Security Predictions: Two Views of DHS
Whither homeland security? Amit Yoran sees positive signs on the cybersecurity side; Dwight Williams, the Department's ex-Chief Security Officer, looks at the role of private sector contractors in border security and background checks.
Study: Critical Infrastructure Often Under Cyberattack
Computer systems that run the world's critical infrastructure are not a secure as they should be, according to a new report.
Survey: One DNS Server in 10 'Trivially Vulnerable'
More than 10 percent of the Internet's DNS (Domain Name System) servers are still vulnerable to cache-poisoning attacks, according to a worldwide survey commissioned by Infoblox.
E-voting: List of Vulnerable States
Several U.S. states still are not doing all they can to ensure the accuracy of votes over electronic voting machines and 10 states received inadequate grades in three of four categories of safeguards
Schneier: The anti-terrorism laundromat
Catching bomb-makers
Bejtlich: Air Force's real cyber problem
Lack of career path
Inside OSAC's Race Against Terrorism
The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) was set up to forge better cooperation between the public and private sector in the event of an attack like the recent Marriott bombing in Pakistan. In this Q&A, OSAC member and Honeywell security chief John McClurg explains how it all works.
Port and Cargo Security: How Is the U.S.A. Doing Now?
Stephen E. Flynn of the Council on Foreign Relations is the Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security Studies. Author of "The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation" and "America the Vulnerable," he is a former adviser on homeland security for the U.S. Commission on National Security. A retired Coast Guard officer, Flynn now researches and writes on issues related to homeland security. Flynn recently spoke with CSO Senior Editor Joan Goodchild about how the US is doing when it comes to port and cargo security.
Threat to SCADA Systems Growing
A security researcher has released easy-to-use attack code that targets industrial SCADA systems.
Why SCADA Security Must Be Addressed
The threat to SCADA systems is largely hypothetical today, but experts see real incidents around the corner.
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Protecting PII: How to Work with IT to Manage Risk
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