Despite online security clawing its way up the government's list of priorities, it appears that the National Cyber Security Strategy has been largely overtaken by events. Earlier this month the worst-kept secret in Whitehall, the existence of the National Cyber Force, was revealed to the world, while the Foreign Office has gleefully swung from the coat-tails of the EU and the US Department of Justice as the bodies imposed international sanctions and criminal charges on individual Russian hackers.
IoT cybersecurity’s worst kept secret
It was the cybersecurity firm FireEye that finally discovered the intrusion. Mandia, the company's CEO, used to be in the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, so his specialty was criminal cases and counterintelligence. In the intervening years, the kinds of patterns he learned to recognize in special investigations kept appearing in his cyber security work.
What many in the financial management and oversight community called the worst kept secret in government is finally out. The Office of Management and Budget is releasing the long-awaited update to Circular A-123 on July 15.
What is the best current trend in cybersecurity? The worst? The worst trend right now is that we are in Cyber Pandemic with no end in sight. Security is still an afterthought in most of the organisations. The best current trend is that security is getting a seat on the leadership table. Board is asking about security and the best news is that the President of the USA is taking security very seriously. Security leaders from various organisations are coming together to solve this Cyber Pandemic.
At the same time that they express skepticism about whether the businesses and institutions they interact with can adequately protect their personal information, a substantial share of the public admits that they do not always incorporate cybersecurity best practices into their own digital lives.
A trade secret may be also made up of a combination of elements, each of which by itself is in the public domain, but where the combination, which is kept secret, provides a competitive advantage.
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