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Private Sector Cooperation Vital For National Cyber Defense, Officials Say

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Commercial industry needs to step up and share more information about cyber attacks on its networks with Federal agencies responsible for cyber defense government officials said at a cybersecurity event in Washington this week.

Cyber attacks are showing increasing sophistication across the board – from basement hackers to foreign intelligence agencies, said Sean Kanuck, national intelligence officer for the National Intelligence Council during a daylong INSA Cyber Innovation Symposium Sept. 26. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 27, 2012 at 3:45 PM

‘U.S. Is Losing Cyber Espionage War’: HPSCI Chair Rogers

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The United States is “losing the cyber espionage war” against China, Russia and other countries, but even in the face of such a grave threat the country cannot agree on how to protect its precious intellectual seed capital from these predations, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says.

“We are running out of time on this,” Rep. Mike Rogers, respected for working closely with his ranking member, said in a speech at today’s Intelligence and National Security Alliance‘s (INSA) cyber conference here. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2012 at 5:45 PM

White House Wants Better Cybersecurity Tools, Cooperation And Education

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The Obama Administration is pushing ahead with a series of cybersecurity initiatives to protect critical national infrastructure from attack. At the heart of the process are a series of steps designed to improve how government networks detect and deter intruders, report incidents and work with local and international law enforcement to imprison cyber criminals.

Michael Daniel, special assistant to the president and White House cybersecurity coordinator, explained White House priorities for cybersecurity today at the INSA Cyber Innovation Symposium in Washington, DC. They include: securing federal networks, protecting critical infrastrucure, cyber reporting and response, cyber intelligence, and international engagement. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Cloud Computing And The Intelligence Community – My Year Of Public Service

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About a year ago, my friend Bob Gourley, an influential member of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), called me up with an interesting request: “Will you help me out with this whitepaper? It should only take us a few months to get it done.”

Gourley had been asked to put together a whitepaper to address cloud computing for the Intelligence Community (IC). To be honest, many of my IC friends had long ago relegated cloud computing as nothing more than marketing hype. You can clearly imagine my surprise with this interest from one of the premier national security industry organizations! Keep reading →

 /  Published March 19, 2012 at 2:07 PM