Facing Thorny Road to Secure Cyber Space
Comments OffIn a report Cybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Initiative, the US Government Accountability Office concludes that the US government is still far from reaching the goals of secure cyber space.
GAO was asked to determine:
what actions have been taken to develop interagency mechanisms to plan and coordinate CNCI [...]
Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, April 21-23, 2010, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Comments OffThe Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop [CSIIRW] will be held April 21-23, 2010 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN. The aim of this workshop is to introduce and discuss novel theoretical and empirical research focused on (the many) different aspects of software security / dependability, the heart of the [...]
Role-Based Training for IT Security, March 23-25, 2010, Bethesda, Md.
Comments OffThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association (FISSEA) are co-hosting FISSEA’s 23rd annual conference Role-Based Training for IT Security March 23-25, 2010, at the Natcher Conference Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
“Unraveling the Enigma of Role-Based Training” is designed for information systems [...]
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 [...]
4th Annual IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum, March 16-17, 2010, Stanford University
Comments Off4th Annual IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum will take place March 16th & 17th, 2010 at Stanford University. The annual forum “Bridging the Gaps in our Nation’s Cyber Security: Connecting Leadership, Innovation, and Policy” is a unique venue for early stage and emerging solution providers to meet with a select group of government, industry, and venture [...]
Cyber Defense and Disaster Recovery Conference, March 12, 2010, University of Illinois at Springfield
Comments OffCyber Defense and Disaster Recovery Conference 2010 will be held on March 12, 2010 at University of Illinois at Springfield. The conference addresses a present and growing risk to businesses and individuals from international threats, both via cyber and physical means. Most foreign intelligence services that pose a risk to the United [...]
Deep Packet Inspection - An Upsurge of Interest
Comments OffGoogle Trends shows an upsurge of interest to deep packet inspection technology. Deep packet inspection, an obscure term back in 2008, has become a hot topic in 2009 and 2010.
According to Market Research Media Ltd, a leading market research firm, Deep Packet Inspection is the only currently available technology capable to provide security of IP [...]
