Follow up to April 5, 2009 posting Senate Staff Working Draft of Cybersecurity Act of 2009, see this related CRS report: Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI): Legal Authorities and Policy Considerations, March 10, 2009 “In response to the CNCI and other proposals, questions have emerged regarding: (1) the adequacy of existing legal authoritiesstatutory or constitutionalfor… Continue Reading
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Treasury IG: Progress Has Been Slow in Implementing Federal Security Configurations on Employee Computers
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Progress Has Been Slow in Implementing Federal Security Configurations on Employee Computers, March 27, 2009, Reference Number: 2009-20-055 “IRS employees use desktop and laptop computers to perform their tax administration duties. Because taxpayers expect the IRS to protect their privacy and personal information, the security of employee computers is… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Federal Agency Coordination and Bank Secrecy, Post Katrina Emergency Management, Global War on Terrorism, Tax Compliance
Bank Secrecy Act: Federal Agencies Should Take Action to Further Improve Coordination and Information-Sharing Efforts, GAO-09-227, February 12, 2009 Emergency Management: Actions to Implement Select Provisions of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, GAO-09-433T, March 17, 2009 Global War on Terrorism: DOD Needs to More Accurately Capture and Report the Costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom… Continue Reading
Director of National Cybersecurity Center Resigns
WSJ: “The government’s coordinator for cybersecurity programs has quit, criticizing what he described as the National Security Agency’s grip on cybersecurity. Rod Beckstrom, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, said in his resignation letter that the NSA’s central role in cybersecurity is “a bad strategy” because it is important to have a civilian agency taking a… Continue Reading
EFF Releases How-To Guide to Fight Government Spying
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched its Surveillance Self-Defense project today — an online how-to guide for protecting your private data against government spying. EFF created the Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate Americans about the law and technology of communications surveillance and computer searches and seizures, and to provide the information and tools necessary to… Continue Reading
Report: Data Loss Risks During Downsizing
Data Loss Risks During Downsizing As Employees Exit, so does Corporate Data, February 23, 2009 “Sponsored by Symantec, Ponemon Institute independently conducted this national study…to understand what employees are doing with the data on the laptops their employers provided them. According to our findings, 59% of employees who leave or are asked to leave are… Continue Reading
President Obama Directs the National Security and Homeland Security Advisors to Conduct Immediate Cyber Security Review
News release: “President Obama has directed the National Security and Homeland Security Advisors to conduct an immediate review of the plan, programs, and activities underway throughout the government dedicated to cyber security. This 60-day interagency review will develop a strategic framework to ensure that U.S. Government cyber security initiatives are appropriately integrated, resourced and coordinated… Continue Reading
CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors
News release: “…experts from more than 30 US and international cyber security organizations jointly released the consensus list of the 25 most dangerous programming errors that lead to security bugs and that enable cyber espionage and cyber crime. Shockingly, most of these errors are not well understood by programmers; their avoidance is not widely taught… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal on Child Online Protective Act
CDT news release: “The Supreme Court Wednesday dealt the final blow to the government’s 10-year campaign to place onerous restrictions on Internet content. The Court declined to hear the government’s appeal of lower court rulings [3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in COPA February 22, 2008] that declared the Child Online Protection Act as… Continue Reading
Financial Regulators Release Guidance on Risk Management of Remote Deposit Capture
News release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued guidance today for examiners, financial institutions, and technology service providers to identify risks, evaluate controls, and assess risk management practices related to remote deposit capture (RDC) systems. RDC enables customers to make deposits from their homes or businesses instead of taking the deposits to their… Continue Reading
PWC: Global state of information security survey 2008
“The Global state of information security survey 2008 is a worldwide security survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, CIO Magazine and CSO Magazine. It was conducted online from March 25 to June 26, 2008. Readers of CIO and CSO Magazines and clients of PricewaterhouseCoopers from around the globe were invited via email to take the survey. The results… Continue Reading
Google Releases Browser Security Handbook
SecurityFocus: “Google posted…a handbook for Web developers that highlights the key security features and quirks of major Web browsers. The document, dubbed the Browser Security Handbook, has three parts that tackle the security features in browsers and browser-specific issues that could lead to security weaknesses.” Continue Reading
