Summary: Recognizing that the national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure, the President under the Executive Order “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” has directed NIST to work with stakeholders to develop a voluntary framework for reducing cyber risks to critical infrastructure. The Framework will consist of standards,...Read More

If your company uses the Internet to share information, you may consider amping up your cybersecurity. According to a recent IBISWorld report, 10 growing industries will increasingly depend on cybersecurity services—ranging from data encryption to protection from malware—within the next five years. Industries include the following: Online Payment Processing Software Developers Virtual Data Rooms Online Insurance Brokers IT Security Consulting Operating Systems and Productivity Software...Read More

According to gb.tc Baltimore is a national leader in Civic Hacking. Civic hackers are everyday people (designers, entrepreneurs, engineers, technologists, civil servants… anybody) who are willing to collaborate with others to address challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, cities, states, and country. In Baltimore, civic hackers are already working to open the city’s legal code, help the...Read More

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly, and with strong bipartisan support, passed the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (the Act) by a vote of 69-27. The bill would allow a state to require certain remote sellers to collect sales and use tax on sales made to customers in the state. States that are members of the...Read More

In what is being billed as the first effort to apply the traditional rules of war to state-sponsored hacking, a think tank has released a treatise on the legal parameters of cyberwar. In discussions that are often advisory because of the cutting-edge topic, The Tallinn Manual (named after the Estonian city in which the treatise...Read More

According to The Hill.com, “The White House is poised to release an executive order aimed at thwarting cyberattacks against critical infrastructure on Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter told The Hill. The highly anticipated directive from President Obama is expected to be released at a briefing Wednesday morning at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where...Read More

BALTIMORE, MD (FEBRUARY 11, 2013) — Today during her State of the City Address, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake proposed a bold set of major reforms as part of the City’s first Ten-Year Financial Plan to confront serious financial challenges facing the City over the next decade. The tough reforms, including proposed changes to City employee pensions and...Read More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on the final public draft of Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, Special Publication (SP)800-53, Revision 4. The document, two years in the making, is the latest revision to a document that is considered the principal catalog of security safeguards and...Read More

Military Child Custody is gaining national attention.  This paper addresses Rep. Mike Turner’s (Ohio) proposed amendments to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), 50 U.S. Code Appx. 501 et seq. which would federalize child custody cases in which the custodian is in military service. Also included are copies of Turner’s bill; statements of opposition by...Read More