ARCHIVED 3/17/10
To view the original article please click here. EMERGENCY INTERNET CONTROL BILL GETS A REWRITE Declan McCullagh, Cnet News, 03/17/2010 Sen. Jay Rockefeller alarmed technology and telecommunications firms last year when he announced a plan for the president to seize “emergency” control of the Internet. Now the West Virginia Democrat is trying again with a new version […]
ARCHIVED 2/17/10
To view the original article please click here. CYBERSECURITY BATTLE NEEDS ‘SENSE OF URGENCY,’ EXPERT SAYS Rebecca Neal, The Federal Times, 02/17/2010 The federal government is losing “the sense of urgency” in the cybersecurity battle, says the author of the Obama administration’s 2009 cybersecurity report. Melissa Hathaway, former acting cybersecurity chief, said private and public organizations […]
ARCHIVED 2/15/10
To view the original article please click here. VIRTUAL REALITY Larry Clinton, US Infrastructure Op-Ed, 02/15/2010 On May 29, 2009, the Federal government issued a report that stated that, between 2008 and 2009, American business losses due to cyber attacks had grown to more than $1 trillion worth of intellectual property. In critical infrastructure sectors, where […]
ARCHIVED 2/10/10
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 […]
ARCHIVED 2/10/10
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 […]
ARCHIVED 2/9/10
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 […]
ARCHIVED 2/9/10
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 […]
ARCHIVED 2/9/10
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 […]
ARCHIVED 2/9/10
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 […]
Cybersecurity Event Featuring Melissa Hathaway
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.” […]
