Wary of privacy implications of massive data collection systems, the Senate Commerce Committee plans to continue a probe of the industry, coinciding with a separate inquiry underway at the Federal Trade Commission.
Kenneth Corbin | 24 Jan | Read more
Now that the latest effort to advance comprehensive cybersecurity legislation has failed in Congress, attention is now shifting to the White House, where officials have been developing an executive order to better protect the nation's critical infrastructure from digital attacks and vulnerabilities.
Kenneth Corbin | 16 Nov | Read more
Citing security issues, IT leaders at Department of Defense and National Security Agency warn that BYOD policies and public clouds are a long way from taking hold in environments rife with classified information.
Kenneth Corbin | 23 Oct | Read more
New study finds that government agencies can net substantial savings by moving mission-critical applications to the cloud, but security remains a top concern.
Kenneth Corbin | 19 Sep | Read more
As federal agencies develop strategies for an increasingly mobile workforce, the traditional methods of securing a desktop environment have to evolve to account for the growing crop of wireless devices in use. Symantec vice president of public sector urges federal CIOs to embrace BYOD, but to update their security posture to also focus on files and applications.
Kenneth Corbin | 23 Aug | Read more
Subcommittee chairman Daniel Akaka is calling for an overhaul of the Privacy Act as he warns that current privacy statutes governing how federal agencies use citizens' personal information have failed to keep pace with the way government authorities use modern technology.
Kenneth Corbin | 01 Aug | Read more
Tech officials are warning House subcommittee members that foreign cloud services providers are trying to exploit perceived weaknesses in privacy laws to drive business away from U.S. providers.
Kenneth Corbin | 26 Jul | Read more
The traditional notion of warfare among nation-states is rapidly becoming obsolete as acts of kinetic aggression are being replaced by online crimes and other disruptions that can be perpetrated by individuals or small groups. Expert Ben Hammersley argues that policymakers need to rethink the core principals of national security away from the current outdated military model in use.
Kenneth Corbin | 19 Jul | Read more
Ahead of Senate debate on cybersecurity legislation, lawmakers focus on threats to electrical system; experts warn of vulnerabilities from lackluster information sharing and new smart grid technologies.
Kenneth Corbin | 18 Jul | Read more
As industry players advance the self-regulatory approach, lawmakers question whether all can be fully trusted to responsibly police their own data collection and if legislative remedies are thereby necessary to really protect consumer privacy on the Web.
Kenneth Corbin | 29 Jun | Read more
With the 2012 legislative calendar running out of pages, there is still a window of opportunity for debate and passage of a comprehensive cybersecurity overhaul bill.
Kenneth Corbin | 27 Jun | Read more
As U.S. diplomats seek to elevate issues such as Internet freedom and cybersecurity in their talks with foreign counterparts, they have a tough balance to strike.
Kenneth Corbin | 13 Jun | Read more
When it comes to marketing practices, businesses must adopt a more serious approach to protecting consumer privacy via meaningful industry self-regulation. If they don't, it's likely that there will be more rigorous oversight of the industry at the hands of federal regulators.
Kenneth Corbin | 12 Jun | Read more
As the White House rolls out an agenda to open and optimize government data for mobile devices and accelerate use of smartphones and tablets across departments and agencies, security expert warns that federal CIOs must address an array of vulnerabilities.
Kenneth Corbin | 29 May | Read more
Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
Kenneth Corbin | 10 Feb | Read more