Posted on February 10, 2010 at 1:56 pm
To view the original article please click here. CAN INSURERS PROTECT THE U.S. FROM CYBER-ATTACK? Tom Risen, National Journal, 02/10/2010 The newest soldier on the frontlines of America’s cyber-defenses could be an insurance salesman. To prepare American companies for the costly fallout of hacks, as recently experienced by Google’s operations in China, a market for cyber-insurance […]
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To view the original article please click here. HATHAWAY CALLS FOR URGENCY IN CYBERSECURITY Mickey McCarter, Homeland Security, 02/10/2010 A Dutch colleague of former White House cybersecurity advisor Melissa Hathaway was traveling through Colorado when he stopped to get gas. Unfortunately, he was bewildered by the gas pump’s request for a five-digit ZIP code as a […]
Posted on February 9, 2010 at 2:06 pm
To view the original article please click here. A PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP NEEDED FOR CYBER SECURITY Daniel Indiviglio, The Atlantic, 02/09/2010 I attended the Internet Security Alliance’s presentation of a recognition award to former Obama Administration acting cyber security chief Melissa Hathaway. During the event, she gave a speech mostly consisting of her view of the state […]
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To view the original article please click here. MELISSA HATHAWAY AWARDED TOP HONOR BY INTERNET SECURITY ALLIANCE Jim Garrettson, The New New Internet, 02/09/2010 The Internet Security Alliance (ISA) has awarded Melissa Hathaway the Dave McCurdy Internet Security Award, in recognition of her contribution to strengthening cyber security. The award recognizes Hathaway’s contribution to US national […]
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To view the original article please click here. THE MELISSA HATHAWAY NOT-SO-MYSTERY TOUR Eric Chabrow, Gov Info Security, 02/09/2010 Melissa Hathaway and her son Alexander found themselves 22 customers deep in the checkout line at a Lego Store last Christmas Eve. The line wasn’t moving because of a glitch that wouldn’t allow the processing of charge-card […]
Posted on at 2:00 pm
To view the original article please click here. BRINGING CYBERSECURITY TO THE WATERCOOLER Ben Bain, Federal Computer Week, 02/09/2010 It’s time for the United States to have a conversation in plain language about threats against computer networks and systems, the Obama administration’s former acting senior director for cyberspace said today. “We can no longer accept a […]
Posted on February 3, 2010 at 4:26 pm
What: The ISA will present Melissa Hathaway with an award for her contributions to cyber security, exactly one year after the Obama Administration appointed her to conduct a 60-day review of the government’s cyber security program. Her work culminated in a landmark report titled, “Cyberspace Policy Review: Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure.” […]
Posted on February 1, 2010 at 2:08 pm
To view the original article please click here. MALICIOUS FIRMWARE COULD SABOTAGE MILITARY, SECURITY SYSTEMS Stew Magnuson, National Defense, 02/01/2010 Microscopically small and enormously complex circuits inserted surreptitiously into military or security hardware could potentially turn U.S. weapons against their users, warned one of the nation’s leading experts on the threat. Altered circuitry, also known as […]
Posted on January 21, 2010 at 2:10 pm
To view the original article please click here. ISA’S LARRY CLINTON: MORE CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION NEEDED ON THE HILL Rebecca Neal, The Federal Times, 02/17/2010 As Congress focuses more on cybersecurity and President Obama’s cybersecurity coordinator settles in, educating members of Congress and their staffs about the issue is getting easier. Larry Clinton, President of the Internet […]
Posted on January 18, 2010 at 2:13 pm
CHINESE ATTACKS BRING CYBER SPYING INTO THE OPEN William Matthews, Denfense News, 01/18/2010 Chinese cyber attacks against Google and more than 30 other companies are part of a cyber espionage campaign against the United States that has been growing in intensity for at least several years, U.S. cyber experts say. What’s different is that this […]