DOD announces first strategy for operating in cyberspace: Cyber Highlights July 15th
Friday, July 15th, 2011The Department of Defense (DOD) released the DOD Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace July 14. It is the first DOD unified strategy for cyberspace and officially encapsulates a new way forward for DOD’s military, intelligence, and business operations. Reliable access to cyberspace is critical to U.S. national security, public safety, and economic well-being. Cyber threats [...]
Expert: Linux capabilities do not add security: Cyber Highlights Jan. 10th
Monday, January 10th, 2011The developer behind the grsecurity project has pointed out most of the privilege control capabilities implemented under Linux carry a significant potential for compromising a system and wreaking other havoc. The intended purpose of capabilities is to prevent that by restricting services and processes to certain operations and specific resources. Among other things, they aim [...]
DOD report says spying focused on naval technology: Cyber Highlights Jan. 6th 2011
Thursday, January 6th, 2011The U.S. Department of Defense in a new report covering espionage for 2009 said that attempts by foreign spies to obtain classified or restricted U.S. technology increased and that foreign governments are focusing their spying efforts on naval and marine technology that could provide the foundation for a next generation ―blue water‖ navy. The revelation [...]
Pentagon revamps security in wake of Wikileaks: Cyber Highlights Jan. 3rd 2011
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Happy New Year! We had a small interruption in the DHS reports last week, and now we are back on track. Read on! There are 2.2 million people in the United States with access to one or more levels (confidential, secret, and top secret) of classified information; there are 854,000 people with top secret clearances — of which [...]