Uncategorized

The rare reconsideration of a rule agreed to in 2013 by 41 countries was derailed at the plenary’s annual December meeting in Vienna, leaving it up to President-elect Donald Trump’s administration whether the U.S. pushes for revisions again next year.

The White House also leveled an astounding attack on Trump himself, saying he must have known of Russia’s interference.

The Defense Department and Cyber Command continue to evaluate the effectiveness and construct of the newly established cyber force. “There is actually a study going on right now at CYBERCOM, cyber mission force 2.0, to look at do we have it right, how should we tweak it and things of that nature,” Col. Robert “Chipper”…

An annual survey from security ratings firm BitSight Technologies finds the government sector ranks highest in common machine compromises and maintains the most organizations not to rise out of the Basic security category.

Officials from the United States and China came together in Washington, D.C., to reaffirm their cooperation on combating malicious cyber-related issues and strengthening network security and information exchange.

In a world of mobile, cloud, web apps, virtual machines, Internet of Things, BYOD and containers, the government sector is poorly rated on cybersecurity, according to a survey by Tenable Network Security and CyberEdge Group.

The White House requested the report in February and intended it to serve as a transition memo for the next president.

Unlike four of the five domains of warfare — air, land, sea, space and cyber — cyber is manmade. This affords unique latitude to shape the future of this still emerging domain. “If you think about it, cyberspace is really the one environment that we’re fighting in that we can actually change. We created it…

Federal CISO Greg Touhill discusses how the private and public sector should manage their risks when it comes to cybersecurity and IT.

Sponsored by Philip Quade of the National Security Agency’s Cyber Task Force discusses which information should be protected by the Department of Homeland Security as a critical infrastructure.