The protection of data and systems in networks that are connected to the Internet. See information security.
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- TechGuard keeps spam and botnets at bay with one-click, enterprise-level security for SMBs, SOHOs
- One of the most difficult things for a small or medium business to do is set up a security scheme that's effective, affordable and intelligible to the average employee. Chesterfield, Mo. and Baltimore, Md.-based TechGuard is attempting to address that problem by bringing its enterprise and government-level...
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- AT&T acquires VeriSign's security consulting unit
- AT&T said Thursday that it has acquired VeriSign's security consulting business in a move to beef up its services. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. AT&T said in a statement that it will use the acquired VeriSign team, which counsels large companies on vulnerabilities,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- White House not equipped to hold keys to the Internet
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- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- News to know: Twitter DOS attack; Cisco and IBM, Clunkers, Win 7 chart; Murdoch; CTO
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist Larry Dignan: Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM...
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- U.S. CTO: Better cybersecurity, better health care
- At a Churchill Club event held at the Computer History Museum in Menlo Park, Calif., the United States’ CTO, Aneesh Chopra, describes his plan to invest in security infrastructure upgrades to help create a more efficient and smarter health care system. [video=329393] by Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- U.S. CTO: Better cybersecurity, better health care
- At a Churchill Club event held at the Computer History Museum in Menlo Park, Calif., the United States' CTO, Aneesh Chopra, describes his plan to invest in security infrastructure upgrades to help create a more efficient and smarter health care system.
- Videos 2009-08-06
- Has government red-tape and politics hurt cybersecurity efforts?
- Has government red-tape and politics hurt cybersecurity efforts?A better question......since when has Government bureaucracy ever helped anything be more efficient? ~crickets~
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- News to know: Palm ads; Microhoo SEC filing; U.S. Marines; Bing; Skype; Clunkers
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about them Andrew Nusca: Palm's creepy Pre ads:...
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Has government red-tape and politics hurt cybersecurity efforts?
- Governmental red tape - and probably some Washington politics, as well - has prompted the White House's senior cybersecurity aide to resign, according to reports. Her reason: delays in appointing a national cybersecurity czar. Melissa E. Hathaway, who was also a cybersecurity aide during the Bush years,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Fortinet and the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI)
- After numerous cyber attacks on several federal agency computer systems in the time period following 9/11, The White House determined that the government needed a more comprehensive strategy to defend government networks and sensitive information from hackers and nation states. On January 8, 2008, President Bush launched the Comprehensive National...
- White papers 2009-08-04
- US cyberwarriors a reluctant crew
- The Obama Administration will one day have a whole slate of cybersecurity and cyberwar experts, but that doesn't mean the Defense community will be ready to let loose offensive cyber attacks. According to a report in Sunday's New York Times, planning for such attacks has been in...
- Blog posts 2009-08-02
- Delays, delays on White House cyber positions.
- Where is the cybersecurity czar? And the White House intellectual property coordinator? The folks for those important federal tech positions have been chosen but there is no sign of announcements being made, NextGov says. The likely nominees for cyberczar: Howard Schmidt, former White House special adviser...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Report: Americans dumber than a box of rocks about spam
- When it comes to spam, we Americans are quick to point our fingers at Russia, China and eastern Europe as the regions responsible for the bulk of it. But a new report issued today found that Americans are largely to blame - not because we create it, but because we're...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- NSA will monitor private-sector networks
- The Bushization of Obama continues with a plan to involve the NSA in screening private-sector networks, The Washington Post reports. The plan not only uses the NSA to monitor private networks but it does so in a way that makes it unclear who exactly is in charge...
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Churchill Club podcast: The Cybersecurity Challenge
- In this installment of the Churchill Club podcast series a panel of experts examine the cybersecurity conundrum and whether the U.S. can herd enough private---and public sector---cats to secure the Internet. With the world increasingly going "cyber," how is cybersecurity keeping up? Exponentially more data is stored...
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- News to know: Windows 7; Google Wave in enterprise; SaaS in Europe; Wordcamp;
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Mager: Live: Wordcamp 2009 Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft sees sense,...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Washington: Together, we can tackle cybersecurity
- Washington: Together, we can tackle cybersecurityCisco Chief Security Officer Thoughts on CyberSecurity ReportPresident Obama?s Findings of the 60-Day Online Security Review - thoughts from Cisco CSO John Stewart http://bit.ly/T1bgtin sum: "I?m excited today because of the focused discussion about online security. This debate, where many different voices from the public...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-29
- Washington: Together, we can tackle cybersecurity
- Following a 60-day review of cybersecurity in the United States, the White House today released details of a short-term action plan, which includes the appointment of a "cybersecurity policy official" - a cybersecurity czar, if you will. PDF of full report In a nutshell, the report concluded...
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- Cyber czar position will be announced this week
- President Obama has signed off on the creation of a cyberczar, someone who will have access to the president and the broad authority to strategize on how to protect America's public and private networks, The Washington Post reports. The big question remains unanswered: What role will the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-25
- Cybersecurity Review: Background, Threatscape, Best-Practices and Resources
- The target of cybercrime centers on information - the data that is electronically stored for retrieval and subsequent use. To get an idea of the scale of the threat of cybercrime, it takes a look at the overall use of the Internet, theft or exposure of personal data through data...
- White papers 2009-05-01
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