Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies … The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.
The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general has issued a report that criticizes the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, saying the agency must share information about threats and trends more quickly and in greater detail with other federal departments so they can better protect …
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The U.S. government’s ability to fight cyberattacks on non-military computer systems is lacking on several fronts, including adequate personnel, a report said. In a report released Wednesday, Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner said the unit tasked with monitoring cyberattacks can’t …
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government is seeing “hints” that adversaries are targeting military networks for “remote” sabotage, the head of the Pentagon’s recently … Keith Alexander, who also heads the National Security Agency, the nation’s largest intelligence agency. ”
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