DHS Resiliency Oversight of Private Sector Needs Work, Report Finds – CQ Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security has improved its ability to assess vulnerability and risk at critical infrastructure and key resource sites, but it needs work in its system of measuring how well the owners of those facilities address security gaps, according to a new GAO report.
Cyber Success Demands DHS and Pentagon Get Along – DefenseTech
Military and security experts agree that cyber attacks provide a means for potential adversaries with limited resources and capabilities to overcome the significant U.S. conventional military advantages. It is this concept that has security professionals sounding the alarm about our exposure.
Because East Asia is often overlooked in terms of terrorism analysis (even Southeast Asia garners scant attention from but a small handful of scholars, analysts and commentators), I felt and continue to feel compelled to learn from the Japanese counterterrorism experience. Learning from like-minded liberal democracies (including the United Kingdom and Israel) benefits U.S. national security as well as the broader international security community. The focus of my efforts, thus, was to comprehend how the Japanese government counters terrorism – particularly its culture, system and methods. This is the first in a three-part series.
Cybersecurity is ‘Really About the People,’ Official Says – GovExec
A strong cybersecurity workforce is critical to protecting government computer networks from attack, according to cyber experts. During a Thursday panel discussion hosted by the consultancy Deloitte, federal officials and security analysts said building a multidisciplinary, highly skilled workforce is at least as important as developing information technology tools to combat cybersecurity threats.
New Cyber Strategy Out Soon – DOD Buzz
It’s gotten very little coverage in the media, but the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security tried last week to fix one of the biggest gaps in cyber protection for the United States by trying to ensure coverage of both military and government web sites.
By Jena Baker McNeill
Last week, Time Magazine led with the story, “Locked and Loaded: The Secret World of Extreme Militias.” Page after page, the article describes renegade, anti-government militia groups. The article, in its coverage of militia groups, however, makes one glaring omission: State Defense Forces (SDF). If you haven’t heard of them, don’t worry. Most Americans have not. These forces receive little press and little public attention and largely operate under the radar. But SDFs are actually a low-cost means for states to enhance homeland security efforts without relying on the bureaucratic federal apparatus.
Somewhere someone said, “Money complicates things.” That’s the phrase that came to mind after reading the front page story of the Washington Post: “Six months after the spill, BP’s money is changing the gulf as much as its oil. Money, regardless of who hands it out, has a tendency to make some happy and others deeply angry. This is another one of those cases.
Fujitsu Develops Inter-cloud Data Security Technology – Homeland Security Newswire
Kawasaki, Japan-based Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of security technology that enables confidential data to be safely shared among different computing clouds.
Power Companies Need Better Threat Intelligence, Group Finds – CQ Homeland Security
Of all the industries considered “critical infrastructure,” perhaps none is so accustomed to recovering from disasters as the electricity sector. Power companies are well-versed in restoring service after storms, hurricanes and earthquakes.
Well, there is a headline NO ONE ever expected to see…yeah, right. At the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council’s Cyber Security Awareness Month Conference, it actually happened – really. Roger Cressey of Good Harbor Consulting was the lead keynote speaker. After a good introduction by Marc Pearl, the head of the council, Cressey gave a super address that covered the water front of the key issues facing our nation in cyber. Yours truly had the honor of being the closing keynote speaker. I took exception with my friend Roger on a couple of areas. For one, he draws far too strong a line between cyber crime and cyber espionage, and does not consider cyber crime a national security issue but a law enforcement one. I could not disagree more.
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