President Obama has named Howard A. Schmidt, who was a cyber-adviser in President George W. Bush's White House, as the new cybersecurity coordinator. Schmidt will coordinate cybersecurity policy across
The U.S. Congress has committed $30 million towards fighting intellectual property crime in 2010. The money is intended to be spent on US anti-piracy efforts that are authorized by last
The Smithsonian Institution has lost $12.3 million in property, said a Washington Post report. The Smithsonian’s inspector general, A. Sprightley Ryan, told a Congressional committee that management had “failed to
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm announced a first-of-its-kind federal-state cybersecurity partnership—deploying the federally-developed cybersecurity technology EINSTEIN 1 to Michigan’s cyber networks.
A State Department employee was put on probation for a year for accessing more than 125 confidential passport applications of celebrities, said an AP report. Kevin Young, of Temple
After a TSA operating manual was published online, what is next? How does TSA recover and ensure that security will not be breached at America's airports? The 93-page instruction manual
The Canadian Security Association (CANASA) announced the addition of Security Canada Alberta, which will also partner with the Tri-Lateral Security Conference Program. The show will be held May 12
In a recent Deloitte online poll of business professionals across various industries, 37.5 percent say they are at least as concerned and 18.2 percent say they are more concerned about
The Security Executive Council has released the second edition of Security Careers: Defining Jobs, Compensation and Qualifications, a guide to strong hiring practices and fair compensation for security executives. The
Slashed budgets and reduced staffing numbers delayed many security initiatives in 2009, but the vulnerabilities didn’t retreat and will only intensify in 2010, says a Unisys security report. In
RSS