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Cyber czar Schmidt details priorities

WFED's Jason Miller has details; plus a preview of this week's Federal Security Spotlight program.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Howard Schmidt , cyber czar , White House , Vivek Kundra , Aneesh Chopra , Federal Security Spotlight ,

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Where the cyber meets the physical

FSS talks with Sean McGurk, director for control systems security in the National Programs and Protection Directorate at the Homeland Security Department.
Jan. 28, 2010

Tags: technology , Federal Security Spotlight , Tom Temin , National Programs and Protection Directorate , DHS

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Federal experts on the trail of the Stuxnet virus

DHS's Sean McGurk and other cybersecurity experts are trying to protect agency networks against one of the most dangerous viruses ever developed. Stuxnet exploits a vulnerability in Siemens industrial equipment control software and hardware and may be the product of a nation bent on sabotage.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , DHS , National Cybersecurity and Communications Integrat , NCCIC , Stuxnet , malware , Microsoft , Symantec , Ralph Lagner , Max Cacas

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