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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) tackle key obstacles, including the lack of a national R&D agenda, weak leadership, and little R&D information sharing, in cybersecurity R&D through its Subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology Research and Development.  READ MORE

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Joe Weiss, a member of the SF Bay InfraGard chapter, has recently published a book addressing the security of industrial control systems. 

"This book is meant to help both the novice and expert in Information Technology (IT) security and industrial control systems (ICS) gain a better understanding of protecting ICSs from electronic threats," Weiss commented. "I wrote this book to fill a hole that exists in the professional world as well as academia - security is taught in the Computer Science departments while control systems are taught in the various engineering departments. This needs to change and this book will help,"
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A recent report prepared by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice warns that DoJ has not adequately prepared for a WMD attack.  The same report concludes that the The FBI has taken appropriate steps to prepare to respond to a WMD incident.  READ MORE 


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"Homegrown jihadist-inspired terror remains a growing threat," concludes a new report by Rand.  READ MORE

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A research report from the Institute of Homeland Security Solutions reviews recent scholarly literature in vulnerability and resilience assessment, summarizes the most important findings, and suggests future directions to advance the field of vulnerability and resilience research to prioritize key assets to be protected from the full range of possible threats and be capable of quick restoration if they are damaged by an intentional attack, natural disaster, or man-made accident.  REPORT

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended that the White House do more to define roles and responsibilities under the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) and to set up measures for the effectiveness of cybersecurity activities.

Without such measures, federal agencies have continued to pursue separate cybersecurity projects with no true sense of how they are supporting the CNCI, GAO warned in a report, Cybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Initiative.  READ MORE

GAO Report

Foreign nations are increasingly exploiting the Internet, including social network sites, to conduct industrial espionage against Defense Department contractors, according to a recently released government report.  READ MORE

REPORT - Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry



RELATED:  Shadows in the Cloud: An investigation into cyber espionage 2.0

A recent report by the Information Warfare Monitor and Shadowserver Foundation says a cyber-spy system systematically targeted and compromised computer systems in India, the Offices of the Dalai Lama, the United Nations, and several other countries.  The report further states that these activities have been pilfering highly classified and other sensitive documents related to missile systems, the movement of military forces and relations among countries.  READ MORE

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RELATED:  Cyberattack Concerns High

Nearly three-quarters of the respondents to a survey of respondents who work in national defense and security departments or agencies also said the possibility is "high" for a cyberattack by a foreign nation in the next year.  READ MORE

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The DHS inspector general (IG) recently reported that the Department of Homeland Security has made significant progress on strategic plans for only half of US National Planning Scenarios.

The fifteen National Planning Scenarios, which collectively depict the broad range of natural and man-made threats facing our nation and guide overall homeland security planning efforts at all levels of government and with the private sector. They form the basis for national planning, training, investments and exercises needed to prepare for emergencies of all types.

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