Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Spear phishing, botnet armies, cyberdisruptors — that’s just a sampling of the attacks creating constant worry for Christopher Buse, Minnesota’s chief information security officer. Countless times a day, hackers try to find and exploit gaps in Minnesota’s vast state government computer…
Understanding cybersecurity for operational technology
The promise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving a convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) and highlighting a critical issue: understanding the differences between IT and OT cybersecurity and how to begin developing effective defenses against the nightmare scenarios that come to mind when…
Cybersecurity: It’s All About the Coders | Dan Cornell
Software developers need to fundamentally rethink the coding process to include an explicit focus on the privacy and security aspects of their code rather than simply regarding it as an afterthought. A globally recognized application security expert, Dan Cornell has over 15 years of experience architecting, developing, and securing web-based…
Cybersecurity firm acquired by Jacobs Engineering
Jacobs Engineering Group has acquired the Van Dyke Technology Group Inc. in a move that adds to Jacobs’ cybersecurity capabilities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Columbia, Md., Van Dyke is a 180-person cybersecurity company specializing in identity and access management, threat mitigation and other advanced…
Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate Announces New Cybersecurity Risk Analysis Tool
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that a fifth cybersecurity technology has been licensed for commercialization as a part of the Cyber Security Division’s Transition to Practice (TTP) program. The TTP program…
White House Announces Commission to Enhance National Cybersecurity
The White House on Wednesday announced a new non-partisan commission designed to gather input from experts in order to strengthen cybersecurity across both the public and private sectors in the United States. The new Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity will be expected to recommend “bold, actionable steps” that the U.S….
Microsoft, Uber execs and MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga named to US cybersecurity panel
The White House released a list of names that US President Barack Obama has appointed to the new Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity panel. The panel was formed earlier this year as part of Obama’s $19bn (£13bn) proposal to boost the US government’s cybersecurity system. The panel includes top members…
Cybersecurity firm calls for Government
Your bank, insurer or doctor may know your personal details are being circulated around criminals after a cyber-attack on their system, but choose not to tell you. It is on this basis the global cybersecurity firm, Symantec, is lobbying the Government to urgently push through changes to the Privacy Act…
Be afraid, very afraid : New cybersecurity report
If you’re not scared, you probably should be. According to the newly released Internet Security Report from global internet security firm Symantec (best known by consumers for Norton Antivirus) in 2015, internet security threats worsened according to nearly every available metric as cybercriminals continued an organisational shift towards establishing professional…
Every MSP should know about today’s Cyber-security landscape
It seems like everyone is offering cloud services of every flavor these days, with new players joining the market every day. Over the past 10 years, we’ve seen cloud-based storage, email migration; remote monitoring, online productivity, and cloud security take center stage. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are trusted with securing…