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Actual Indictment – Iranians Charged with Hacking 144 Universities and Lots More
Nine Iranians Charged With Conducting Massive Cyber Theft Campaign on Behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mabna Institute Hackers Penetrated Systems Belonging to Hundreds of Universities, Companies, and Other Victims to Steal Research, Academic and Proprietary Data, and Intellectual Property
Tenured Opening for an Accomplished National Security Law and Policy Academic
Syracuse University College of Law invites applicants for a tenured faculty position as Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) Director beginning Fall 2018. Founded in 2003 as a collaboration between the College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, INSCT is an internationally renowned university institute with an established history […]
National Security Strategy Speaks of Cyberattacks Used for Information Warfare
Today, the White House released the National Security Strategy of the United States of America. Here are its primary statements about cyberspace: Cyberspace Malicious state and non-state actors use cyberattacks for extortion, information warfare, disinformation, and more. Such attacks have the capability to harm large numbers of people and institutions with comparatively minimal investment and […]
NSA Dir Mike Rogers and former NSA Dir Michael Hayden
Navy Adm. Mike Rogers, U.S. Cyber Command commander, National Security Agency director and Central Security Service chief, participates in a panel with former Director General Michael Hayden on breaking the cyber barrier at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 19, 2017. For students of IST 728 / […]
Cyber Command elevated to Unified Combatant Command
Still dual-hatted, or not? We’ve been reporting on this issue for years, but it is hard to tell from this statement. The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 18, 2017 Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Elevation of Cyber Command I have directed that United States Cyber Command […]
New GAO report: Internet of Things Status and implications of an increasingly connected world
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Very initial thoughts on today’s White House cybersecurity order
For full text, see our post. Once again, the NIST Framework is key. Each Agency has 90 days to provide a risk management report to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the OMB. DHS, OMB, Commerce, General Services and the White House staff then have 60 days to submit to the President […]
Actual Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure
For Immediate Release May 11, 2017 Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – STRENGTHENING THE CYBERSECURITY OF FEDERAL NETWORKS AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States […]
Tort Liability for Buggy Software
Effectively there is no liability for manufacturers of buggy software. This is not, however, due to a special exemption in the law enacted to ban software liability. There is a special exemption to liability enacted by Congress for interactive computer services, and sometimes that overlaps with software. Generally, however, the reason you can’t sue software […]
FBI Director’s Speech at the Symantec Government Symposium 8/30/2016 full text and audio
Full audio (42 minutes): FBI Director James Comey presented the morning government keynote address to cyber security experts at the Symantec Government Symposium in Washington, D.C. on August 30, 2016. After outlining the various threats in cyberspace, he identified “three joint goals” for government and the private sector together: reduce vulnerabilities work together to do […]