The Obama Administration today announced a new set of public-private partnership initiatives aimed at combating the rising use of botnets.
Industry estimates suggest that one in 10 computers in the U.S. is currently infected by a botnet – software used by hackers to seize control of vast numbers of personal computers for malicious or illegal intent. Keep reading →
The White House moved quickly Thursday to name Michael Daniel as President Obama’s cybersecurity adviser to replace retiring Howard Schmidt.
Daniel assumed the key position immediately as Congress and the White House continue to spar over how best to protect critical U.S. industries from crippling cyberattacks. He served for 17 years in the Office of Management and Budget’s National Security Division and worked for the past 10 years on cybersecurity as chief of the Intelligence Branch. Keep reading →
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt has announced three priority areas where federal departments and agencies “need to focus their cybersecurity activity” –and a new set of cyber security goals to be reached by 2014.
Schmidt, in a White House blog posted Friday, said his office has recognized “the challenge of knowing which (types of technology and talent) will be most effective when dealing with advanced adversaries, especially in a limited budget environment.” Keep reading →
This article was originally published by FedInsider.
CIOs often say that cybersecurity should be built into software and systems, and not thought of as a later add-on. In practice this ideal is seldom reached. But the National Nuclear Security Administration is in the midst of a three-pronged IT initiative to both modernize its infrastructure and get closer to having cybersecurity baked in. Keep reading →