Forthcoming reforms to the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 are said to improve federal coordination of IT security efforts and provide for greater situational awareness of security threats.
The first federal CTO thinks the new federal CTO also could serve as the federal cybersecurity czar.
Norm Lorentz served as the federal chief technology officer in 2002 and 2003, working within the White House Office of Management and Budget. In that job, Lorentz focused on developing the federal IT enterprise...
The White House cybersecurity advisor's speech was more warmly greeted 2,800 miles away inside the Beltway than the cool reception it got Wednesday before the RSA Conference at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
She did a Geithner.
In making her first public appearance since delivering her long-awaited cybersecurity review to President Obama last week, Melissa Hathaway took to the stage at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. And she did exactly what Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was criticized for when...
On the eve of Melissa Hathaway's long-awaited public comments on her just-completed overview of federal government cybersecurity programs, a panel of experts agreed on a key point: The nation's cybersecurity has to be headquartered in the White House.
"We've got to get it right organizationally," said Sameer...
A military command to coordinate the defense of military computer networks and enhance American offensive ability in a cyber war is being planned by the Obama administration, according to a published report.
The plan would remake how the military would protect Pentagon networks from foreign adversaries and others...
Melissa Hathaway, in her remarks on the 60-day study she conducted for President Obama, didn't explain how U.S. cybersecurity should be governed, even if it's based in the White House.
Congratulations to Ron Ross, senior computer scientist and information security researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, for being named to the Information Systems Security Association's Hall of Fame for his leadership in the development of influential information security documents. This...
Observations from day one of the RSA Conference.
Edgar Allan Poe might be the conference theme, but the topic everybody is talking about? Government.
From financial regulatory reform and compliance to the Obama Administration on cybersecurity, attendees and sponsors alike all are talking about the convergence of...
For those who say the National Security Agency wants to take charge of the nation's cybersecurity, the agency's director has a message: You're wrong, says Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander in his RSA Conference keynote address.
New guidance on enterprise password management from the National Institute of Standards and Technology is aimed at helping federal government agencies mitigate common threats against character-based passwords.
The annual RSA Conference was held in San Francisco April 20-24, bringing together the nation's - in some case's the world's -- top security experts, leaders and vendors for a week-long exploration of the day's top threats and opportunities.
Cybersecurity. Cloud Computing. Encryption. Public/Private...
Much ado has been made that tech-savvy President Obama appointed the federal government's first chief technology officer, Virginia Technology Secretary Aneesh Chopra.
But don't tell that to Norman Lorentz, a strategic adviser at the nonpartisan and not-for-profit Partnership for Public Service. Lorentz can lay...
And so it begins ...
As this morning dawns on San Francisco, so begins the 2009 edition of the RSA Conference.
As anyone in information security can tell you, this is the Mardi Gras, the Super Bowl, the event in the industry. It's where security professionals from all walks of the public and private sectors come...
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