Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:20 pm
By Jack Moore (Federal News Radio) Even as the House and Senate debate various proposals for cybersecurity legislation, the cyber environment is rapidly changing, one expert says. To view the original article please click here. Larry Clinton, the president of the Internet Security Alliance, testified before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee Wednesday on the evolving cyber threat and […]
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:51 am
(Info Security) The US communications industry needs better information sharing, tax breaks, and liability protection from the federal government to improve cybersecurity, experts told a House panel on Wednesday. Entrust president and CEO Bill Conner highlighted the importance of public-private partnerships to share intelligence and inform the public. “The federal government needs to work more closely with […]
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By Molly Bernhart Walker (FierceIT) Cybersecurity legislation is needed, agreed the panelists speaking Feb. 8 before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on communications and technology–but what that legislation should look like was a far more divisive issue. While the telecommunications industry is doing a good job of securing its infrastructure, other sectors need regulations […]
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Technology industry representatives — looking to prevent an additional set of compliance requirements — urge House subcommittee to avoid new cybersecurity regulations to shore up the nation’s digital defenses. By Kenneth Corbin (CIO) WASHINGTON — Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome […]
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Jettisoning Old Ideas about Securing Vital IT Networks By Eric Chabrow (Gov Info Security) The concept of time supported contrary views on the need for more stringent government regulations to protect the nation’s critical information infrastructure. For Larry Clinton, chief executive of the industry lobbying group Internet Security Alliance, regulation is so last century and other factors […]
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:40 am
To view the original article please click here. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing is “Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Private-Sector Responses.”
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CONNER SPEAKS DURING CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING Entrust executive provides insight into cybersecurity attacks targeting vulnerable small businesses, enterprises via the Internet DALLAS, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Entrust Inc. President and CEO Bill Conner was invited as an expert speaker to the U.S. Subcommittee on Communications and Technology’s cybersecurity hearing in Washington D.C. Wednesday. The invitation to participate in the hearing, […]
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CYBERSECURITY HEARING, SPRINT EARNINGS By Hayley Tsukayama (The Washington Post) Amazon and Viacom: Amazon and Viacom announced Wednesday that they had entered into a rights agreement that will bring content from MTC, Nickolodeon, Comedy Central, TV Land and VH1 into Amazon’s streaming video catalog. The deal, announced Wednesday by Amazon, will add about 2,000 titles to […]
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Experts Say Threat is Growing, as Roles of MSOs,Other ISPs in Battling Attacks By Mike Reynolds (Multichannel) The concerns of House Democrats and Republicans about cybersecurity was made clear in a Hill hearing Wednesday unusually free of the partisan divides that often surface in hearings in the House Communications Subcommittee. During the hearing on “Cybersecurity: […]
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By William Jackson (GCN) Tools are available to counter many of the threats to today’s digital infrastructure, but a legal and policy framework created for an analog world often hampers their implementation, a panel of industry representatives told a House panel. There was some disagreement among the panelists testifying Feb. 8 before subcommittee of the […]