The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition to test the ability of amateur cyber defenders to protect a simulated government IT system. The competition is designed and run by the government's communications ...
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The government has spent 638m pounds on universal credit IT to date, with 441m pounds going on design and development, the minister for employment Mark Hoban revealed in answer to a Parliamentary question. A breakdown of the IT ...
Cyber security is the biggest challenge for the government's universal credit roll-out,welfare reform minister David Freud has told a select committee. Speaking to a select committee,pensions minister Ian Duncan Smith said government had ...
The government has ramped up moves to tackle growing cyber security threats by launching a£3.8m research institute. The research institute in the science of cyber security will act as a virtual organisation bringing together ...
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De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester is launching a centre dedicated to cyber protection and the growing need for effective systems in the face of a growing cyber crisis. The creation of the Cyber Security Centre (CSC) is a direct ...
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European institutions on Wednesday beefed up cybersecurity efforts by establishing a permanent Computer Emergency Response Team(CERT-EU). The decision was made following a one-year test for the team,which works closely with the internal ...
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When it comes to good government IT strategy, only collaboration will work in the long term, according to Hord Tipton, executive director of professional certification body (ISC)2. But after that, governments should stop trying to ...
Students at UK universities are among the recipients of the 2011 and 2012 Information Security Scholarships from professional certification organisation (ISC)². The (ISC)² Foundation Scholarship Program supports future ...
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Big data and intelligence-driven security are to be the focus of the RSA Conference Europe 2012 in London next month. Three of the keynote sessions are related to these topics and they are represented in just about every time slot of the ...
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There is zero unemployment in IT security,suggesting a huge shortage of skills in the profession,says Hord Tipton,executive director of professional certification body(ISC)2. But there needs to be a focus on training people to be ...
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Information security professional body (ISC)2 has announced a Young Professionals Group to attract young people to the field of information security. The initiative, part of (ISC)2's commitment to supporting newcomers to the profession, ...
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The government's spy agency,GCHQ,is to launch a programme today that aims to help business leaders in their attempts to tackle the growing threat of cyber attacks. The programme,dubbed Cyber Security for Business,will be the first time ...
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Online cyber criminal markets are putting very sophisticated attack tools into the hands of more low-level attackers, say cyber intelligence specialists. More attackers are now getting their hands on tools like Zeus and SpyEye, according ...
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The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has announced two new competitions to launch a risk analysis and policy development stream,looking at IP theft in mobile application development and motor racing. Cyber Security Challenge UK runs a ...
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The value of data to cyber criminals Plan for cyber attacks Defence in depth against cyber attack Comprehensive approach to APTs Stuxnet,Duqu,Flame,and Gauss have nothing to do with businesses that are not involved in finance and critical ...
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