Howard A. Schmidt on Transparent Cybersecurity
Comments OffHoward A. Schmidt is Special Assistant to the President and the Cybersecurity Coordinator
Today in my keynote speech at the RSA Conference in San Francisco I discussed two themes that are vital to our nation’s cybersecurity efforts: partnerships and transparency. These two themes go hand-in-hand. You cannot have one without the other, [...]
The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
Comments OffThe Obama Administration has revised the classification guidance for the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (or CNCI), which began in 2008 and forms an important component of cybersecurity efforts within the federal government. Below is an unclassified description of the CNCI and each of the 12 initiatives under the CNCI.
President Obama has identified cybersecurity as [...]
IBM is Establishing Institute for Advanced Security
Comments OffIBM is establishing the Institute for Advanced Security to help government and private sector clients, academics and business partners more easily understand, address and mitigate the issues associated with securing cyberspace. The Institute for Advanced Security, based in Washington, D.C., will provide a collaborative setting for public and private sector officials to tap IBM’s vast [...]
New Cyber Threat Analysis Center in San Antonio
Comments OffAccenture has opened a new cyber threat analysis center in San Antonio, Texas, in response to growing demand for data-centric security services, specifically trusted application (software) development and delivery, malware analysis and security code reviews.
The new center will provide cyber security services to reduce the risk of cyber disruptions, protect against threats of data [...]
