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- Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja
- Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninjaLiberties"Mr. Future President, while you’re at it, could you also do something about all of the civil liberties we’re losing because of the ‘war on terrorism’? That’d be great. Thanks!"that is the point of Cyber Czar - censor what...
- Tags: SECURITY, cyber-security measure, comprehensive cyber-security measure, Obama, cybersecurity
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja
- Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...
- Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Attacks escalate on critical U.S. government networks: Will a Manhattan Project work?
- Last week Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff outlined plans for a federal Manhattan Project to bolster cyber security. The big question is whether this project will bolster cyber security defenses as attacks on U.S. infrastructure escalate. In a nutshell, Chertoff says federal agencies will cut the...
- Tags: China, BusinessWeek, Network, Agency, U.S. Government, Cybersecurity, Attack, Security, Aerospace & Defense, Networking, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-13
- Homeland Security secretary pushes cybersecurity 'Manhattan Project'
- Homeland Security secretary pushes cybersecurity 'Manhattan Project'Cyber securityWell dont just talk about it, get on with it. Theres lots of people out there who dont like us and will stoop to some pretty low behavior to put a hurt on us. Especially military comms and ops security networks. Do it...
- Tags: SECURITY, cybersecurity, Manhattan Project
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- Symantec CEO: The future of cybersecurity
- At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson talks about three security trends he believes will significantly impact the tech industry in the years to come. He predicts that malicious software will outnumber legitimate software; identity management will grow far beyond the enterprise; and digital-rights management will become...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., CEO, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security
- Videos 2008-04-09
- Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan Project
- Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan ProjectSo What's The Rush?"Seven and a half years after 9/11, the Bush Administration is ready to take cybersecurty seriously."And if they do as good a job as the Census Bureau has done with computers systems (http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=674)...we'll all be much safer for it...right?RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! ;-)Feds...
- Tags: Government, SECURITY, cybersecurity, White House, Chertoff, Manhattan Project
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan Project
- Seven and a half years after 9/11, the Bush Administration is ready to take cybersecurty seriously. So says Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security. Speaking at the RSA Conference, Chertoff said the government's newfound interest in cybersecurity is massive – "almost like a Manhattan Project," Cox News...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- WA lawmakers try to address cyberbullying
- For all the fears about online predators, schoolchildren in Seattle face a much more pressing concern: cyberbullying. A report from the Seattle School District found that over 40 percent of youths nationwide report that they were bullied online, while 53 percent said something unkind online. Nearly 60 percent of those...
- Tags: Instant messaging, school district
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- 'Hardware as a service' to block spam
- Filtering spam is a seemingly never-ending headache for school IT admins. Now Sendio offers a solution that may prove to be more effective - the ICE Box, which stands for Intercept, Confirm, or Eliminate, reports Campus Technology. ICE is a "hardware as a service" system, a pun on the...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Sendio, spam, e-mail, hardware
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Cyber education site for teens and parents
- Missouri parents and educators have a new program in their arsenal to protect children from online predators, reports the Missouri News Tribune. The privately funded program called INOBTR, or "I Know Better," is a website for teens, parents and teachers that provides tips on how to protect kids and...
- Tags: Cybersecurity, Education Technology, Web
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- Australian state bans YouTube after attack on girl is posted
- The Victorian State government in Australia has banned YouTube in all schools after an assault on a 17-year-old girl was posted on the popular site, reports the Associated Press The effort to thwart cyber-bullying has resulted in banning the site from all schools in Victoria, Australias most populous state,...
- Tags: Education Technology, Cybersecurity, Social networking
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- Surfing anonymously? You just might get a call from campus police
- The intersection between academic freedom and security collided recently in a Bowling Green University professors office. In an opinion piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Paul Cesarini, an assistant professor of visual communication and technology education at BGU, described a university network-security technician and campus police paid him...
- Tags: Education Technology, Cybersecurity, Higher Ed, Privacy, Cesarini, Tor
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- RSA 2007: The final word on cybersecurity
- Video: At the RSA 2007 Conference in San Francisco we talked to some attendees about what they considered to be the biggest cybersecurity threats, and I caught up with Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity czar, Chief Security Strategist for the US CERT Partners Program and chief security officer at...
- Tags: cybersecurity, General, RSA 2007, Security
- Blog posts 2007-02-12
- Feds' tech budgets may hinge on cybersecurity prowess
- Feds' tech budgets may hinge on cybersecurity prowessMakes sense[i]The government shouldn't be spending money on agencies that want to build new systems when their overall management processes remain flawed.[/i]I see this with users, they screw up their computers, usually from a lack of knowledge or lack of concern(i.e. "it's not...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, tech budget, cybersecurity, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- EU con raises awareness of Internet safety in Europe
- In order to educate the public on an increasingly difficult problem, the European Union hosted the fourth annual Internet Safety Day on February 6, reports the BBC. Thirty-one countries participated in events to raise awareness of Internet safety among parents, teachers and kids. "I am calling upon all...
- Tags: Education Technology, Cybersecurity, International, cell phone, Internet, Internet Safety
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Consumer Protection and Quality of Service (QoS), Including Network Neutrality and Cyber-Security Issues
- The deployment of Next Generation Networks (NGN, using IP connectivity to support fixed, wireless and mobile voice, video, data, and broadcast TV services, provides new opportunities to increasing consumer choice. It also raises new challenges for Quality of Service QoS and for consumer protection. Consumers have certain expectations of the...
- Tags: International Telecommunications Union, QoS, Network, Consumer Protection, Network Neutrality, Cybersecurity
- White papers 2007-02-07
- Latest in student phone tech: Mososo
- But can it clean your dorm room? The verdict is still out on whether the omnipresent cellphone and the ever-growing list of services it provides is a positive addition to campus life, reports the Christian Science Monitor. From texting messages to classmates to using Global Positioning Software...
- Tags: Education Technology, Cybersecurity, Mobile, Global Positioning Software, MoSoSo
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Higher ed struggles to secure its data
- Its no secret that colleges and universities have been a favorite target of hackers. They are repositories of juicy bits of personal information that data thieves love, and after the recent breach at UCLA, schools are grappling with how to patch the holes in their security systems, reports The...
- Tags: Higher Ed, Education Technology, Cybersecurity
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
- Sensitive school data winds up in hands of Nigerian ID thieves
- Everyone whos ever bought a computer knows that they have a shelf life of just a few years before they need upgrading. This means that a huge number of computers are thrown out or recycled every year, and many of them are from schools. The St. Louis Post Dispatch has...
- Tags: Social Security, hard drive, computer
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- 800,000 UCLA records compromised in data breach
- In yet another cautionary tale to universities to beef up database security, hackers compromised as many as 800,000 records of personal information, making UCLA the victim of the largest computer security breach ever at an American university. Personal information from UCLAs database of more than 800,000 current and former...
- Tags: Norman Abrams, database, Higher Ed, Cybersecurity, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
White Papers and Webcasts
Randy Nystrom, an IT systems engineer at Intel, shows how vPro saves time and money by diagnosing PC problems remotely. (1 of 4 new videos with Intel engineers on ZDNet).
At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Todd Glass of Heller Ehrman moderates a discussion, among tech execs, on the various solar technologies making a difference in the green movement.
According to a new study from the Economist, future success belongs to those who collaborate effectively. Learn how successful collaboration can improve profits, problem-solving, and competitive differentiation.
