The United States has generally improved in preparing for disasters but suffers from shortfalls in its cybersecurity posture, recovery capabilities and integration of people with disabilities as well as children and seniors into preparedness activities, said the first National Preparedness Report.

Continue reading First-Ever FEMA National Preparedness Report Finds Shortcomings in Cybersecurity, Disaster Recovery

Tags: cybersecurity, Disaster Recovery Presidential Policy Directive 8, FEMA, National Preparedness Goal, National Preparedness Report, PPD-8

All around the world, governments declare they are gearing up for cyber war. The term “Cyber war” seems to be on everyone’s lips again.

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The Russian ring charged this week with spying on the United States faced some of the common security problems that plague many companies — misconfigured wireless networks, users writing passwords on slips of paper and laptop help desk issues that take months to resolve. Continue reading Russian spy ring needed some serious IT help

Tags: cybersecurity, espionage, InfoSecurity, Russia, spy, steganography

Are you sure that the keyboard or mouse you are using today is the one that was attached to your computer yesterday? It might have been swapped for a compromised device that could transmit data to a snooper. Continue reading USB coffee-cup warmer could be stealing your data

Tags: bugging, cybersecurity, eavesdropping, espionage, InfoSecurity, spying

As the saying goes, “Sometimes the paranoids are right.” You never know when you might need Technical surveillance counter-measures (TSCM).

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Is your organization ready for a cyberwar?

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The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) hosted Cyber ShockWave, a simulated cyber attack on the United States, February 16, 2010 in Washington D.C. providing an unprecedented look at how the government would develop a real-time response to a large-scale cyber crisis affecting much of the nation.

Continue reading Cyber ShockWave Shows U.S. Unprepared For Cyber Threats

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On Tuesday, February 16, 2010, the US will undergo a simulated cyberattack to help policymakers decide how well the country would cope.

Continue reading US to be hit by simulated cyberattack

Tags: Bipartisan Policy Center, BPC, Cyber Shockwave, cyberattack, cybersecurity, exercise, inforsecurity, Testing

When the FBI’s Steven Chabinsky spoke recently to Congress, he shared a harrowing message, reports Angela Moscaritolo.

Continue reading Critical condition: Utility infrastructure

Tags: cybersecurity, infrastructure, terrorism, utility infrastructure

Global critical infrastructure networks are being pummeled with repeated cyberattacks from foreign nation-states and other adversaries, including terrorist organizations and organized crime groups, a report by McAfee concluded.

Continue reading Global critical infrastructure under attack, study finds

Tags: Center for Strategic and International Studies, critical infrastructure, CSIS, cybercrime, cybersecurity, McAfee, NERC

Two risks dwarf all others, but organizations fail to mitigate them. Continue reading The Top Cyber Security Risks

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