Information Technology Security Day, April 19, 2011, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Comments OffThe NIST Information Technology Security Day will be held April 19, 2011 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The NIST Information Technology Security Day is hosted annually as a means to heighten DOC and NIST user awareness of information technology security and related issues. Event pre-registration is not required. However, non-DOC badge holders require a NIST host, [...]
TeleCommunication Systems Won $49 Million Contract to Deliver Department of Defense Cyber Security Training
Comments OffTeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a provider of secure mobile communication technology, won a competitive five-year contract (a base plus five option periods) valued at approximately $49 million to provide the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) military and civilian personnel with on-site computer network operations (CNO) training to support the government’s cyber security workforce development. The government’s [...]
CARDIN INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM CYBERCRIMINALS AND CYBERTERRORISTS
Comments OffAt the height of the cybershopping season and just as millions of Americans prepare to use their e-tickets to board airlines around the country for the holidays, U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee, has introduced major legislation that would require the government to work with [...]
New Public-Private Cybersecurity Partnership: NIST, DHS and Financial Sector
Comments OffMemorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed on Dec. 6, 2010 between NIST, the Department of Homeland Security and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council. The parties agreed to work together to speed the application of research into practice for better cybersecurity for the critically important financial services sector. A new public-private partnership has [...]
