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CERT targets cyber threats

Preview of Federal Security Spotlight with Randy Vickers, director of the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team or CERT.

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DHS CERT cybersecurity not secure, finds IG

The federal agency in charge of protecting other agencies from computer intruders was found riddled with hundreds of high-risk security holes on its own systems.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DHS , US CERT , patches , IG , technology

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DHS tests power plant cybersecurity

Security Threat Report reveals attitudes to cyberwarfare, Patch or we go public, says bug bounty program

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DHS , SophosLabs , Beth Jones , Tipping Point , Zero Day Initiative , Federal Drive

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Defense firms face cyber spying at arms bazaar

CERT lacking in leadership

Tags: Federal Drive , arms bazaar , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Richard Skinner

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Administration declines to back cybersecurity bill

DHS IG cites problems with CERT

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DHS , IG , Philip Reitinger , Richard Skinner

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CERT Releases New Fuzz Tester

Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response Team (or CERT) has released a new fuzzing framework that will help identify and eliminate security vulnerabilities from different kinds of software. The fuzz testers are used by security researchers to find vulnerabilities by sending random input to an application. Fuzz testing has been popular among hackers, but with the release of this framework, CERT can push businesses to subject all software to fuzz testing.

Tags: technology , Cybersecurity Reports , cybersecurity , Scott Carr

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CERTainly Ready

Mischel Kwon,
Director, Computer Emergency Readiness Team
Department of Homeland Security
Oct. 30th, 2008

Tags: Mischel Kwon , tech , DHS

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