Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
AUTOMAKERS’ CYBER POWWOW — Leaders from 15 major automakers huddled with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Tuesday on ways the industry can improve the security of the onboard computer systems that increasingly dominate new car models. “Participants were asked to come prepared with suggestions to share, and spend the next month working toward concrete commitments to industry-wide safety measures,” said Namrata Kolachalam, a department spokesman. Participants in the meeting: BMW, FCA, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota and Volkswagen. INDUSTRY PREPS TIPS — A technology association plans to forward a list of cybersecurity recommendations to Tony Scott, the government’s chief information officer, in the next week or two. The tips will include ways federal employees can avoid being used as a hacker conduit. Other topic areas include tactics to strengthen the government’s cyber workforce, improving cyber acquisition and faster responses to data breaches, said Mike Howell, a senior director with the American Council for Technology & Industry Advisory Council. ACT-IAC met with Scott and several federal agency CIOs several times while compiling the report, Howell said. ACT-IAC includes members from government and industry. GET TO KNOW THE CIO — In a recent interview with […]
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