Feds Should Provide Industry With Cybersecurity Data And Incentives, Experts Testify

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 […]

Experts Disagree On Focus Of Cybersecurity Legislation

Posted on at 10:49 am

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 […]

Security Experts Ask House For Light Regulatory Touch

Posted on at 10:47 am

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 […]

Cyber Regulation Lost In A Time Machine

Posted on at 10:46 am

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 […]

Entrust President and CEO Outlines Cybersecurity Dangers

Posted on February 8, 2012 at 10:45 am

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, […]

THE CIRCUIT: Amazon and Viacom Strike A Deal

Posted on at 10:44 am

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 […]

House Subcom Serious About Cybersecurity

Posted on at 10:43 am

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: […]

Legal, Policy Frameworks Can Hamper Cybersecurity

Posted on at 10:42 am

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 […]

Cybersecurity Experts: Major Telecom Providers Are Secure

Posted on at 10:41 am

By Gautham Nagesh (The Hill) The major telecom providers have done a good job securing their networks and don’t require further regulation by the government, experts testified Wednesday. James Lewis, the director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said telecom companies have addressed cybersecurity on a level that other sectors have not. “The […]

OVERNIGHT TECH: Telecom Subpanel Tackles Cybersecurity

Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:40 am

By Brendan Sasso and Gautham Nagesh THE LEDE: The House Energy and Commerce telecom subpanel will hold a hearing Wednesday morning on the cybersecurity threat to the nation’s communications networks. The House has recently begun to move on cybersecurity legislation that would enhance information sharing between the government and private sector about cybersecurity threats and […]