Army Creating Cyber Units With Soldiers, Civilians

Aug 31

From: Military.com

by Seth Robson | Stars and Stripes

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Army is looking for soldiers and civilians to serve in new cyber units charged with protecting critical stateside infrastructure and creating “effects” on the battlefield in support of conventional forces. The challenge: Attracting the creative, energetic talent typically drawn to the freewheeling tech sector.

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Recruiters are hoping to tap into some of the energy that has helped Silicon Valley lead the world in information technology. However, it’s unclear whether the Army can provide an environment compatible with the techies whose skills have made Google, Microsoft and Apple household names. A different sort of soldier will need to be recruited to fight in “a seriously nontraditional” space, said Arizona State University engineering professor Braden Allenby.

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Coffee Shops, Hotels: “Free” Wi-Fi Can Come with a Price

Aug 31

From: Public News Service

COLUMBUS, Ohio – There can be a high price to pay for the ease of so-called free Wi-Fi at your favorite coffee shop, or hotel lobby.

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McAllister warns that con artists often set up fake networks in public places. She recommends never using public Wi-Fi, especially for banking or shopping because that’s where hackers are lurking.

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FedRAMP Online Training Series

Aug 31

From: FedRAMP.gov

Overview

The FedRAMP Online Training Series is an interactive e-learning medium published on a Web-based Learning Management System (LMS) called Blackboard. The goal of the FedRAMP Online Training Series is to provide a deeper understanding of the FedRAMP program and the level of effort required to satisfactorily complete a FedRAMP assessment.

Target Audience

The FedRAMP Online Training Series is intended for Cloud Service Providers (CSP) and Federal Agencies that are interested in learning more about the FedRAMP program  or ready to begin a FedRAMP security authorization and assessment.

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Apple takes Washington

Aug 28

From: Politico.eu

Steve Jobs famously disdained D.C. Tim Cook’s quietly taking it on.

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But it soon grew imperative for Cook to engage regulators in a way his predecessor had not. For one thing, his promotion occurred at a time when Congress was becoming more cognizant about the reach of technology into Americans’ lives. Apple’s fast-selling iPhones and iPads regularly drew the attention of Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill; lawmakers themselves owned the devices, and they often pressed Apple to explain how its phones and tablets — and the apps available on them — handled sensitive customer data, such as the precise location of its users. Security — the way in which the company protected device owners — posed another policy challenge for Apple in hacker-obsessed Washington. So did the company’s App Store, as regulators challenged Apple on whether it was too easy for kids to rack up expensive bills for downloads without their parents’ permission.

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The Psychology Of Insecurity

Aug 28

From: TechCrunch

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The recent Ashley Madison hack isn’t the only high-profile one to make headlines this summer. The personal and private information of more than 21.5 million current and former federal employees and over a million unique fingerprint scans were leaked in an attack on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that is believed to be the work of the Chinese. Government officials said longtime security lapses left the OPM vulnerable to hackers. As a result of the OPM hack, Director Katherine Archuleta has been forced to resign.

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