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GSM phones vulnerable to hacking

IDG says hackers can eavesdrop on GSM phone conversations

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , GSM , IDG , hackers , cell phones , Microsoft patch

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Stories of the Decade: Information sharing and cybersecurity

The former CIO of the intelligence agencies Dale Meyerrose joins us to talk about about information sharing and cybersecurity, and how dramatically the world has changed in 10 years.

Tags: Stories of the Decade , technology , Dale Meyerrose , cybersecurity , information sharing

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Cisco report finds where the threats are on the web

Online criminals have taken advantage of the large social media following, exploiting users' willingness to respond to messages that are supposedly from people they know and trust.

Tags: tech , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Cisco , 2009 annual security report , Patrick Peterson

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Bill directs agencies to recognize security clearances governmentwide

Read more about that bill on the Hill.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention , security clearance

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Northrop Grumman teaming with academia to solve cyber problems

The company is announcing the Cyber Security Research Consortium, in conjunction with three educational institutions.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Northrop Grumman

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Tech trends present greatest threat to federal agencies

Ponemon Institute study details why.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Ponemon Institute , Larry Poneman , management , pay and benefits , John Berry , OPM , National Security Council , CIO Council , CHCO Council , Partnership for Public Service , cyber workforce

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CIO, CHCO councils developing cybersecurity workforce models

The councils will focus on three main areas to develop competency framework. Agencies have until Jan. 15 to submit data about how they classify cyber positions. Interagency working group also will conduct a survey of cybersecurity workforce in the spring.

Tags: management , pay and benefits , John Berry , OPM , National Security Council , CIO Council , CHCO Council , Partnership for Public Service , cybersecurity , cyber workforce

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iPhone app. gives security alerts on the go

Cybersecurity Update

Tags: cybersecurity , technology , security , Cybersecurity Update , iPhone

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Preview: When cyber hackers attack, should the U.S. retaliate?

We learn what's coming up on tomorrow's Federal Security Spotlight.

Tags: technology , Federal Security Spotlight , Tom Temin , cybersecurity

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Agency cybersecurity reporting to get makeover

OMB has launched new tool to automate FISMA reporting. This data will help populate a new cybersecurity dashboard, federal CIO Vivek Kundra says. OMB also wants to collect more specific data around how much and where agencies are spending money on IT security.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , security , Vivek Kundra , John Streufert , Tom Carper , OMB , State , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , DHS , NIST , CIO Council , metrics , FISMA , dashboard

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