Tech leads broad industry coalition urging inclusion of IT upgrade funds in COVID relief package

Posted on February 16, 2021 at 11:23 am

Major trade groups representing the technology and other sectors are urging lawmakers to preserve $9 billion in proposed funding for IT modernization in the COVID-19 package now beginning to work its way through Congress. “We write in support of President Biden’s call for robust funding to modernize and secure federal information technology (IT) and networks […]


ISA’s Clinton: ‘Huge mistake’ to expand use of ‘backward-looking,’ ineffective cyber reg model

Posted on at 11:22 am

Cyber regulation has generally created a “backward-looking” compliance approach to cybersecurity that is antithetical to actually improving security, according to the Internet Security Alliance’s Larry Clinton, who says effective risk-management alternatives are available. “To begin with, traditional compliance is essentially a backward-looking pass-fail issue,” Clinton wrote in a Thursday blog post. “Cybersecurity, on the other hand, […]


WHY IS CYBER LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILING SO BADLY? (Part I)

Posted on at 10:00 am

The classic TV Drama Dragnet was famous for Lieutenant Joe Friday’s straight forward instruction to witnesses “Just the facts Ma’am. So, let’s look at the facts with respect to cybercrime. The World Health Organization (WEF) currently estimates cybercrime as having revenues over $2 Trillion dollars a year.