Category «Cybersecurity»

Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents

CRS – Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents. Rita Tehan, Information Research Specialist. December 10, 2015. “Cybersecurity vulnerabilities challenge governments, businesses, and individuals worldwide. Attacks have been initiated against individuals, corporations, and countries. Targets have included government networks, companies, and political organizations, depending upon whether the attacker was seeking military intelligence, conducting diplomatic or …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

Second Annual Study on Exchanging Cyber Threat Intelligence

Dr. Larry Ponemon – “We are pleased to let you know about our latest study on intelligence sharing. The Second Annual Study on Exchanging Cyber Threat Intelligence: There Has to Be a Better Way [registration req’d – report is free] reveals interesting trends in how organizations are participating in initiatives or programs for exchanging threat …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

IG Semiannual Report to Congress on State Department

Semiannual Report to the Congress – April 1, 2015, to September 30, 2015 – Office of Inspector General “Although the Department has taken steps to improve security since the September 2012 attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, OIG continues to find security deficiencies at U.S. diplomatic facilities abroad. Of the 11 U.S. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Internet, Wireless Web

NIST Seeks Comments on Cybersecurity Framework

“The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information on how its voluntary “Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” is being used, as well as feedback on possible changes to the Framework and its future management. A preview copy of the Request for Information (RFI) was posted to the Federal Register today. The comment …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Government Documents

Washington Post – Cybersecurity – A Special Report

The ethics of Hacking 101 by Ellen Nakashima and Ashkan Soltani Lassoing the Internet’s Wild West by James Andrew Lewis What top government and business officials are saying about cybersecurity by Washington Post Live With mobile devices, many firms are playing Russian roulette with cybersecurity by Amrita Jayakumar Editor’s note: Cyber attackers have upper hand …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Government, Economy, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Annual Assessment of IRS Information Technology Program

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Annual Assessment of the Internal Revenue Service Information Technology Program, September 30, 2015. Reference Number: 2015-20-094 “For FY 2015, TIGTA designated Security for Taxpayer Data and Employees as the IRS’s number one management and performance challenge for the fifth consecutive year. The IRS faces the daunting task of securing …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Privacy

Oversight Committee Announces FITARA Scorecard

“Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a scorecard assigning letter grades to federal agencies on their implementation of the bipartisan Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), enacted in December 2014. Full Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), IT Subcommittee Chairman Will Hurd (R-TX) and Ranking Member Robin Kelly (D-IL), and Government …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Dept. of Interior OIG Memo Cites Recurring Network Cyberattacks

Inspector General’s Statement Summarizing the Major Management and Performance Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of the Interior Report No. 2015-ER-068. November 9, 2015. “External threats to Federal information systems are persistent and increasing, and the risk for real damage is high. Because of the large size of its networks, and because those networks contain sensitive …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

Founders did not predict ubiquity and dangers of current internet

A flaw in the design – The Internet’s founders saw its promise but didn’t foresee users attacking one another “..Decades later, after hundreds of billions of dollars spent on computer security, the threat posed by the Internet seems to grow worse each year. Where hackers once attacked only computers, the penchant for destruction has now …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Knowledge Management

OMB – Federal Information Security Modernization Act Audit FY 2015

“In FY 2015 OPM was the victim of a massive data breach that involved the theft of sensitive personal information of millions of individuals. For many years we have reported critical weaknesses in OPM’s ability to manage its information technology (IT) environment, and warned that the agency was as an increased risk of a data …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Legislation

GAO Reports – Medicare Part B, Government Cybersecurity, Federal Real Property, Climate Change, Bulk Fuel Pricing

Medicare Part B: Expenditures for New Drugs Concentrated among a Few Drugs, and Most Were Costly for Beneficiaries, GAO-16-12: Published: Oct 23, 2015. Publicly Released: Nov 20, 2015. Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector-Specific Agencies Need to Better Measure Cybersecurity Progress, GAO-16-79: Published: Nov 19, 2015. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2015. Federal Real Property: Additional Authorities and …

Subjects: Climate Change, Cybersecurity, Energy, Government Documents, Health Care, Legislation, Medicine

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