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It's not just Internet firms that hand data to the government
This isn't to make any of you feel left out if you're not handing over sensitive data to the government, but the truth is thousands of companies are.
Boeing links industrial control data with business IT network
The Boeing Company has developed a new approach for linking business IT networks with industrial-control systems, and the initiative has spurred a standards initiative that could enable a new kind of virtual private network.
Lessons learned from Obama's cybersecurity defeat
With his executive order on cybersecurity, President Obama shows that he appears to have learned the lessons from his cybersecurity legislative defeat last year.
Former CIA head Woolsey says utility firms not interested in data security
Utility companies are not very interested in securing data these days, according to James Woolsey, former director of the CIA. Nearly all of the country's critical infrastructure runs on electricity,
Growing number of GPS jammers a threat to infrastructure
The growing use of GPS jamming devices and the availability of low-cost ones are a serious concern, says Bob Cockshott, director of position, navigation and timing technology for the ICT Knowledge
Researchers expose security holes in SCADA systems
Manufacturing plants and critical infrastructure facilities may have received a rude awakening last week when researchers released exploit modules after finding major security flaws in industrial
Texas water plant hacker: Password was just 3 characters
Unhappy with recent reports of how officials tried to downplay the threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, a twenty-something hacker broke into a water utility in Texas and posted
Obama's cybersecurity proposals: Great in concept, devil is in details
The Obama administration last week unveiled a set of legislative proposals to improve the security of computer systems, both in the federal government and in the private sector. Many of the most
More sunlight needed on network security discussion
The U.S. Secret Service has been investigating the hacking of a Nasdaq network since last year, but agents have been unable to determine who the culprits are, where they are or what their motivation
Will 2011 see the widespread militarization of malware?
When I read for pleasure, I prefer to read science fiction, hardly surprising I suppose, given my avid interest in tech and IT. One particular niche within science fiction is the cyberpunk genre,
