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Last week during the Business Software Alliance’s Cybersecurity Forum, Senator John ‘Jay’ Rockefeller, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, called for greater cooperation between government and the private sectors in cybersecurity. “In the cyber realm, the idea that the government alone can protect our citizens’ …

Cyber criminals often employ “money mules,” go-betweens  who ferry the money between the victims and the actual criminals. When cyber theft is discovered, the money mules are the ones left holding the bag. In order to get money mules, cyber criminals set up recruiting drives that attempt to appear as …

A number of organizations, both in government and the private sectors, restrict the use of social networking sites by employees at work stations, generally by employing a firewall filter. However, it appears that employees at some of these organizations are not exactly following company (or agency) policy. In a recent …

A computer contractor from Utah has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of stealing close to $2 million from several credit unions he provided IT support to. Zeldon Morris, of Provo, Utah, was found guilty of stealing the money from from Family First Federal Credit Union, …

The First International Cybersecurity Summit kicks off today in Dallas, Texas, hosted by the EastWest Institute. The goal of the summit is to advance an international dialogue on cybersecurity issues, particularly in the realm of cyber crime. The summit features speakers such as Howard Schmidt, the current White House Cybersecurity …

Job Description: The position will apply technical strategy and architecture to solve client relevant challenges in the areas of cyber situational awareness and information assurance. This person will work with other team members to envision and create prototypes that use emerging technologies to achieve measurable business results and outcomes.This new …

This week Tom Anderson and Wyle took a major step forward with the addition of some key new executives. Also, Amy Alving of SAIC was elected to the board of directors at Pall, while General Dynamics elected James S. Crown to head up their board of directors – a new …

Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) Wes Bush spoke to the Washington Post about his firm’s recent decision to move its headquarters from California to Virginia. On moving away from L.A.: “We’ve been headquartered in Los Angeles since 1939, and it is home to much of what we do. We have about …

Dell Perot’s Richard Pineda spoke to Washington Technology about his firm’s new immigration deal with DHS. “We showed [USCIS] how they could reduce their risk and gain efficiencies… We wanted team members that could do more than check boxes. We wanted proven independent leaders in their field, and we wanted …

In 2007, GAO found deficiencies in CMS’ internal control over administrative services contracts to implement the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), which required CMS to start applying the FAR to its Medicare claims processing contracts, a process that MMA requires to be finished by fiscal …

Ministers in Europe are considering establishing a unit that will call for international cooperation to protect nations and citizens from cyber crime and other technology-related problems. At a general affairs council meeting in Luxembourg on April 26, the Council of European Union proposed different strategies to combat crime on the …

Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra say that the Open Government initiative is heading in the right direction, but that much more work is left to assure an implementation that works for all agencies. The pair highlighted three points in a blog post on …

John O’Neill is the Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of Attain. We had the opportunity to discuss with O’Neill some of the top priorities for Attain and how they are planning on bringing their new company to key industry player status. We also learned how workforce development is a …

Cybersecurity efforts “are headed in the right direction,” Peter Tippett, vice president of technology and innovation at Verizon, said at the Infosecurity Europe trade show in London. Tippett said that all of Verizon’s research and data suggests that successful cyber attacks are leveling off and security will improve for Internet …

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has released a Global Cybersecurity Framework that is designed to provide guidance for nations seeking to develop coherent and effective cybersecurity policies to defend against the growing threats in cyberspace. The framework includes guidance on trust, innovation, policy and international standards. It provides a systematic, …