Options in cyber security partnership with Observable Networks
New York and London – Options, the managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the capital markets industry, has partnered with Observable Networks to provide dynamic endpoint modeling for client...
View ArticleContest introduces teens to booming field of cybersecurity
The room looked like something you’d see in Palo Alto or Mountain View: pizza boxes strewn across a table at one end, young people clustered around computer screens at the other, working in near...
View ArticleNorwich University program supports cybersecurity at Super Bowl 50
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – A soccer match and Wrestlemania were warmups for Norwich University students fighting hackers and cyberattacks at the Super Bowl this weekend. They may not get the same publicity as...
View ArticleCFTC Commish Says Cybersecurity Risks Disrupting Markets
Law360, New York (February 5, 2016, 4:56 PM ET) — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s J. Christopher Giancarlo on Thursday released a podcast outlining the biggest trends currently...
View ArticleFederal lawmakers highlight FirstNet’s cybersecurity needs during hearing
FirstNet should take measures to ensure that its nationwide public-safety broadband network is not victimized by the kind of data breaches and cyberattacks that have plagued other federal-government...
View ArticleWhy You Should Be Concerned About The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
I really do wish I understood why lawmakers seem so gung-ho on tearing apart technologies they don’t understand, and freedoms they hardly think about. Frankly, it’s starting to get exhausting — and...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 50 Tightens Cybersecurity
You may have heard there is a big game tonight. Carolina meets Denver in Super Bowl 50, and they will take the field at Levi’s stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers, in the heart of Silicon...
View ArticleCampaign 2016: Major Cyber Attack On U.S. Power Grid Is Likely
Ted Koppel’s book – ‘Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath‘ – published in October, 2015 – spells out what may be our nation’s greatest risk – a catastrophic shutdown...
View ArticleICIT Report: Know Your Enemies 2.0 – The Encyclopedia of the Most Prominent...
Every device and network attached to the IoT possesses, within itself, a universe of vulnerabilities. Each vulnerability enables the adversary, whether they be state, hacktivist or mercenary hackers,...
View ArticleSafer Internet Day: Cybersecurity experts urge extra caution on the Internet
The Internet has become an integral part of our lives. It is today regarded as a necessity, so much so that for most people life without an Internet connection is unfathomable. However, like all good...
View ArticleUK cybersecurity start-up Digital Shadows raises $14m to expand data...
Digital Shadows has announced that it has closed a Series B funding round of $14m. The investment round was led by Trinity Ventures, and the firm’s general partner Fred Wang will join the cyber...
View ArticleFirms, schools step up to boost manpower in cyber security industry
As cyber attacks become more prevalent and complex, some are taking steps such as sending their employees for specialised training, as well as reviewing the study curriculum. SINGAPORE: Companies are...
View ArticleObama administration to create new federal position to co-ordinate cybersecurity
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is creating a new high-level federal official to co-ordinate cybersecurity across civilian agencies and to work with military and intelligence counterparts, as...
View ArticleMalwarebytes Partners with Infinigate to Launch Disruptive Cyber-Security...
PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Malwarebytes, the cybersecurity software company that prevents and remediates malware for both people and companies, today launched a significant push into the French enterprise...
View ArticleWhite House Budgets $19 Billion for New Cyber-Security Measures
The White House calls for more investment in protecting data and proposes to spend $19 billion this year on a variety of security initiatives, including educating consumers to use two-factor...
View ArticleAndy Ozment on Information Sharing and Cybersecurity
Among other goals, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act aims to foster closer cooperation between government and the corporate sector. Under the act, passed in December and due to take effect...
View ArticleIn promoting Cybersecurity National Action Plan, White House conspicuously...
The White House released an announcement today on President Obama’s Cybersecurity National Action Plan. In thousands of not actually bad at all words about cybersecurity, they managed not to say the...
View ArticleObama calls for more drug treatment, cybersecurity funding in final budget
President Barack Obama sent his final federal budget proposal to Congress on Tuesday, a $4.1 trillion spending package that calls for increased investment in cybersecurity, cancer research, opioid...
View ArticleWhite House Announces National Cybersecurity Action Plan, Chief Information...
The White House announced Tuesday, Feb. 9, that it will be rolling out a comprehensive new plan to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity standing. Under the Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP),...
View ArticleBack to cybersecurity basics
President Barack Obama, continuing what has become a more or less annual habit, announced yet another new plan for enhanced cybersecurity on Tuesday. And there is clearly a need for one. The Department...
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