GAO tosses out BayFirst’s protest of State Department contract to upgrade security overseas
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection The Government Accountability Office has thrown out a contract protest lodged by BayFirst Solutions, LLC, of Washington, DC, after BayFirst objected to the State Department’s award of an $18 million contract to a rival, Veteran’s Solutions, Inc. (VSI), of Arlington, VA, to provide support services related to the upgrade [...]
Sixteen Individuals Arrested in the United States for Alleged Roles in Cyber Attacks (The United States Department of Justice)
The United States Department of Justice:Sixteen Individuals Arrested in the United States for Alleged Roles in Cyber Attacks … WASHINGTON – Fourteen individuals were arrested today by FBI agents on charges related to their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal’s website as part of an action claimed by the group “Anonymous …
Indian Income Tax Department Shows the Way..How to respond to Phishing? – Bloggernews.net
Phishing is an often discussed subject by Bankers and Cyber Security Professionals. We also discuss and debate what an organization do when its name is being impersonated and phishing frauds are taking place. Banks are noteworthy for their lack of concern …
Applied DNA Sciences successfully marks mission-critical microchips for the U.S. Department of Defense
Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. has successfully completed a program to DNA mark microchips for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Used systematically, DNA marking could prevent counterfeit microchips, which might be defective and possibly dangerous, from entry at any point in the DoD’s supply chain, [...]
Internet Safety Experts Speak at “Get Schooled, Kids and Cyber Security” Event – U.S. Department of State
DS Director of the Office of Computer Security, Mary Sue Holland, served as the master of ceremonies. This important event was all about the safety of our children. Recent studies show that kids ages 2-5 can browse the internet, play video games …
Justice Department opposes digital privacy reforms (Declan McCullagh/CNET News)
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:Justice Department opposes digital privacy reforms — The U.S. Justice Department today offered what amounts to a frontal attack on proposals to amend federal law to better protect Americans’ privacy. — James Baker, the associate deputy attorney general, warned that rewriting a 1986 privacy law …
Homeland Security Department Blamed for Border Fence Project Delays, Budget Problems – FOX News
border with Mexico is behind schedule and overbudget — and the Department of Homeland Security is at least partly to blame … radars designed to let a small number of dispatchers watch the border on computer monitors, zoom in with cameras to see people …
New threat: Hackers targeting power plants as Department of Homeland Security readies … – MyCentralJersey.com
WASHINGTON — Computer hackers have begun targeting power plants and other critical operations around the world in bold new efforts to seize control of them, setting off a scramble to shore up aging …
New threat: Hackers targeting power plants as Department of Homeland Security readies defense – MyCentralJersey.com
WASHINGTON — Computer hackers have begun targeting power plants and other critical operations around the world in bold new efforts to seize control of them, setting off a scramble to shore up aging …
Teaching Introductory Computer Security at a Department of Defense University
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