The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs stores and deals with a lot of sensitive information on veterans and their families every day, so the results of a recent report by the department’s Office of Inspector General is not a welcome sign.
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The U.S. government’s Cloud First plan, which is a directive that tells agencies to look to cloud computing solutions first during IT procurement processes, is getting some help from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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As cloud computing and managed services gain greater popularity amongst large scale organizations and enterprises, holistically examining in-house and third-party data center security will become a bigger issue.
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Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property, a private panel of defense, military, technology and political officials co-chaired by former Utah governor Jon Huntsman and Dennis Blair, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former Director of National Intelligence, issued a report at the end of May which has some cyber security experts and critics scratching their head.
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The amount of sensitive information information held by insurance companies can be staggering and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is launching an effort to make sure these companies are keeping their cyber security where it needs to be.
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In an effort to improve the data security of the country, the General Services Administration is now seeking input to develop improved language for cybersecurity measures taken with new procurements.
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The key to data and Internet security moving forward is likely going to be sharing of information, but experts said the new plan on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security may need to go further, according to CSO.com.
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Having long been allies in physical battles, the U.S. and U.K. are now joining together to increase the data security of both countries, as cyber warfare is now more common than it ever has been. One Pentagon official told Killer Apps that this is a growing area of cooperation with more information and threat analysis being shared.
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Reports have emerged to suggest that President Obama has already signed a classified directive that effectively authorizes the Department of Defense to adopt a more aggressive, proactive stance on securing the nation’s digital infrastructure.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) recently provided fresh insight on how it plans to use commercial tools to bring secure mobile technologies into the hands of staff and soldiers stationed around the world.
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