Rod Beckstrom, the director of a federal office set up to protect civilian, military and intelligence networks, has submitted his resignation after less than a year in the job. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129218Read More

Cyber-crime Criminals Target Customers of Troubled Banks (ComputerWeekly, 03/02/2009) Cyber-security Cybersecurity Gets Increased Funding in Obama’s First Budget (Government Computer News, 03/02/2009) President Barack Obama wants $355 million for the Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity efforts in fiscal 2010, according to an overview of his budget proposal. Data Security Law Requires Health Data Breach Notifications (Federal...Read More

Applications Report Cites Potential Privacy Gotchas in Cloud Computing (Computerworld, 02/25/2009) NIST Creates Cloud-Computing Team (Federal Computer Week, 02/25/2009) The National Institute of Standards and Technology has created a new team to determine the best way to provide security for agencies that want to adopt the emerging technology called cloud computing, said Ron Ross, a...Read More