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DoD gives vendors new rules to protect data
A new directive from the military formalizes a pilot program between the DoD and the Defense Industrial Base. DoD and vendors will create an information sharing environment for threats and best practices.
Tags: technology , Cheryl Roby , DoD , DHS , Robert Lentz , Cyber Security Strategies , cybersecurity , defense industrial base
With Schmidt in place, who's his deputy?
Sources tell FederalNewsRadio that a leading candidate is a staff member on the Senate Intelligence Committee. In the meantime, former White House cybersecurity lead Hathaway and other industry experts offer the new cyber coordinator some advice about priorities and challenges.
Tags: technology , management , James Langevin , Sameer Bhalotra , White House , Senate Select Committee on Intelligence , DHS , DoD , NSA , FBI , ODNI , Melissa Hathaway , Mischel Kwon , Liesyl Franz , TechAmerica , RSA , Hathaway Global Strategies , information sharing
Lawmakers commit to cybersecurity in letter
A group of influential lawmakers send the President a letter emphasizing the need to strengthen national cybersecurity, emphasizing their concerns and recommendations.
Tags: technology , Joesph Lieberman , Harry Reid , Jay Rockefeller , Carl Levin , Dianne Feinstein , Patrick Leahy , John Kerry , Anna Eshoo , Barack Obama , White House , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , cybersecurity , cyberspace coordinator , Meg Beasley
Privacy not taking back seat to security, cyberchief says
White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt says his office will focus on privacy as much as it will focus on cybersecurity. He says the government can't have security without privacy. Experts say they are pleased with Schmidt's initial ideas, but wonder where the privacy oversight board is.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Daniel Akaka , White House , Greg Nojeim , Center for Democracy and Technology , privacy , Privacy Act , Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
New Cybersecurity Coordinator no babe in the woods
The President has chosen Howard Schmidt to be the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, told Federal News Radio Schmidt is well aware that 'Washington is a town that eats its young.'
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , White House , Alan Paller , SANS Institute
Guarding the Grid
Tags: tech , cybersecurity , Information Security Forum , grid
iPad: sexy, sleek, notsosafe
Apple's iPad tablet could be tempting as a federal business tool, but it lacks security and manageability features.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , iPad , Facebook
Military ban on flash drives still in place
Chunks of Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative to be declassified, Microsoft: Don't press F1 key in Windows XP
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , flash drive ban , DoD , Defense , thumb drives , cybersecurity , Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative , Windows XP , VBScript bug
Capitol Hill: Wait and see on cybersecurity coordinator
From Capitol Hill, most, but not all, lawmakers have generally good reviews for President Obama's pick to be cybersecurity coordinator.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Sen. Joe Liebereman , Sen. Susan Collins , Rep. Jim Langevin , Rep. Yvette Clark , President Obama , Max Cacas
DoJ's Hitch looks back on a decade of IT changes
Van Hitch will retire as the Justice Department's CIO at the end of July. He said cybersecurity, information sharing and social media and mobile computing were among the biggest technology transformations he saw.
July 21, 2011
Tags: technology , Justice Department , Van Hitch , cybersecurity , anti-phishing guidance , information gathering , mobile computing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
