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US plans Silicon Valley cybersecurity center

The U.S. government plans to open a cybersecurity office in Silicon Valley as part of its push to encourage closer cooperation between federal law enforcement agencies and the private sector.

The center will function as a satellite office of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), a day-and-night operation that acts as an information and threat clearing house for government and private entities.

“We want to strengthen critical relationships in Silicon Valley and ensure the government and private sector benefits from each other’s research,” said Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, in announcing the plans during a speech at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.

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Computer security’s weak link: Humans – Valley News Live


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Computer security's weak link: Humans
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CBS News When it comes to computer security, the problems most companies experience can be traced to the biological units that interface with their systems. Otherwise known as humans, and with humans come errors. A study released Friday by the IT …

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Microsoft’s second round of layoffs: 2,100 jobs cut, Silicon Valley lab closed

Microsoft has made its next set of layoffs, continuing the downsizing announced in July. Some 2,100 jobs have been cut worldwide, with 747 of those in the company’s home state of Washington.

CEO Satya Nadella plans to shrink the company by about 18,000 people overall, with 12,500 of these coming from the 25,000 staff that came with the newly acquired Nokia handset business. In the first round of cuts in July, 13,000 jobs were lost. With today’s cuts, that leaves another 2,900 positions that Microsoft wants to eliminate.

One victim is Microsoft Research’s Silicon Valley lab, reports Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet. The lab, which focused on distributed computing and large-scale systems, will be closing on Friday. Microsoft has said that some researchers will be offered positions at other labs.

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Column: The World at War — in Cyberspace – Valley News

Column: The World at War — in Cyberspace
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My question is prompted by last week's news that a highly sophisticated malware program called Mask has spent the last six years stealing valuable intelligence from supposedly secure government and diplomatic computers around the world. Researchers are

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