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Obama issues agencies new policies for combating insider threats

President Barack Obama has issued new agency standards for protecting classified information from insider threats. In a Presidential Memorandum issued Wednesday, Obama provided the heads of executive branch departments and agencies the new National Insider Threat Policy as well as the minimum standards to be employed by each agency in standing up its own insider-threat programs. Details on the new policy and the standards were not made public.

Tags: information sharing , Barack Obama , cybersecurity , WikiLeaks

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NIST rewrites FISMA standards as cyber threats evolve

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a major revision to the Federal Information Security Management Act, which governs agency information security policies. Ron Ross, a NIST fellow and the agency's FISMA implementation project leader, joined In Depth with Francis Ross to discuss the FISMA additions.

Tags: FISMA , technology , cybersecurity , In Depth , Ron Ross , Francis Rose , mobile security ,

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Insider threats a cyber concern at DHS

Immigration processing is vulnerable to insider threats according to a new report from the DHS inspector general.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , DHS , USCIS , IG

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Survey: Insider cyber threats more costly

Dawn Cappelli, technical manager of the enterprise threat and vulnerability teams at CERT, explains why insider threats are viewed are costing organizations more money.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Dawn Cappelli , CERT , CSO Magazine , Dorobek Insider

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