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 · 1 Comment · 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
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