Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It was not so long ago that in the cyberspace realm businesses only needed to worry about having a good firewall and spam filter to prevent fraud. Now, as technology has advanced so have the fraudsters and the government is warning…
UPDATE 1-U.S. SEC fines advisory firm for shoddy controls after cyber attack traced to China
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A St. Louis-based investment advisory firm will pay $75,000 to settle civil charges alleging it failed “entirely” to protect its clients from a July 2013 cyber attack that was later traced to China, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday. The Securities and…
FEMA announces membership of new Technical Mapping Advisory Council
Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the membership of the newly created Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC). Read More…. For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post on National Cyber Security
Former Boston Police Department Commissioner Edward Davis joins Mutualink advisory board
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Carpathia launches federal advisory council to strengthen cloud computing delivery to federal agencies
Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Dulles, VA-based Carpathia, a cloud operator and leading provider of managed hosting and cloud services for government agencies and enterprises, has launched its Federal Advisory Council (FAC), a group of former government leaders whose expertise will strengthen Carpathia’s ability to identify and address federal cloud computing…
AlertEnterprise names Mark Weatherford, former DHS deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity, to advisory board
Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Fremont, CA-based AlertEnterprise, a provider of cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection software, has appointed Mark Weatherford, principal at the Washington-based Chertoff Group and former deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at the DHS, to its advisory board. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Former U.S. CBP commissioner appointed to Decision Sciences’ advisory board
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Decision Sciences International Corp. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
NARA advisory panel to discuss classified national security information on January 24
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HSIN advisory panel to meet online on December 17
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: communications The Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee, a committee that provides advice to DHS on all aspects of the HSIN, will meet virtually through an online Web conference on December 17, from 1: Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
FCC advisory group to meet in DC on Dec. 4
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: communications The FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council, a federal advisory committee, is planning to meet in Washington, DC, on December 4 to hear from its various working groups about emergency warning systems, 9-1-1 location accuracy, distributed denial-of-services (DDoS), and cybersecurity best practices. Read…