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Senate Democrats Propose New Cybersecurity Bill
Strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity will be a priority for the Senate in 2013, according to a group of Democratic senators who on Wednesday introduced new legislation around the issue.
The bill, the Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013, was introduced by Sens. Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), Tom Carper (Del.) and Dianne Feinstein (Cali.) and aims to take a comprehensive approach at securing U.S. networks to prevent the nation and its critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. Read more…
‘Red October’ Attack Goes Dark After Big Reveal
A sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign has been successfully penetrating diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organizations across the globe for nearly five years, according to a new report.
Dubbed “Red October,” the malware was first discovered by security giant Kaspersky Lab in October 2012, after the lab’s researchers began investigating a series of cyber attacks against international diplomatic service agencies. Read more…
CEOs Call for Increased Public-Private Cyber Collaboration
The key to effective cybersecurity is information sharing, according to a new report from a coalition of some of America’s top CEOs.
The report, which provides nearly 30 pages of strategy on “more intelligent, more effective cybersecurity protection,” was published Wednesday by the Business Roundtable (BRT), an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, including Boeing, Dow, MasterCard and P&G.
Asserting that a deeper level of public-private sector collaboration is needed to defend against emerging cyber threats, the BRT report offers up a cross-sector approach for increased information sharing and threat-informed risk management. Read more…
2013 Defense Budget Outlines New Mandates to Enhance Cybersecurity
The New Year brought with it renewed hope for improving U.S. cybersecurity as President Obama on Thursday signed off on the $633 billion 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The nearly 700-page bill, which passed the House and Senate in December, authorizes appropriations for Defense Department activities in fiscal year 2013, including improvements to DOD’s capabilities in cyberspace. Read more…
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