cybersecurity

When the president ordered DHS to provide cybersecurity guidance to seven industries that make up the critical infrastructure,' it responded, according to a GAO report, with a ton of data and advice that didn't take into account regulations and standards that make advice that is basic for one irrelevant to the others.

There are a ton of groups out there that offer cybersecurty help and guidance, the trick, it seems is finding he right one for you organization.

Iran refuses to return the high-tech spy drone that crashed after what U.S. officials said was a malfunction. Though the downed drone was too smart for its mission in Afghanistan, the U.S sent an even smarter replacement, and crashed an older drone that had been chasing pirates.

DARPA held a conference this week explicitly asking hackers to show up and share ideas of how to secure .gov and .mil systems. It may not have gotten many ideas, but did plant a few seeds with more than just hackers.

Top officials of the FBI and CIA have called for construction of a second, more secure Internet for critical systems. The NSA and Pentagon want responsibility localized to players in specific areas. No agency is responsible for coordinating all the pieces, so gaps remain.

According to the New York Times, the White House and Pentagon talked about whether to attack both Libya an Pakistan with digits before door-kickers. Did they decide not to so as not to show reveal how unprepared for cyberwar the U.S. really is?

A group of experts from the Idaho National Laboratory are playing hackers bent on industrial destruction.

In September 2007, in a remote laboratory in Idaho, researchers began to show that that picture had begun to change, dramatically and irreversibly. Dubbed "Aurora," the researchers' project demonstrated the ability of a cyber hacker to destroy physical equipment--in this case a generator used to create electricity for the power grid. The Aurora research brought the question of physical safety and the ability for a nation to defend itself from attack in the cyber world to the forefront. For the next three years, this difficult discussion would largely remain just a discussion, contemplated, if passionately, in corners of Washington and at wonk-ish meetings across the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Defense goes public with its strategy for cyberspace.

Most people assume victims of spear-phishing attacks and Nigerian currency scams come from low end of the IQ spectrum. They don't; unfortunately, neither do the spear-phishers.

The index will track the overall sentiment of a group of cybersecurity experts to offer a measure of cyber risk.