A Request From The Security Innovation Network: Please help us find the most innovative new cybersecurity companies

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The mission of the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) is to advance innovation and enable global collaboration between the public and private sectors to defeat Cybersecurity threats. SINET increases awareness between builders, buyers, researchers and investors in the Cybersecurity domain, in particular the Defense Industrial Base and the Federal Government. SINET utilizes a top down – [...]

What Isn’t Cyber War, Healthcare Vulnerabilities, and More

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Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: U.S. Army Cyber Command operational attorney Robert Clark said that the legal frameworks are not keeping pace with cyber operations and said that claims of “cyber war” do not qualify as war defined by international laws of armed conflicts. More here. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program [...]

Mobile App to Fight Pirates and Arms Traffickers, Federal Hesitation over Cloud Computing, and More

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Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The U.S. Office of Naval Research is partnering with Chilean scientists to develop a mobile application to provide information helpful in countering pirates, arms traffickers, and illegal fishermen. More here. The Army’s 780th Military Intelligence Brigade. which handles cyber systems security and intelligence, is looking to hire 400 civilian employees. More [...]

Lessons from Our Cyber Past: The First Cyber Cops

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Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, the Atlantic Council will host a discussion with pioneers in cyber law enforcement and crime prevention moderated by Jay Healey. ”Lessons from Our Cyber Past: The First Cyber Cops” should offer some fascinating insight and I’ll be in attendance, so stop by and say hello.  It will run from 1:30 PM to 3:30 [...]

Domestic Drone Policy, Federal Telework, and More

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Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Pilots, aircraft manufacturers, and privacy groups ask the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure drones could not be hijacked or jammed and that they would not cause problems for manned aircraft before it allows their widespread domestic use. More here. Department of Homeland Security Chief Information Officer Richard Spires said [...]

Seeing the Digital Future: 1961 AT&T Video on The Challenge of Change

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In a short time we have come a long way, says this video (embedded below) from the AT&T Archives. The piece, from 1961, will make you smile at some of the technology considered state of the art at the time. That’s reason enough to watch it. But you may also enjoy the great, relevant messages [...]

TwitPolls: Some Relevance for Enterprise Technologists

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Early adopters have  been evaluating TwitPolls for the last several weeks. I’ve tested it out with our @CTOvision account and see great promise for this easy to use engagement tool. Here is a bit more on TwitPolls and some of its relevance for enterprise technologists: TwitPolls is powered by the technologies and leadership team of WayIn, [...]

Microsoft Presents a Vision of the Future

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Here is a Microsoft vision piece mean to show us some ways that future technologies can help us make better use of our time and get things done. It is a pretty cool video that can help us think through requirements for what we want out of the future. It features several devices, including a [...]