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Cyber Security - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about cyber security.
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- Cyber Security - Australia
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to cyber security in Australia.
Added: 7 December 2005
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- Cyber security - Canada
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to cyber security in Canada.
Added: 12 December 2005
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- Cyber security - United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to cyber security in the United Kingdom.
Added: 15 December 2005
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- E-Security Interview with Peter Major, INTACT ACT
- This exclusive interview with Peter Major, Senior Manager ICT Security, INTACT ACT explores the common threats to the online security of government, the role and scope of INTACT, and how government, industry and the government can work together to develop future responses to e-Security.
Added: 24 June 2010
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- EU Agency identifies incentives and challenges for cyber security information sharing in Europe
- The EU 'cyber security' Agency ENISA, i.e. the European Network and Information Security Agency, launched a new report on barriers to and incentives for cyber security information sharing. The report shows e.g. that the economic incentives are much more important for practitioners than what academic literature indicate.
Added: 10 September 2010
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- NISTIR 7628 Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security
- This three-volume report, Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security, presents an analytical framework that organizations can use to develop effective cyber security strategies tailored to their particular combinations of Smart Grid-related characteristics, risks, and vulnerabilities.
Added: 9 September 2010
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- White House vows to veto CISPA
- By Aliya Sternstein. NextGov, 25 April 2012. "The White House is threatening to veto a House cybersecurity bill that critics have condemned for encroaching on Americans' online privacy and not going far enough to regulate critical infrastructure networks..."
Added: 26 April 2012;
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- Cybersecurity is Coming!
- By Jessica Herrera-Flanigan. NextGov, 17 April, 2012. "As widely reported, next week will be busy as the House takes up a series (probably) of cybersecurity bills as part of the House Republican Leadership's designated "Cybersecurity Week." Several months ago, I wondered aloud what the House would do on cyber, as the Senate seemed poised and ready to move forward with a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity, while the House had not created a path forward on Congressman Thornberry's Task Force Recommendations. Ironically, cybersecurity is coming, but not in the Senate - at least not in the coming weeks - and the House has leapfrogged ahead of the upper chamber..."
Added: 19 April 2012;
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- U.S. cybersecurity bill to empower Homeland Security
- By Kenneth Corbin. ITworld Canada, 15 February 2012. "Bipartisan bill aims to give government more oversight over critical private-sector infrastructure such as electrical power plants and the transportation system. Framingham, Mass. -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators representing three committees has introduced long-awaited cybersecurity legislation, a comprehensive bill that would give the Department of Homeland Security new authorities over critical private-sector infrastructure and seek to encourage the sharing of information about threats and attacks between government and industry..."
Added: 20 February 2012;
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- Trustworthy Cyberspace: Strategic Plan for the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program - in pdf format (813kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Executive Office of the President, National Science and Technology Council, December 2011. "... This strategic plan describes and prioritizes several research themes worthy of further inquiry, and end-states and capabilities that must be achieved in order to fundamentally improve cyberspace. The Plan does not focus on specific technical problems and challenges, e.g., developing better firewalls or more secure operating systems. Rather, by articulating desired end-states and capabilities, the themes reveal important underlying causes of cybersecurity vulnerabilities. By defining the end-states, rather than the paths to get there, the themes invite a diversity of approaches and encourage innovation across disciplines and sectors..."
Added: 8 December 2011;
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- White House Sets Cybersecurity R&D Priorities
- Roadmap details plans to secure U.S. network infrastructure through agency collaboration, scientific research, and creating more difficult targets for hackers to attack, By Elizabeth Montalbano. Information Week, December 7, 2011. "The White House has released a roadmap that sets research and development priorities for cybersecurity to accelerate efforts to secure U.S. network infrastructure and catalyze change in the way the nation approaches cybersecurity. The plan--"Trustworthy Cyberspace: Strategic Plan for the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program"--stems from a 60-day review of the state of cybersecurity in the United States President Obama ordered in early 2009 soon after taking office, according to a White House blog post by U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra and Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt. That report called for urgent action to secure the nation's computer network infrastructure..."
Added: 8 December 2011;
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- WA govt slammed for sloppy cybersecurity
- By Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia on June 15, 2011. "The Western Australian auditor general has released a damning report into the security of state government systems, which performed penetration tests that allowed testers to see confidential government documents and credit card transactions..."
Added: 28 November 2011;
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- NSW open to cyber attack: researcher
- By Michael Lee, ZDNet Australia, October 6, 2011. "The NSW Police Force has tightened up its security over the past decade, decommissioning systems that were linked to other agencies as part of the Sydney Olympics; however, one contractor who worked on the project said NSW infrastructure remains vulnerable to cyber attack..."
