Hearing: Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset: Comprehensive Legislation for the 21st Century
Comments OffMember Statements
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
Senator Susan M. Collins
Senator Thomas R. Carper
Witnesses
Panel 1
Philip R. Reitinger, Deputy Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Panel 2
Frances Fragos, Townsend Chairwoman of the Board, Intelligence and National Security Alliance
Alan Paller, Director of Research, SANS Institute
Steven T. Naumann, Vice President, Wholesale Market Development, Exelon Corporation
Sara C. [...]
Major Cybersecurity Bill Unveiled
Comments OffHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, Ranking Member Susan Collins, and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper introduces comprehensive legislation to modernize, strengthen, and coordinate the security of federal civilian and select private sector critical infrastructure cyber networks.
The Committee’s hearing on the legislation will be held June 15, 2010.
The Protecting Cyberspace [...]
Supporting Efforts to Bolster America’s Cybersecurity
Comments OffSenator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Olympia J. Snowe, a senior member of the Commerce Committee, released the following statement on the importance of passing comprehensive cybersecurity legislation and applauded Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) for introducing legislation [...]
Policy Official Notes Cybersecurity Challenges
Comments OffBy Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2010 – Putting cybersecurity in place poses significant challenges for the Defense Department, the government as a whole and for critical infrastructure, the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for policy said today.
James N. Miller, said cybersecurity “is not a glass half full/glass half empty story.”
“There is [...]
Army Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency, Appointed to Lead the New U.S. Cyber Command
Comments OffThe Senate confirmed Army Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, to also lead the new U.S. Cyber Command, approving his promotion to four-star rank to lead both organizations at Fort Meade, Md. Alexander has served as director of the National Security Agency and chief of Central Security Service since 2005.
Cyber [...]
Northeastern University Wins the Fifth Annual National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC)
Comments OffThe Northeastern University team are the winners of the fifth annual National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC). The University of Louisville took second and third place honors went to Cal Poly Ponoma.
The competition focuses on the operational aspect of managing and protecting network infrastructure. Teams are scored based on their ability to detect and respond [...]
FCC to Consider a Cyber Security Certification Program
Comments OffSTATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI
Re: In the Matter of a Cyber Security Certification Program, Notice of Inquiry, PS Docket No. 10-93
More and more of our Nation’s daily business depends on our broadband communications infrastructure. Companies large and small, and in every sector of the economy, including hospitals and other health care facilities, increasingly rely on [...]
Chairman Rockefeller Remarks on Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity Act
Comments OffWe need a new concept of security in the 21st century. We are in uncharted territory in the Information Age.
Our country is well-suited to meet this challenge – America is a country of pioneers and innovators.
Securing cyberspace is a new challenge. It is different from virtually every other security threat that we have faced in [...]
Rockefeller and Snowe Gain Momentum for Landmark Cybersecurity Act
Comments OffSenator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), a senior member of the committee, issued the following statements today after the Commerce Committee favorably reported out the Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity Act.
“Our future is literally being stolen from us. Cyber attacks and [...]
U.S. Cybersecurity Bill Targets Industry Wide Cooperation
Comments OffThe Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity Act provides a framework for engagement and collaboration between the private sector and government on cybersecurity, while protecting civil liberties, proprietary rights, and confidential and classified information. The bill will:
Significantly raise the priority of cybersecurity throughout the federal government and streamline cybersecurity-related government functions, authorities and laws.
Protect civil liberties, intellectual property and [...]
