Cyware has appointed Anthony Belfiore, Aon chief security officer (CSO), and Zach Sivertson, Mercato Partner's Prelude managing director, to its board of directors. Belfiore and Sivertson bring more than three decades of combined experience in cybersecurity to Cyware's board. "Zach and Anthony bring a unique blend of executive leadership and cybersecurity experience that will allow us to reach our next level of success," said Anuj Goel.
Read More »Symantec Exec Jeff Greene Named NCCoE Director
Jeff Greene, vice president of global government affairs and policy at Symantec, has been appointed director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, Inside Cybersecurity reported Tuesday.
Read More »Accenture Acquires Symantec’s Cyber Security Services Business; Julie Sweet Quoted
Accenture acquired Symantec’s Cyber Security Services division from Broadcom for undisclosed financial terms pending closing conditions, Accenture announced on Tuesday.
Read More »GSA’s Dan Jacobs on How Agencies Should Approach Cloud Security
Dan Jacobs, a security expert at the General Services Administration, said agencies should deal with cybersecurity with a focus on people and processes as they transfer workloads to the cloud, Nextgov reported Thursday. “Many of the problems we face as a security community aren’t actually technical problems at all,” he said Tuesday at a lunch hosted by Symantec.
Read More »Michael Brown Appointed Defense Innovation Unit Lead; Mike Griffin Quoted
Michael Brown, former Symantec CEO, has been named managing director of the Defense Innovation Unit. “Mike’s extensive Silicon Valley career speaks for itself, as he has experience in both hardware from his time at Quantum, as well as software at Symantec,” Mike Griffin, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, said in a statement published Monday.
Read More »Senate Bill Would Establish Security Requirements for Internet-Connected Devices
Four senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would require federal suppliers of internet-connected devices to ensure that their products are free of “hard-coded passwords” and cyber vulnerabilities, patchable and comply with industry standard protocols. The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 calls for the Office of Management and Budget to …
Read More »Mike Pompeo: CIA to Build Up Defense Efforts Against Insider Threats, Data Theft
CIA Director Mike Pompeo has said his agency will continue its information security efforts to prevent data theft and the release of U.S. intelligence data by WikiLeaks and other activists, Nextgov reported Thursday. Joseph Marks writes Pompeo said during a speech Thursday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that the CIA continues …
Read More »DOJ: 3 Romanians Extradited and Charged With Cyber Fraud Conspiracy in US
Three Romanian nationals have been indicted on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, identity theft and money laundering associated with a cyber fraud operation that infected more than 60,000 computers and resulted in the transmission of 11 million malicious emails. The 21-count indictment was revealed Friday following the extradition of Bogdan Nicolescu, Radu …
Read More »NIST Unveils Facility for National Cybersecurity CoE; Willie May Comments
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has unveiled a new facility in Rockville, Maryland to house projects and operations of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. Willie May, undersecretary for standards and technology at the Commerce Department and NIST director, wrote in a blog post published Monday that the new facility expands …
Read More »DHS’ Phyllis Schneck: New Multilateral Export Control Policy Conflicts with US Cyber Efforts
Some government and industry executives told a congressional hearing Tuesday they believe the U.S. government should review a multilateral arms control agreement’s policy that restricts cross-border sales of computer surveillance technology, FCW reported Wednesday. Aisha Chowdhry writes the Wassenaar Arrangement was amended in 2013 to include intrusion software and Internet network monitoring products to …
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