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NewsGAO: DHS emphasizes cybersecurity in national infrastructure plan
The Homeland Security Department's updated master plan for mitigating risks to national infrastructure places greater emphasis on cybersecurity, according to a textual analysis of old and new plans... Read more...
A prescription to prevent cyberattacks
With all the talk about cyberattacks and the fears that the problem is growing, you would think the federal government doesn't have a clue about how to prevent them. But that is just not so. The... Read more...
President's power to shut down Internet up in air
There are plenty of people inside and outside of government upset about legislation that would give President Obama the power to shut down the Internet under emergency situations. But the idea sounds... Read more...
Obama's budget shifts IT spending
President Obama's detailed federal budget for 2010 was released last week, and it outlines more details on how he wants to spend government money on information technology. Don't be worried. There's... Read more...
Obama could get power to shut down Internet
The U.S. president has plenty of power when it comes to natural disasters and the use of the military in hostile attacks. Now there is legislation pending in Congress sponsored by Sen. Jay... Read more...
DHS develops software to fight Conficker worm
The Department of Homeland Security took swift action on Monday, releasing a DHS-developed detection tool to scan computers infected by the Conficker worm. The department's U.S. Computer Emergency... Read more...
| Press ReleasesInZero Defeats World’s HackersNearly 25 million cyber attacks successfully blocked WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In June, America’s InZero Systems invited hackers all over the world to try to break through its system for Read more >> World Economic Forum Selects On-Ramp Wireless for Technology Pioneer AwardOne of Thirty-One Visionary Companies Selected, On-Ramp’s Groundbreaking Innovation Lowers the Cost of Wireless Monitoring and Enables New Applications for Lower Energy Use and Resource Consumption Read more >> National Cyber Security Alliance Welcomes Nadia Short to Board of DirectorsVice President and General Manager of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems' Cyber Division Joins NCSA Board of DirectorsWASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Read more >> California Agency Taps IBM and Pancetera Software to Support State-Wide Emergency ServicesWith built-in intelligence to reduce data transfer, a new solution speeds Agency's backup of virtual machinesARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the Read more >> Policlinico San Marco Selects Red Hat Enterprise VirtualizationItalian health facility migrates mission-critical systems from Citrix and Microsoft to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Red Hat Enterprise Linux RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Red Hat, Inc. Read more >> |
