2014 Budget Request: E-gov and IEEUIT

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2014 Budget Request: E-gov and IEEUIT

By Perry Varanoid on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 | No Comments

“The Obama administration in its fiscal 2014 budget request proposes $20 million for the General Services Administration e-government fund and $14 million for a fund controlled by the federal chief information officer. Typically the Obama administration requests significantly more for the e-gov fund, housed in the General Services Administration, than Congress appropriates. Taking into account inflation, the fiscal 2014 request of $20 million would be a 63 percent increase over the current year amount….”

MTN customer loses R97000

By Perry Varanoid on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 | No Comments

“A weakness in MTNs security has allowed fraudsters to plunder the bank account of one of its clients.

NIST sorting comments on cybersecurity framework

By Perry Varanoid on Monday, April 8th, 2013 | No Comments

“The National Institute of Standards and Technology has 185 days to release the draft framework called for in the president's cybersecurity executive order. Given the tight timeline, the agency is sorting through comments on its recent request for information–well before the comment period ends April 29

McConnell: Cybersecurity framework will reduce risk, but not 'fix the problem'

By Perry Varanoid on Monday, April 8th, 2013 | No Comments

“The cybersecurity executive order signed by President Obama in February calls for a cybersecurity framework and public-sector partnership with critical infrastructure, but Bruce McConnell, senior counsel for cyber at the National Protection and Programs Directorate of the Homeland Security Department says neither will “fix the problem.”Putting these systems in place will facilitate connections that “reduce the risks of failure and when failure occurs reduce the consequences of those failures,” said McConnell, during an April 3 workshop at the Commerce Department in Washington, D.C….”

Sophisticated threats and thinking like the attacker

By Perry Varanoid on Saturday, April 6th, 2013 | No Comments

“Sophisticated attackers are making us think differently about how we approach security. They are methodical, persistent, creative and often times well funded. Approaching these types of threats means that we have to spend more time understanding the objectives and tactics of the attacker and then building security technology and processes that seek to identify and combine the subtle indicators of an attack….”

SCIF requirements prevent open CISPA markup, says House Intelligence

By Perry Varanoid on Thursday, April 4th, 2013 | No Comments

“Opponents of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and government transparency advocates are calling on the House Intelligence Committee to hold a public markup of the bill when it comes before the committee next week although committee staff the nature of the committee hearing prevents public entry or recording. An April 3 letter (.

Federal cybersecurity workforce study highlights age, training needs

By Perry Varanoid on Thursday, April 4th, 2013 | No Comments

“The average federal cybersecurity professional is between the ages of 51 and 55, works in the GS-2210 Information Technology Management occupational series, and has 10 years of experience in the public sector, according to the 2012 Information Technology Workforce Assessment for Cybersecurity. The assessment surveyed nearly 23,000 federal IT civilian workers and closely resembles the 2011 Information Technology Workforce Capability Assessment, according to the March 14 report (. pdf) published by the Federal Chief Information Officers Council.”A broad implication of the findings is that the majority of the federal cybersecurity professional population is above the age of 40,” say report authors….”

Usability problems plague NRC document system

By Perry Varanoid on Thursday, April 4th, 2013 | No Comments

“The information technology system developed by the National Regulatory Commission to store documents related to aspects of nuclear power plant oversight suffers from usability problems, says the NRC office of inspector general. NRC has paid about $5

TDoS : Telephony Denial of Service Attack

By Perry Varanoid on Thursday, April 4th, 2013 | No Comments

“The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Recommended Best Practices as a result of a cooperative effort between Federal Authorities, public safety representatives, and commercial service providers to develop effective responce for Telephony Denail of Service Attack(TDoS). According received information from multiple jurisdictions indicating the existence of ongoing attacks targeting the telephone systems of public sector entities. Over 200 such attacks have been identified to date….”

Former federal IT execs call for cybersecurity changes

By Perry Varanoid on Friday, March 29th, 2013 | No Comments

“Three former federal information technology executives issued a report calling on auditors to measure how well agencies reduce their cybersecurity risks, Federal Times reports. Those urging the changes include Frank Reeder, a former chief of information policy at the Office of Management and Budget; Julie Anderson, a former acting assistant secretary…”

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