Vol. 1, No. 43 - January 26, 2009 - Fed Issues New Cyber Requirements for Foreign Investment Reviews: In a new rule announced in November 2008, the government has added “cyber security plans” to the list of information U.S. firms must submit to the government when engaging in mergers and acquisitions by foreign companies that could threaten U.S. national security. more...

Vol. 1, No. 42 - December 24, 2008 - Court Shuts Down Spyware Program, Pending Trial: A U.S. district court has ordered the halt1 of a keylogger spyware program that allows clients to remotely monitor and collect data from computers belonging to unsuspecting companies and individuals. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requested the shut down, accusing the Florida-based program developer of engaging in “unfair and deceptive business practices.” more...

Vol. 1, No. 41 - December 22, 2008 - Senior Panel of Industry and Congressional Leaders: “Regulate Cyberspace “: Enforceable information security regulations for industry and government are critical components of a newly proposed strategy to elevate cyber security as a national security issue. Following a two-year examination of the state of U.S. cyber security, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) issued a report1 with serious legal, economic and political recommendations for the incoming administration. more...

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• September - November 2008

  • Vol. 1, No. 40 - November 25, 2008 - Government Seeks Revolutionary Ideas for Cyber Security: The U.S. government is taking the initiative to collect promising new ideas that could revolutionize the cyber security landscape to better protect U.S. cyber assets.Drawing ideas from the public and private sectors, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Cyber Leap Year program aims to create a research and development (R&D) agenda for cyber security that will help advance the government leap years ahead of potential adversaries. more...

  • Vol. 1, No. 39 - November 16, 2008 - Identity Theft "Red Flag Rules" Effective Now: Under a new set of Federal rules, many businesses, for the first time, will have to take on enterprise-wide responsibilities for addressing identity theft. The "Red Flag Rules" are guidelines to help financial institutions and creditors implement mandatory identity theft prevention programs, called for by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act of 2003. more...

  • Vol. 1, No. 38 - October 19, 2008 - Lawmakers Propose Arming FERC to Defend Against Cyber Threats: Lawmakers are drafting legislation to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) emergency authority to order mandatory actions by all users of the electricity grid in response to an imminent national security threat. more...

  • Vol. 1, No. 37 - September 29, 2008 - Congress Attacks Cyber Crime on Several Fronts: Lawmakers are drafting legislation to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) emergency authority to order mandatory actions by all users of the electricity grid in response to an imminent national security threat. more...

  • Vol. 1, No. 36 - September 7, 2008 - Expanded Criminal Intelligence Collection & Sharing Could Affect Employer Decisions: Businesses may soon find themselves with greater access to their employees’ and job applicants’ backgrounds – information that could potentially influence their hiring and firing decisions. more...

• July - August 2008
  • Vol. 1, No. 35 - August 25, 2008 - New Bill Sets Higher Privacy & Security Standards in Health IT: A new bill promoting health information technology (IT) could require a wider class of businesses to follow security and privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). more...

  • Vol. 1, No. 34 - July 30, 2008 - Burton Review Reinforces Lessons Learned About UK Data Breaches: The UK’s Ministry of Defence ‘lacked rigour’ in protecting some of its laptops -- a failing that resulted in the theft of a Royal Navy laptop containing the unencrypted personal records of 600,000 recruits. more...

  • Vol. 1, No. 33 - July 15, 2008 - Final Report: Deep Institutional Flaws Contributed to 2007 UK Data Breach: Serious institutional deficiencies at a UK government agency contributed to a major 2007 data breach involving the personal information of 25 million individuals, according to a new report commissioned by the British government. more...

  • Vol. 1, No. 32 - July 11, 2008 - As TIC Initiative Moves Forward, Congress Questions Bush Cyber Security Plan: The Federal government is moving closer to its goal of consolidating the number of connections between Federal Departments and Agencies (D/As) and the Internet. more...

• January - June 2008
  • Federal Agencies to Harmonize Handling of ‘Sensitive But Unclassified’ Data:
    Vol. 1, No. 31 - June 13, 2008
  • New Global Partnership to Fight Cyber Terrorism Seeks the Business Community’s Expertise:
    Vol. 1, No. 30 - May 30, 2008
  • FTC Mandates Information Security Measures to Address Data Breaches:
    Vol. 1, No. 29 - May 14, 2008
  • Losses from Internet Crime Hit Record High in 2007:
    Vol. 1, No. 28 - April 28, 2008
  • Encryption No Longer the Silver Bullet for Data Protection:
    Vol. 1, No. 27 - April 17, 2008
  • DNI Data Mining Report Highlights Privacy Protection Initiatives:
    Vol. 1, No. 26 - March 31, 2008
  • FAA Aspires to Become Cyber Security ‘Shared Service Provider’ for Federal Agencies:
    Vol. 1, No. 25 - March 11, 2008
  • New Suspicious Activity Reporting Standards Offer Model for Information Sharing:
    Vol. 1, No. 24 - February 21, 2008
  • Congressional Focus on Cyber Crime and Potential Policy Implications:
    Vol. 1, No. 22 - Janurary 17, 2008

• September - December 2007
  • New Cyber Security Regulations Proposed for United States Power Companies:
    Vol. 1, No. 21 - December 18, 2007
  • OMB’s Trusted Internet Connections Initiative Introduces New Requirements for Federal Agencies, Streamlines Networks:
    Vol. 1, No. 20 - November 30, 2007
  • Government and Industry Diverge on Solutions to Cybersecurity:
    Vol. 1, No. 19 - November 8, 2007
  • FCC Establishes Disaster Information Reporting System:
    Vol. 1, No. 18 - October 31, 2007
  • DHS Highlights Infrastructure Protection, Information Sharing in New Preparedness Guidelines:
    Vol. 1, No. 17 - October 19, 2007
  • With Proper Training, Telework Does Not Threaten Data Security:
    Vol. 1, No. 16 - October 5, 2007
  • Canadian Government Issues Privacy Breach Guidelines:
    Vol. 1, No. 15 - September 28, 2007
  • Internal Audit Unable to Provide the Board with IT Risk Assurance:
    Vol. 1, No. 14 - September 21, 2007