It’s one thing when a security vendor or consulting firm talks about how increasingly difficult it is to fend off cyber attackers, but when a senior Canadian government official admits things are bad and only going to get worse it makes one pause. But that’s what Scott Jones, assistant deputy minister of the Canadian Communications […]
A former leader of the National Security Agency (NSA) told lawmakers Thursday that government agencies working on cybersecurity are too “stovepiped” to safeguard the nation from digital threats. Retired Gen. Keith Alexander said that the four groups handling cyber issues — the Homeland Security and Defense departments, the FBI, and the intelligence community — are […]
Congress Grant program would support state, local cybersecurity By Mark Rockwell Mar 02, 2017 Citing studies that indicate states and local governments are vulnerable to cyber intrusions and other threats, a group of lawmakers from both parties and both houses of Congress introduced a bill that would give those entities more help. Reps. Derek […]
Do you feel safe browsing online? Have you ever been a victim of credit card fraud? Thirty-nine percent of North Americans have been affected by cybersecurity crime in the past year alone, Symantec Chief Executive Greg Clack told CNBC on Thursday. “I think that’s a very big crisis.” “I’m really excited about bringing digital safety […]
BEIJING: China wants India and other BRICS countries to accept its idea of “cyber sovereignity” that would allow each country to govern the cyber space in the manner they want without facing interference from other countries. Beijing plans to move a proposal for cross-border agreement on the issue at the next BRICS summit, which China […]
SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. government civilian and military units have warned for nearly 25 years about a damaging cyberattack dubbed the “electronic Pearl Harbor.” While threats continue to intensify, America’s ability to deter and defend against such an assault still suffers from capability gaps, testified a top expert before a […]
House Democrats on Thursday introduced a slew of bills aimed at making the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) strengthen its cybersecurity policies. The three bills being pushed by the minority members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee would require the FCC to adopt rules to protect communications networks, set up an interagency panel to handle […]
<!– A cyber hacking expert in Moscow has predicted the world is on the verge of a cyber war, as politicians in Europe accuse Russia of starting to interfere with their election campaigns. An investigation is still underway in the US over what happened with the campaign there. Andrei Soldatov is an investigative journalist and […]
<!– A cyber hacking expert in Moscow has predicted the world is on the verge of a cyber war, as politicians in Europe accuse Russia of starting to interfere with their election campaigns. An investigation is still underway in the US over what happened with the campaign there. Andrei Soldatov is an investigative journalist and […]
Current cyberattacks better fit the mold of a cyber Cold War, rather than a Pearl Harbor, according to witnesses testifying in front of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday. “We haven’t had a cyber Pearl Harbor in the way that we thought, in some way because they tend to only take down things made […]