Compiled by The Cyber Loop editor
In-orbit delivery: Astrium hands over second communications satellite to German armed forces: The second dedicated military communications satellite for the German armed forces is now operational, having completed in-orbit testing on 8 July 2010. The latest series of tests covered the satellite platform, the payload, and the components of the satellite’s secure control system.
Talk on China Cyber Army Pulled After Pressure: A talk on China’s military cyber-attack capabilities has been pulled from the Black Hat security conference schedule following pressure from Taiwanese and Chinese agencies.
Closing the Tech Gap: What if senior management in an Agency – or anyone in the public – could identify and monitor the performance of IT projects just as easily as they could monitor the stock market or baseball scores? That’s what the IT dashboard does — and it’s changing the way government does business.
DNSSEC protocol to plant security at Net’s roots: The DNSSEC initiative to embed security at the heart of the Internet by preventing URL spoofing and other attacks has passed an important milestone.
A call for a Canadian cyber strategy: In Canada, no national cybersecurity strategy exists. Promises made by government officials to get this done have been left unfulfilled. No overall plan also means no general policies in place to provide more holistic guidance to the government and private sectors – now and in times of cyberwarfare.
A cyber strategy for Canada: At a recent technical forum in Vancouver, British Columbia, security experts gathered to talk shop. The event usually draws headlines. This March, it was Dragos Ruiu who captured the media attention when he said that Canada was ill-prepared for a cyberattack that could devastate its infrastructure. A 17-year-old could launch such an attack, he said, adding that the Canadian government needs to put more thought into its cybersecurity strategy.
‘Terror attacks have led to demand for new technology’: Recent terror attacks in the country have led to the demand for new technology, different to what used in conventional warfare, a top defence official said on Thursday.
Cyber Ambassadors:The Homeland Security Department on Wednesday announced the winners of a contest designed to garner new ideas to improve the public’s cybersecurity awareness and literacy.
White House, executives discuss economic incentives for cybersecurity: The Obama administration is considering providing economic incentives to companies that follow good cybersecurity practices to encourage the private sector to cooperate with the federal government in protecting the computer systems that support major U.S. industries, said a security expert who met with the president and Cabinet officials on Wednesday.
What This Chinese Hacker Could Teach Apple: If tough love is the best way to fix the world’s software, then Wu Shi may be one of the information security industry’s unsung heroes.
White House Issues Cybersecurity Report: The White House on Wednesday issued an update of the Obama administration’s ongoing cybersecurity work, detailing some of the steps being taken in an effort to secure the nation’s networks against cyber attacks and in the process offering some new insight into the administration’s future plans.
Navy Imposes Cybersecurity Training Rules: The U.S. Navy has set some ground rules to ensure its IT workforce is well equipped to handle issues of cybersecurity.
Progress Report Finds Administration Has Made Sound Cyber Steps: Back in May 2009, President Barack Obama announced his intention to make cybersecurity an administration priority. The administration released yesterday a progress report on what the administration has accomplished to date.
The Grudge Factor: Last July, there were several days of Internet based attacks on government and military web sites in South Korea and the United States. This year, there was another series of similar attacks. Unlike the 2009 attacks, this year there was little damage or disruption.
Some experts question efforts to identify cyberattackers: Efforts by the U.S. government to better identify cyberattackers will likely lead to violations of Internet users’ privacy and anonymity, and technological means to attribute the source of the attacks may be inaccurate, privacy and cybersecurity experts said Thursday.
Web Services, Cybercrime-Solver: Developers could build a framework that could maintain transactional records among web services in order to recreate the scene of the crime in the aftermath of a cyber attack, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology suggest in a new study.
DEFCON: Bridging The Gap Between Hardware And Software Hacking: I got into hardware hacking as a kid, but never quite stuck with. Electronics weren’t safe back then, and I often bridged that world with the physical to give my G.I. Joe something new to conquer. That interest has been renewed.