Financial Regulator Considers New Cybersecurity Regulations
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an initiative last week to examine the cybersecurity of 50 security brokerages. The initiative is a detailed, high-level… Read More
Study: NIST Framework Will Harm Cybersecurity
A new report by George Mason University’s Mercatus Center finds that the Cybersecurity Framework could “ultimately undermine cybersecurity” and diminish the “spontaneous, creative sources of… Read More
Who’s Watching You Online?
In recent years, the world has watched as Twitter and Facebook made political uprisings possible. In countries where dissidents previously had trouble making their voices… Read More
Heritage’s Carafano at SXSW Tech Conference: ‘If You Care About Freedom, Care About Cybersecurity’
If you care about freedom and prosperity, you ought to care about cybersecurity. That’s what Heritage’s James Carafano told an audience at the South by… Read More
A Cyber Cold War: Russia and Ukraine Trade Cyber Attacks
Ukraine’s telecommunications system has been cyber attacked, according to the head of the country’s security service. Internet and telephone services between the Crimea region and… Read More
Terrorist Attack Shows Vulnerability in Critical Infrastructure
Just after midnight on April 16, 2013, someone slipped into underground tunnels and cut the phone lines running to the PG&E Metcalf power substation near… Read More
Misguided Cybersecurity Oversight
Despite multiple recently released reports detailing cybersecurity vulnerabilities within federal agencies, Congress is still trying to give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) greater regulatory power… Read More
Rough Week for Cybersecurity
Cyber attacks can come from anywhere: a global power like China, weak and non-state actors, states like Iran or Syria, or even individual cyber criminals…. Read More
Holes in Federal Cybersecurity
Yesterday brought news that the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has found gaps in DHS’s cybersecurity. Politico reports that, according… Read More
When Counting Electrical Grid Threats, Count EMP
The North American Electric Power Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) latest test of the U.S. electrical grid left out an important component: testing the U.S.’s ability to… Read More
