Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, head of Cyber Command, expressed the importance of Internet security in an address at an event held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He explained that while it has provided countless opportunities, the Internet has given terrorists, criminal groups and individual hackers a platform to [...]
Well before “cybersecurity” became the topic of the day on a national scale, Jim Lewis was tracking it. Since coming on board the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 2001, Lewis has made cybersecurity his main focus. So, with all the talk — and unanswered questions — about the 60-day cybersecurity review upon us, [...]
President Obama has just named Melissa Hathaway to lead a sweeping review of US cybersecurity and its preparedness to protect the government’s information technology systems from security and economic threats. The review will be conducted over the next two months. The need for a 60-day interagency review is critical, says John Brennan, assistant to the [...]
