During the time I served as the CIO at the US Department of Transportation when I wanted to annoy my Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the CISO staff, I would point out that in my opinion there were two things wrong with computer security within the Federal Government. First, we put security in charge. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'cyber-security'
The Problem With Government Security
June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · cyber-security
Tags: cyber-security·John Boyd·OODA·security
My Slides from the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium
June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · cyber-security, presentations, scada, sensors
Last month I was the keynote speaker at the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium and Job Fair, http://www.umuc.edu/securitystudies/cybersymposium_agenda.shtml. A few people asked me to post my presentation, but I have found that my current job as the COO at Powertek Corporation has caused me to miss many of [...]
Tags: cyber-security·homeland security·jobs·joke·milliion dollars·steve martin·University of Maryland·University of Maryland University College
Webinar on Cybersecurity: Building Secure Federal Systems
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · cyber-security, government business, scada
I was pleased to be asked to be part of a webinar sponsored by Government Executive this Thursday at 2:00pm EST and even happier when Pat Howard, the CISO from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission accepted an invitation to join me. The webinar, moderated by Adam Ross, the Managing Editor from the SANS Institute, will focus [...]
Tags: cyber-security·government executive·nrc·nuclear regulatory commission·powertek corporation·SANS Institute·secure federal systems·webinar
Social Media and Open Government – My Presentation
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, presentations
I was honored to be invited to speak at the Potomac Forum’s conference held February 3-4 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, “Planning and Implementing Social Media and Open Government Strategy and Efforts: What Executives and Managers Need to Know”, http://www.potomacforum.org/. I discussed two topics under the topic of Bringing Governance, Performance Management, and [...]
Tags: dashboards·department of transportation·open government·performance measurement·potomac forum·social media·transparency·willard hotel
Final Version of SCADA Presentation
December 9th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, government business, scada, sensors
This is the final version of the SCADA presentation I made yesterday at the Security SCADA Summit, http://www.iqpc.com/Event.aspx?id=223390. Secure SCADA – Dec 2009 a The presentation consists of two parts. Part I was prepared by me and talks about the economic basis associated with the impact of the Internet, wanders through a number of topics [...]
Tags: cyber·government 2.0·scada·security
SCADA Conference Presentation
December 6th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, government business, presentations, scada, sensors
I am one of two representatives from CSC speaking at a SCADA Conference on Tuesday. My focus, as usual, will be on the strategic reasons behind the movement to SCADA. Oops, perhaps I should back up. SCADA is an abbreviation for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. It usually is used as a catch-all term dealing with [...]
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Social Networking & Cybersecurity
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, government business
Earlier today, October 28, I was priviledged to give a talk at the National Defense Industrial Association about Social Network & Cybersecurity. My focus was to review why Social Network has taken off in the last few years and what implications for the future based on those conclusions. I also briefly reviewed Cloud Computing using [...]
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Cyber-Security Discussion at the Fedscoop Conference
October 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · General, cyber-security, government 2.0, government business
I was lucky enough to be part of a panel discussing cyber-security at a Fedscoop conference Wednesday, October 14, at the Newseum. The agenda for the conference is here: http://fedscoopevents.com/agenda.php. I thought it might be useful to summarize my general points for those who were not able to attend. The theme of the conference was [...]
Tags: cyber-security·federal cio council·fedscoop·goldy kamali·newseum·rob carey·security metrics task force·vivek kundra
CIO Magazine Article On Cybersecurity
July 16th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security
The lead story in the July 1, 2009 issue of CIO Magazine deals with cyber-security. The Editor’s Letter headline is: “Whac-A-Mole” Approach to Security and contains the following paragraph: “It’s hard to imagine more appropriate imagery for our cover story (“Moving Target”) about the widespread frustration with mounting cybersecurity threats and the lack of an [...]
Tags: cio·cio magazine·csc·cto·cyber-security·obama administration