Most of the major information sharing initiatives under development today are designed with integration patterns that assume that most data will be accessed from the authoritative systems or organizations where it resides, rather than copied to…
Responses to a simulation yesterday of a large-scale cyber attack that supposed a widespread malware infection has shut down cell phone and computer networks and disabled much of the power grid showed a lack of preparedness…
As the Department of Defense continues its efforts to improve security provisions and practices for handling its information — especially with respect to sensitive but unclassified data — it is expanding its focus beyond its own…
Now that the House nearly unanimously passed its Cybersecurity Enhancement Act earlier this month, some attention has turned to the plethora of similar draft legislation in the Senate with speculation over which of the bills is…
A recurring challenge facing efforts to implement interoperable health information exchange solutions is agreeing on a common set of security standards that can be applied to both private and public sector participants in such exchanges. There…
In a story first reported by the Roanoke Times and picked up by the Washington Post in today’s edition, Virginia Tech’s student newspaper is at odds with the University Commission on Student Affairs over its practice…
Interesting post from GovInfoSecurity.com’s Eric Chabrow a couple of days ago, in which he borrows some conclusions from a Frontline documentary on the airline industry called “Flying Cheap” and applies them to the current debate about…
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