In a report currently under review by the Department of Defense, the GAO recommended that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates mandate that the Army correct maturity and reliability issues with its multi-billion-dollar Increment 1 systems and networks before approving any additional production or fielding any capabilities.  The GAO advises the DoD to stay true to […] More

Swiss regulator FINA is investigating an incident of data theft at HSBC holdings, the largest bank in Europe. Earlier, the bank said an incident of data theft by a former employee led to the compromise of approximately 24,000 client accounts. Following the incident, FINA is investigating HSBC to determine what new measures and policies have […] More

Back in February, the BiPartisan Policy Center hosted a mock cyber wargame called “Cyber ShockWave,” which examined how the U.S. would respond to a cyber attack. Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff served as the head of the mock NSC during the wargame. This week, he wrote a column for Government Computer News on the lessons […] More

Skimming is a big business. Internationally, 40 million Euros are scammed each year through ATM scamming, and domestically the numbers are  just as high. Worldwide $8.5 billion is lost from consumers and credit card companies. Skimming attacks almost always happen in the same way. Criminals paste a fake card reader over the actual reader. A […] More

A hacker has been sentence to prison by an Estonian court for using a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against his insurance company. Artur Boiko,  a 44-year-old Estonian national, received a prison sentence of 2 years 7 months for authoring and using the Allaple Virus against his insurance company, If Insurance. Several years ago, […] More

In recent weeks, there has been a marked increase in efforts to disrupt botnets, with Microsoft utilizing legal channels and Spanish authorities arresting botnet administrators. Approximately one quarter of the computers currently part of the Zeus botnet have been knocked off-line after two Eastern European network providers cut off service to “their downstream customers,” according […] More

Job Description Job Number: IT091120-8369 Location: Washington, DC Category: Analysis/Operations Security Clearance Status: Active Security Clearance Type: Top Secret/SCI Job Level: Regular Travel Required: 0% Shift: 1st US Citizenship Required: Yes Posting Date: 12/4/2009 Candidate will provide support to the government agency Cyber Threat Branch as a senior analyst and advisor on a special project. […] More

Don Shoff is chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance and administration at INDUS Corporation. Shoff is in charge of all financial and administration activities at the company, which include everything from accounting and contracts to bidding strategies, acquisitions, mergers, and working capital financing. Don has helped INDUS through number of high-profile acquisitions, […] More

Mike Bowers is senior vice president of the homeland security and civilian sector at INDUS Corporation. In that capacity, Bowers is responsible for the operations, growth and development of the homeland security and civilian sector. Bowers has more than 24 years of experience leading and managing IT services, solutions and outsourcing. He spent more than […] More

Patty Nunn is senior vice president of the defense and intelligence sector at INDUS Corporation. She focuses on developing, operating and supporting IT solutions for the Department of Defense and components of the intelligence community. Nunn has 20 years of professional management experience in fields ranging from IT to logistics and engineering. Prior to joining […] More

Bart Yeager is senior vice president of operations and strategic programs at INDUS Corporation. He has been with INDUS for more than a decade, managing contracts for 12 different federal agencies and leading more than 400 employees and 150 integrated subcontractor staff. He is currently in charge of INDUS's largest business unit, federal civilian, which […] More

Bo Durickovic serves as executive vice president of the Defense Personnel Services Group at Serco Inc. He  is responsible for several Department of Defense outsourcing services programs focused on serving the needs of military veterans and their families, including recruiting, education and training, processing, career transition and retirement. Durickovic began his career as a consultant […] More