Added: 11 October 2011;
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- Recommendations of the House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force - in pdf format (253kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). US House of Representatives, 5 October 2011. "... On June 24, 2011, House Republican Leadership formed the House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force. The Task Force was asked to make recommendations to Leadership on how House Republicans should approach four issue areas within cybersecurity: 1) Critical Infrastructure and Incentives; 2) Information Sharing and Public-Private Partnerships; 3) Updating Existing Cybersecurity Laws; 4) Legal Authorities..."
Added: 6 October 2011;
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- House GOP Cyber Task Force Touts Industry Leadership
- By Jessica Herrera-Flanigan. NextGov, 5 October 2011. "The House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force released its long-awaited recommendations today explaining why "the House should devote time and energy to an issue that is not at the top of the public's expressed priorities." The report notes that cybersecurity should be a priority because cyber is a major national security issue, the threat is real and immediate, and cyber is connected to our economy and job creation..."
Added: 6 October 2011;
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- Cybersecurity: The next partisan issue?
- By William Jackson. Federal Computer Week, October 5, 2011. "A cybersecurity task force created by the Republican party has a set of recommendations for legislation addressing threats to the nation's information infrastructure. Positoned as a response to President Barack Obama's legislative proposal in May, the recommendations could mark the transformation of cybersecurity from bipartisan concern to yet another partisan flashpoint, some industry and government observers fear..."
Added: 6 October 2011;
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- Cybersecurity Centre drags NZ to the plate
- By Darren Greenwood, ZDNet Australia, September 28, 2011. "Full marks to the New Zealand government for officially opening its National Cybersecurity Centre yesterday, which will hopefully help pull New Zealand up to where the rest of the world is in cybersecurity. The centre will help government and firms devise strategies to protect their critical infrastructure and information in a world where attacks are becoming ever more frequent..."
Added: 29 September 2011;
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- Have your say on our cyber future, Canberra's listening
- By Peter Dinham. ITWire, Thursday, 15 September 2011. "Digital citizens of Australia, hear ye, hear ye! Your government is listening and it wants your ideas, opinions and comments, or concerns, on the impact now and into the future of 'digital citizenship in a networked society'..."
Added: 19 September 2011;
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- Connecting with Confidence - Optimising Australia's Digital Future
- A Public Discussion Paper. Published by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, September 2011. "This discussion paper is a 'conversation starter', designed to allow all Australians to participate in an open discussion on how government, industry and the community can work together to address the challenges and risks arising from greater digital engagement and, in doing so, complement the government's vision for Australia to become a leading digital economy by 2020. The result of this conversation will be the release of Australia's first Cyber White Paper in the first half of 2012. This discussion paper seeks your views on a wide range of issues, including how we can together minimise cyber risks so we can maximise social and economic opportunities in the digital economy. We greatly value your views on how we can get the right balance between Australia's social, economic and security needs. The discussion paper is not designed for a technical audience. However, a glossary of terms has been provided at the back of the document to assist readers unfamiliar with terms or concepts..."
Added: 15 September 2011;
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- Cyber Intelligence - setting the landscape for an emerging discipline
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Intelligence and National Security Alliance, September 2011. "... This paper is the first in a series developed by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s (INSA) Cyber Council. It is intended to broaden the vision of senior decision makers in government and industry. Our goal with this paper is to set the landscape for cyber intelligence by discussing why it is necessary and providing thoughts on how to approach the development of this function in the cyber domain. While there is a great deal of focus on current cyber security issues, there is little focus on defining and exploring the cyber threat environment at a higher level. Its unique dynamics and impact on our economy and ational security are understudied. In this paper, we will focus primarily on defensive cyber activities. There is a rapidly increasing need to fully leverage cyber intelligence assets and capabilities on a national and global scale to address this ubiquitous, diverse, and evolving group of adversaries. There is also a need to clearly define an emerging cyber intelligence discipline that can be quickly and transparently shared with appropriate private and foreign partners..."
Added: 15 September 2011;
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- Outsourcing IT to other countries adds to cyber risks, report says
- New white paper warns of increasing national security risks from cyber threats, By Alice Lipowicz. Federal Computer Week, September 12, 2011. "A new report charged that the government's outsourcing significant portions of the nation’s IT has created escalating cybersecurity risks. The report by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s (INSA) Cyber Council warned that federal authorities have outsourced a substantial share of IT to countries in which hackers have an easier time of gaining unauthorized access into IT systems and supply chains..."
Added: 15 September 2011;
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This category last updated: 26 April 2012
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