Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security Image Caption: Sikorsky S-76 Associated Aircraft Group has been granted access into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) by the Transportation Security Administration under the DCA Access Security Program (DASSP). The company, which says it is the East Coast’s largest executive Sikorsky S-76 helicopter services provider,…
Senators call Cyber security executive order a ‘mistake’
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), and Richard Lugar (R-IN) urged the White House on Oct. 10 to forestall issuing an executive order on Cyber security because they said it would hamper efforts at more comprehensive, long-term efforts to protect the nation…
FBI names new executive assistant director of its National Security Branch
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: FBI’s Douglas Stephanie Douglas was named on Oct. 3 executive assistant director of the FBI’s National Security Branch by agency director Robert Mueller. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full post on The Cyber Wars
FBI names new executive assistant director of National Security Branch
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: FBI’s Douglas Stephanie Douglas was named executive assistant director of the FBI’s National Security Branch by agency director Robert Mueller, on Oct. 3. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full post on The Cyber Wars
Executive Order on cyber security coming, might include information sharing
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Image Caption: White House meeting As Congress recesses for the national election, the White House is close to issuing an Executive Order on Cyber security in the coming days that could include information-sharing measures for infrastructure providers, according to reports. Homepage position: 10 read…
America’s Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order LEAKED
This week a document from the white house has been leaked which is a draft outlining the Cyber security for its critical sectors. View full post on Cyber War News View full post on The Cyber Wars
Pender named executive assistant director of FBI information and technology branch
Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Jerome Pender was named executive assistant director of the FBI’s Information and Technology Branch by FBI director Robert Mueller on Aug. 22. Pender most recently served as deputy assistant director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division. “Under Jerry’s leadership and expertise, the Information and Technology…
Obama executive order on emergency communications riles privacy group
An executive order issued by the White House last Friday seeks to bolster the government’s ability to keep its emergency communications capabilities intact during national emergencies. But one privacy advocacy group expressed concern that the order gives government unprecedented new authority to take over wired and wireless private communication networks…
John Pirc, IBM, ISS Product Line & Services Executive: Security and Intelligent Network
John Pirc from IBM’s Network Security Solutions has agreed to be interviewed by the Securitylab; we certainly thank him for giving us his time to discuss security and the Intelligent Network. View full post on SANS Technology Institute – Security Thought Leaders View full post on National Cyber Security
Hacker, Cyclist, Executive, Spy
Électricité de France, the giant power utility and the world’s biggest operator of nuclear power plants, was found guilty on Thursday of spying on Greenpeace in a bizarre and convoluted computer hacking case that also ensnared the disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis. Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A court in…