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SPOTLIGHT: Cybersecurity specialist to run FBI's DC office
The FBI has named a cybersecurity expert to head its Washington Field office. Shawn Henry, 47, has been the assistant director of the bureau's cyber division. He also has headed up probes of computer... Read more...
Shortage of Fed info security pros creates risk
Dickie George, the technical director of the National Security Agency's (NSA) Information Assurance Directorate, told GovInfoSecurity.com in an interview that the shortage of skilled information... Read more...
Pentagon's cybercommand plans stall
The Pentagon is finding out that even the best cybersecurity plans get hung up over bureaucracy and congressional worries about issues such as privacy. That's the case with Department of Defense's... Read more...
IG: Tighten cybersecurity to protect nuclear weapons
The Department of Energy, responsible for the nation's nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, may be jeopardizing their security if it does not improve its cybersecurity protections, according to a new... Read more...
U.S. faces shortage of cybersecurity workers
There's a shortage of computer security workers that can help the federal government fight the growing number of security attacks targeting its computer systems, the Washington Post reported... Read more...
DHS drafts a plan to respond to a cyberattack
A new plan is on the drawing board at the Department of Homeland Security to lay out how government and businesses should respond to a widespread cyberattack. DHS is collecting comments from the... Read more...
Report: U.S. needs to overhaul cybersecurity
A new report by the Internet Security Alliance says the federal government needs to collaborate with the business world to overhaul and fortify cybersecurity. In the report released last week, the... Read more...
A Google map showing government IT breaches
OhMyGov outdid itself by taking a page from Google maps, pinpointing exactly where in the United States government breaches have occurred. It's a terrific idea, and a very visual one that gives the... Read more...
More attacks, fewer losses
IT departments appear to be getting better at the job of deflecting security attacks, according to the Computer Security Institute. The institute's latest survey of security managers and corporate... Read more...
Cyber warfare could target e-health records
While e-health records appear to be all the rage inside and outside government these days, few experts are looking at their potential vulnerability to cyberattacks. Speaking before a health standards... Read more...
