Infrastructure protection

• Sector Report for Monday, 28 November 2011:
  • Pentagon confirms policy of military response to cyberatacks
  • U.K. banks pass cyberdefense stress test
  • Hackers fail in AT&T cyberattack
• Sector Report for Monday, 14 November 2011:
  • Nations could cripple U.S. with retaliatory cyberattack
  • Smart grid security market to jump to $2 billion in 2016
  • DARPA to boost cyber research spending by 50 percent
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• Sector Report for Monday, 31 October 2011:
  • More than 18,000 bridges in metro areas structurally deficient
  • Senior FBI official suggest creating alternative Internet
  • Electrical grid targeted by hackers
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• Sector Report for Monday, 19 September 2011:
  • U.S. releases smart grid cybersecurity strategy
  • Michigan creates cyber and physical infrastructure protection department
  • U.S. - Australia announce cyber defense treaty
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• Sector Report for Monday, 22 August 2011:
  • USSI showcases port security system
  • Japanese pharmaceutical crippled by insider cyberattack
  • Hong Kong arrests stock exchange hacker
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• Sector Report for Monday, 8 August 2011:
  • Boeing and Siemens join forces to protect smart grid
  • Cost of cyberattacks on the rise
  • Microsoft offers $250,000 in cybersecurity competition
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• Sector Report for Monday, 25 July 2011:
  • DHS warns utilities at risk from insider threats
  • Cybersecurity legislation passes House Committee
  • After FBI arrests LulzSec announces more cyber mayhem
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• Sector Report for Monday, 11 July 2011:
  • IBM helps Sensus secure the smart grid
  • Mica cuts 40 percent from House transportation spending
  • Foreign made chips could be allowing hackers into U.S. networks
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• Sector Report for Monday, 27 June 2011:
  • New building material could help solve bridge woes
  • Arizona police network latest LulzSec cyber victim
  • Study finds nearly 90 percent of businesses victim of cyber attacks
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• Sector Report for Monday, 13 June 2011:
  • Larry Summers calls for $100 billion in infrastructure spending
  • Truckers push for more highway spending
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