The Glider

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff has expressed concerns about moving cyber security operations oversight from DHS to the White House, as was recommended in a recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency…….

The CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency recently released a report in which it recommended that president-elect Barack Obama create a new office within the White House to oversee cyber security…….

Federal Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) speaking at a panel discussion at a Government Technology Research Alliance conference discussed how potential changes to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) would affect their organizations…….

Despite Microsoft’s security update that addresses 28 vulnerabilities (see story below), two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being exploited in targeted attacks remain unpatched…….

Microsoft’s monthly software security update for December included eight bulletins that address a total of 28 vulnerabilities…….

According to statistics gathered by Secunia, 98 percent of PCs are running at least one unpatched program…….

Recent legislation in Texas that requires people performing computer forensics to be licensed private investigators has had some unforeseen consequences…….

Proposed legislation in Sweden would allow music and movie companies to obtain court orders to discover the identities of individuals suspected of downloading digital content in violation of copyright laws…….

A District Court Judge in California has heard arguments in a case regarding the constitutionality of the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) Amendments Act (FAA), which was passed last July…….

A former US government contract worker has pleaded guilty to theft of government property…….