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• New York City agency pushes plan to prevent cyberattacks on elevators, boilers

  By Ellen Messmer | 11 May, 2012 03:47

  SAVANNAH, GA. -- Imagine what would happen if an attacker broke into the network for the industrial control systems for New York City's elevators and boiler systems and decided to disrupt them, imperiling the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents relying on them. Think it could never happen? Think again.

• Don't flush privacy in the name of security

  By John Dix | 07 May, 2012 20:33

  On the face of it, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) that the U.S. House of Representatives just passed seems to address the long-held notion that encouraging private and public sector concerns to share security information will improve our general security.

• Commercial enterprises are putting our critical infrastructure at risk

  By Sean Martin, a CISSP and the founder of imsmartin consulting | 05 May, 2012 07:33

  Cybercriminals have already figured out how to hack into enterprise infrastructure, and the critical infrastructure that controls our nation's supply of water, gas, oil and electricity just might be next.

• IBM: The rapidly changing role of top security executives

  By Michael Cooney | 05 May, 2012 04:27

  Security issues are exerting a ton of pressure and monetary concerns on the executives in charge of keeping corporate networks and assets safe.

• IT Budgets, cybersecurity top federal CIO concerns

  By Kenneth Corbin | 05 May, 2012 03:48

  Ask federal CIOs what keeps them up at night, and you'll hear an earful. From cybersecurity and governance policy to modernization initiatives and adjusting to tightening budget constraints, CIOs in the federal government have their hands full, according to a new study from the advocacy organization TechAmerica and the consulting firm Grant Thornton.

• Hottest IT skill? Cybersecurity

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 04 May, 2012 00:33

  Embattled by hactivists, cybercriminals and foreign rivals seeking to steal proprietary information, U.S. corporations are ramping up their hiring of cybersecurity experts, with open jobs reaching an all-time high in April.

• Critics and supporters respond as House clears CISPA cybersecurity bill

  By Kenneth Corbin | 28 April, 2012 05:40

  The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday evening passed a controversial cybersecurity bill that would facilitate sharing of information about critical threats among businesses and government bodies.

• Security experts warn of cyber threats from Iran

  By Kenneth Corbin | 27 April, 2012 08:55

  A panel of experts warned lawmakers on Thursday about the looming threat of a cyber attack emanating from Iran, an increasingly isolated nation that has been linked to numerous attacks against the United States in recent years including a plot last year to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C.

• Nuke the box: Push underway to clean up 300,000 PCs with DNS virus

  By Tim Greene | 25 April, 2012 06:24

  A PR campaign is underway to clean up as many as 300,000 computers infected with DNSChanger viruses that divert victims' traffic to sites that can further exploit the machines and their owners, but it's not clear that goal can be accomplished without drastic measures.

• Healthcare industry group builds cybersecurity threat center

  By Michael Cooney | 25 April, 2012 02:28

  Looking to address growing cybersecurity threats in the healthcare industry the Health Information Trust Alliance today said it has established a centralized Cybersecurity Incident Response and Coordination Center where organizations can report incidents and get help remediating electronic medical security problems.

• Cybersecurity bill revised to ease privacy concerns

  By Kenneth Corbin | 18 April, 2012 22:16

  Supporters of a controversial cybersecurity bill have issued a revised discussion draft of the legislation in an effort to address the concerns raised by privacy advocates and civil liberties groups.

• Grading the tech policy makers: A first quarter recap

  By Kenneth Corbin | 18 April, 2012 08:02

  In the technology policy world, the year opened with what appeared to be a short road to passage of controversial intellectual property legislation that-- while opposed by civil rights and consumer advocacy groups and many Web firms-- had the backing of the heavyweights in the film, television and music industries, special-interest groups that are used to getting their way in Washington.

• Macs under attack, who is safe?

  By Ryan Francis | 18 April, 2012 00:06

  It was always thought that as Apple products increased in popularity, so would the target on its back placed by cybercriminals. Always looking to take down the king of the hill, cybercriminals finally got to Apple's Macs last week with a botnet that attacked more than 600,000 machines.

• FBI: Cyberattacks grow as national security menace

  By Ellen Messmer | 04 April, 2012 06:39

  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cyberattacks are starting to eclipse terrorism as a threat to the country, say top officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, speaking before an audience of security professionals here at the GovSec Conference today.

• Threat of a bullet in the face keeping cybercrooks cautious

  By Bob Brown | 30 March, 2012 06:36

  Scott Borg, director of a cybersecurity research institute, kicked off the SecureWorld Expo Boston with an uplifting talk about the end of the cybersecurity world as we know it. Sure, more sophisticated threats are on the way, but those in cybersecurity also have new opportunities to defend threats and even enable economic growth.