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Cybersecurity bill clears Senate hurdle
Sometime in the next few weeks, the Senate is expected to take up a bill designed to strengthen the nation's cybersecurity infrastructure. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the legislation Thursday by voice vote.
Tags: Congress , technology , cybersecurity , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , Tom Carper , John Pistole , TSA , Federal Managers Association , Tom Coburn , Carl Levin , Barack Obama , Max Cacas
Smartgrid cyber spending to hit $21 billion by 2015
White House to give identity management a push
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , technology , contracting , smartgrid , HSPD-12 , Pike Research , National Strategy for Trusted Identities , Symantec
White House to give identity management a push
Cyber coordinator Schmidt says the administration will issue a draft national strategy for secure online transactions by Friday. The goal is to make identity management easy to use, secure and interoperable to conduct business with the government and the private sector. Schmidt says transactions are key to everything the White House wants to do.
Tags: technology , Ely Kahn , White House , GSA , DoD , Symantec , cybersecurity , secure online transactions , HSPD-12 , identity management , Jason Miller
How government will eliminate user names & passwords
WFED's Jason Miller reports.
Tags: management , technology , cybersecurity , Jason Miller , DorobekInsider
DHS's Marshall: Supply chain management vital
The challenge of securing the nation's IT infrastructure has often been likened to building an airplane as it flies through the air -- or even herding cats.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , technology , cybersecurity , DHS , Richard Marshall , National Cybersecurity Division , ISC2 , FBI , HP , Electronic Data Systems , Barack Obama , Max Cacas
Cyber chief Schmidt set to name senior director
Cybersecurity provisions stuffed in Defense Appropriations bill, Cyberattack hits Treasury Credit Union
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Sameer Bhalotra , Defense authorization bill , Treasury , credit union , money mules
DHS: cybersecurity is more than herding cats
When it comes to securing the nation's cybersecurity infrastructure, how do federal officials think of the future? One of the top cybersecurity officials at the Department of Homeland Security weighed in on the topic at the ISC2 SecureAmericas conference yesterday.
Tags: technology , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DHS , Richard Marshall , National Cybersecurity Division , ISC2 , FBI , HP , Electronic Data Systems , Barack Obama , Max Cacas
Army special agent wins high cybersecurity award
Special Agent Thomas Williamson is recognized by Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Thomas Williamson
OMB shifts to real time cybersecurity monitoring
New White House guidance calls for agencies to submit data feeds to OMB's Cyberscope tool. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra hopes the information will give agencies a better idea of vulnerabilities and threats to computer networks. Agencies may have to shift money away from traditional reports to upgrade systems to meet new FISMA requirements.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Vivek Kundra , Tom Carper , OMB , State , VA , NASA , Justice , DHS , USDA , Treasury , DoD , Alan Paller , FISMA , Real time monitoring , Cyberscope
DoD Cyber Command will take a defensive posture
Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander tells lawmakers that the organization "will not militarize cyberspace." He also details how the Cyber Command will help DHS protect .gov and .com networks. Senate Armed Services Members say Alexander is well-qualified to lead the command.
Tags: cybersecurity , security , technology , management , Keith Alexander , Joseph Lieberman , John McCain , DoD , U.S. Cyber Command , NSA , DISA , DHS , cyber war
