In a post on LinkedIn this week, President Barack Obama shared details about his very first gig in the workforce: scooping ice cream at a Baskin-Robbins as a teenager in Hawaii. Obama said the experience taught him lessons about hard work and ultimately helped him get to where he is today. “My…
CMU’s Shannon to lead cybersecurity initiative
Carnegie Mellon University’s Greg Shannon has been named to chair a big cybersecurity initiative. The IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative is working to defend governments, companies and others against the growing threat of cyberattacks. Shannon is chief scientist of CMU’s Cert Division […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Symantec launches initiative to boost cybersecurity workforce
Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Mountain View, CA-based Symantec has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind program, the Symantec Cyber Career Connection (SC3), to address the global workforce gap in cybersecurity and provide new career opportunities for young adults who may not be college-bound. Read More…. For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www….
DHS expands cyber student volunteer initiative
Top Priority Sector: education_training DHS announced on December 16 the launch of the 2014 Secretary’s Honors Program (SHP) Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative for college students. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
L-3 Awarded contract to support major USAF cyber initiative
Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection L-3 Communications announced on August 28 today that its STRATIS division has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract under the Agile Cyber Technology (ACT) program. Supporting the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), ACT has a funding ceiling of $300 million over the next five years….
FCC initiative redoubles efforts for ‘smart and streamlined’ regulations
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday released its plan to take a fresh look at old regulations so to root out industry mandates that may be inconsistent, redundant, outdated or needlessly impede U.S. global competitiveness … View full post on National Cyber Security
Lawmakers to consider pot initiative
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Lawmakers to consider pot initiative – Fri, 27 Jan 2012 PST
OLYMPIA — A measure that would decriminalize use and possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults was sent to the Washington Legislature today after the Secretary of State's office certified it has more than enough signatures. View full post on spyware jail – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…
FedRAMP cloud computing standards initiative spurs optimism, criticism
Federal cloud security framework aims to speed cloud security assessments and agency cloud adoption. <img alt="FedRAMP cloud computing standards initiative spurs optimism, criticism, Blog, standards, cloud, computing, initiative, FedRAMP, spurs, optimism, criticism"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on SearchCloudSecurity: RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber…
Panasonic, Sony and Samsung front HD storage security initiative
Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, Samsung and SanDisk have announced joint plans to develop better security for memory cards, embedded memory and other flash storage devices. The joint effort aims to create ways to protect high-definition content that runs across multiple platforms, including smartphones, tablets and Blu-ray players. The companies said the…
