Compiled by The Cyber Loop editor
Turns Out, ‘Zombie Satellite’ Not as Evil as It Appeared: It may have captured the imagination of science-fiction enthusiasts around the world, but fears that an out-of-control “zombie satellite” could wreak havoc in space have turned out to be largely unfounded, according to the company that owns it.
US Cyber Command … “Perfect Citizen” or Big Brother?: The Daily Mail, of the United Kingdom, is reporting on a US government program named “Perfect Citizen.” According to the report: “The US plans to install a Big Brother-style monitoring system on the computer systems of private companies and government agencies to prevent cyber-attacks from abroad.”
Roger Anderson of Applied Signal Technology: Current security appliances not much defense against nation-state hackers: Roger Anderson has been involved in intelligence-related activities his entire career. In the 1980s, he worked on Department of Defense TIARA programs while at the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
Air Force Expands Hiring Authority for Cyber Jobs: The U.S. Air Force is currently looking to hire civilian federal employees to fill some of the key cybersecurity roles. The hiring managers have been granted authorization to use the streamlined Schedule A hiring authority to fill more than 680 positions.
White House meeting aimed to assert cybersecurity leadership: The White House meeting on cybersecurity held on Wednesday appears to have been as much about assessing progress on the President’s cybersecurity agenda as it was on showing executive office leadership on the issue.
DNS gains added measure of security starting today: The 13 globally distributed server clusters – known within Internet engineering circles as the Root Zone – will begin cryptographically signing DNS look-ups today.