Posted on June 21, 2015 at 4:42 pm
MiBiz Reports: Manufacturing executives in West Michigan and nationwide worry that their computer networks could fall victim to security breaches similar to those that have plagued the retail sector in recent months. As industry extends its global reach and has come to rely more on digital data, cyber criminals have likewise become more innovative, adopting […]
Posted on June 12, 2014 at 4:06 pm
As the issue of cyber security grows increasingly more salient, ISA has been featured in a number of high-profile print and television appearances over the past several years. Topics of discussion have ranged from hot-button issues of the day to long-standing policy implications. Some of these media appearances include USA Today, the PBS News […]
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:55 am
By Tom Gjelten (National Public Radio (NPR) – Morning Edition) Business executives and national security leaders are of one mind over the need to improve the security of the computers that control the U.S. power grid, the financial system, water treatment facilities and other elements of critical U.S. infrastructure. But they divide over the question of […]
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 10:29 am
By Rick Kam For all of its benefits, cloud computing poses very real dangers to covered entities responsible for safeguarding protected health information (PHI). The cloud model, which the IT industry has been embracing for its up-front cost savings and efficiencies for years now, is more recently being recognized by the healthcare realm for its potential […]
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:33 pm
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which has been revised several times over the past week, allows the government and private companies to share information with one another with the aim of warding off cyber threats.
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By David Goldman (CNN) NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The House of Representatives, as expected, approved a controversial cybersecurity bill late Thursday, staring down a veto threat. But the fight to protect the United States from a cataclysmic cyber attack is far from over. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which has been revised several times over the past week, […]
Posted on April 17, 2012 at 10:53 am
By Andrew Feinberg (The Hill) As Congress turns its focus to cybersecurity matters, 26 major business and trade associations are seeking to remind lawmakers that cyberspace is “a bulwark of the global economy.” The group sent a letter Tuesday to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging action to protect “the […]
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Rise of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure on both sides of Atlantic calls for creation of cyberweapons and new rules for use
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Rise of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure on both sides of Atlantic calls for creation of cyberweapons and new rules for use By Nick Hopkins (The Guardian) Jonathan Millican is a first-year university student from Harrogate in North Yorkshire. He says he doesn’t think of himself as a “stereotypical geek”, but having been crowned champion in […]
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 10:26 am
A report says cyber criminals are seeking what they consider easy targets. By Pamela Lewis Dolan Small organizations, including physician practices, represented the largest number of data breaches in 2011, according to Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report. The report examined 855 breaches across the globe that accounted for 174 million compromised records in 2011. […]