John Zangardi, president of Redhorse Corp. and former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has been named a venture partner for technology at advisory firm Ridge-Lane. He joins 12 other federal civilian and military veterans who have been added to the Ridge-Lane team.
Read More »Fortinet Adds Gary Locke to Board of Directors; Ken Xie Comments
Gary Locke, a former Washington state governor and Commerce Department secretary, has joined the board of directors at network security technology company Fortinet. The two-decade public service veteran previously served as the U.S. ambassador to China between 2011 and 2014, Fortinet said Monday. “Gary’s broad experience and knowledge will greatly benefit Fortinet as …
Read More »Travis Sullivan on Leveraging Gov’t and Commercial Experience at Boeing Defense, His International Focus, and the Importance on R&D During Tough Budgets
Travis Sullivan brings public sector, commercial business, academic and government contracting experience to his role as vice president of strategy and business capture for Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Sullivan spent six years in Boeing’s commercial operations when he joined the company and is a former Commerce Department policy and …
Read More »New Commerce Proposal Suggests Policy to Boost Cybersecurity for E-Commerce
The Commerce Department today released a report that proposes voluntary codes of conduct to bolster the cybersecurity of companies that increasingly rely on the Internet to do business, but are not part of the critical infrastructure sector. The report, Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy, focuses on the “Internet and …
Read More »New NIST Website Details Forthcoming Strategy for Trusted IDs in Cyberspace
Just days after Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced a proposed Identity Ecosystem, the National Institute of Standards and Technology launched a new website with more information on the Obama administration’s forthcoming National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, which seeks to help establish voluntary identity solutions and privacy-enhancing technologies …
Read More »Gary Locke: Identity Ecosystem Will Help Solve Online 'Trust Issues'
To make the web environment safer for e-commerse and other transactions, the White House last week proposed creating an Identity Ecosystem, where Internet users can use strong, interoperable credentials from public and private service providers to authenticate themselves online for various transactions. Delivering remarks at Stanford University, Calif., last Friday, …
Read More »Gary Locke, Howard Schmidt Visit Silicon Valley to Discuss Future Cybersecurity
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt will today meet with local industry and academic leaders in Silicon Valley to discuss the Obama administration’s efforts to enhance online security and privacy in a growing cyber world. The event will be available at 2 p.m. ET …
Read More »Senators Highlight Supply-Chain Management Concerns in Letter to Administration
The possibility of a Chinese firm providing equipment to Sprint Nextel has caused some senators to raise their concerns regarding supply-chain integrity, in an open letter to administration officials. In a letter addressed to DNI Jim Clapper, Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson and Commerce Secretary Gary …
Read More »Commerce Sec. Locke: "The government is not in a position to engineer precise technology solutions"
Earlier this week, the White House held a high-level meeting with government and private sector officials to discuss the progress the administration has made regarding cybersecurity. The meeting, chaired by White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt, included DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. The meeting focused on …
Read More »White House Cyber Meeting Stresses Partnerships
Yesterday, President Barack Obama and several key officials met with members of the private sector to discuss the progress of cybersecurity efforts in the past year. Chaired by White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt, the meeting also included Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. Larry Clinton, president …
Read More »Is the Federal Government Seizing the Internet?
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (the entity that distributes domain names and IP addresses), will be asked by Congress to submit to direct US government control. ICANN is currently administered as a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), an administrative system mixing public and private control. In a …
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