Cybersecurity News

Hacker’s Don’t Vacation
Summer is officially here. But don’t think the hackers have packed up and gone on vacation. A new study from research firm Intelligize reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has seen a 106 percent increase in the number of regulatory filings referencing cybersecurity issues.

According to the study, over the past six months, 800 companies have filed detailed information about the cyber risks and attacks their organizations have faced. “Costs associated with individual cyber attacks can easily total millions of dollars when factoring in the impact to customer perceptions,” Intelligize chief executive Gurinder Sangha wrote in the study. The Wall Street Journal has the story.

Veterans Find New Mission as Cyber Warriors
Some of the nation’s veterans may also be hard at work on cybersecurity this summer. The (ISC)2 Foundation and Booz Allen Hamilton announced late last week the launch of the U.S.A. Cyber Warrior Scholarship program. The program will offer scholarships to veterans who are interested in receiving training and certifications in the field of cybersecurity. Nextgov has the story.

Russia and U.S. Agree on Cyber…Not Snowden
When it comes to cybersecurity, communication is key. Despite recent reports that Edward Snowden, the former Booz Allen contractor accused of espionage, has made his way to Moscow, the U.S. and Russia moved forward last week on an important cyber pact. The two countries have agreed to provide real-time communications on cyber risks and alerts on attacks coming in from inside each other’s borders. The Washington Post has the story.

Energy Department Moves on Cyber Initiative
Back in the States, the Energy Department is moving on its own cyber initiative. Recently appointed Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the formation a new council to create cybersecurity collaboration among the DOE’s various channels. “What we are trying to do is to make sure that we bring all these assets together to look at everything from grid reliability and resilience to, frankly, protecting our own national security secrets,” Sec. Moniz told the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday. The Hill has the story.

Summer Reading: NIST Glossary
And finally, if you can’t keep track of all of the latest cyber terminology being tossed around, perhaps the “Glossary of Key Information Security Terms” will help you out. Provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the 202-page document defines everything from a traditional Trojan horse to steganography, “the art and science of communicating in a way that hides the existence of the communication.” Check out NIST’s unhidden glossary here.

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Following are some additional cyber headlines you may have missed:

FEDERAL NEWS:

Cyber, security focuses for Marine Forces Pacific (SIGNAL Magazine)

Pentagon to spend $23 billion on cyber security by 2018 (SC Magazine)

Treasury Sec. Lew presses Chamber of Commerce on cybersecurity (Politico)

NSA chief says U.S. infrastructure highly vulnerable to cyber attack (Reuters)

NIST calls for participants for next workshop on cybersecurity framework (HSToday)

Sequestration claims another conference: DHS’ GFirst cyber event (Federal News Radio)

House homeland security leaders said close to unveiling cybersecurity bill (Bloomberg BNA)

Government is meeting cybersecurity goals, White House officials say (Washington Business Journal)

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW:

Kaspersky Lab to open its first office in Israel (Reuters)

BAE Systems to plug cyber security skills gap with graduate recruits (ITProPortal)

Former White House director of cybersecurity joins Damballa board (Dark Reading)

INTERNATIONAL  OUTLOOK:

Africa increases cybersecurity efforts (PC Advisor)

Regional cyber security imperative in the Middle East (CSO Magazine)

An IT superpower, India has just 556 cybersecurity experts (The Hindu)

UK banks fear cyber attack more than euro crisis, says BoE official (The Economic Times)

HACKING HIGHLIGHTS:

U.S. security expert says surveillance cameras can be hacked (Reuters)

Insiders are bigger threat to cybersecurity than hackers (Washington Business Journal)

CYBER INSIGHTS:

7 cybersecurity, forensics tools to watch (Law.com)

Cyber attack rhreat to Fortune 500 companies could do serious harm (Claims Journal)

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