
  • Cyberthreat "deniers" say cybersecurity experts are crying wolf
  • Huntsville, Alabama, to become center for the war on cyber crimes
• Sector Report for Thursday, 5 August 2010:
  • Worry: Hackers can take over power plants
  • INL's International Symposium on Resilient Control Systems (ISRCS)
  • Commerce Department seeks comments on cybersecurity and its impact on innovation