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Undated: Cybersecurity
standards (also styled cyber security
standards)[1]
are techniques generally set forth in published materials that attempt to
protect the cyber environment of a user or organization.[2]
This environment includes users themselves, networks, devices, all software,
processes, information in storage or transit, applications, services, and
systems that can be connected directly or indirectly to networks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_security_standards
[from September 2017]: ...
According to
TechTarget, the term:
Cybersecurity (which is based outright on
American grammar/spelling choice) is the body of technologies, practices, and
processes designed to protect computers, programs, networks and data from
damage, attacks or unauthorized access. In the context of computing, the term
security implies cybersecurity.”
On the other hand, Cyber Security is
defined by the
Economictimes (based on British grammar/spelling style) to mean:
“the techniques of protecting computers,
networks, programs and data from unauthorized access or attacks that are aimed
at exploitation.”
From the above two definitions, both terms—Cybersecurity and Cyber
Security—have the same meaning.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/which-word-should-i-use-cybersecurity-cyber-security-linda-rawson
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February 9: From the beginning of his Administration, [President Obama] has made
it clear that cybersecurity is one of the most important challenges we face as a
Nation, and for more than seven years he has acted comprehensively to confront
that challenge. Working together with Congress, we took another step forward in
this effort in December with the passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which
provides important tools necessary to strengthen the Nation’s cybersecurity,
particularly by making it easier for private companies to share cyber threat
information with each other and the Government.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/09/fact-sheet-cybersecurity-national-action-plan
September 27: Trump’s Incoherent Ideas About
‘the Cyber’
... we had to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare. It is a huge
problem. I have a son—he’s 10 years old. He has computers. He is so good with
these computers. It’s unbelievable. The security aspect of cyber is very, very
tough. And maybe, it's hardly doable. But I will say, we are not doing the job
we should be doing. But that’s true throughout our whole governmental society.
We have so many things that we have to do better ... And certainly cyber is one
of them.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/trumps-incoherent-ideas-about-the-cyber/501839/
Undated: Everything You Need to Know About
Trump’s Cybersecurity Strategy
When President-elect Donald Trump assumes office on January 20, he’ll
immediately be faced with a wide range of national and international challenges.
One of the most critical is cyber crime with the prevalence and significance
of cyber crime continuing to increase. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2016 Global
Economic Crime Survey found that 54
percent of respondents from U.S. organizations experienced some type of
cyber crime, compared to 32 percent of companies worldwide.
Yet, Trump’s approach to this pressing problem was not made fully apparent
during his campaign; therefore, no one knows what a fully operational Donald
Trump cybersecurity plan would look like.
https://careersincybersecurity.com/everything-need-know-trumps-cybersecurity-strategy/
-- 2017 --
January 12: Trump
names Rudy Giuliani as cybersecurity adviser
President-elect Donald Trump named former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as
an informal adviser on cybersecurity, according to the presidential transition
office.
Giuliani, who heads a cybersecurity consulting firm Giuliani Partners, will
serve as an adviser on finding solutions to cyber-incursions in the private
sector and to advise the government on possible responses.
“This is a rapidly evolving field both as to intrusions and solutions and it is
critically important to get timely information from all sources,” the transition
team said in a statement. “Mr. Giuliani was asked to initiate this process
because of his long and very successful government career in law enforcement and
his now sixteen years of work providing security solutions in the private
sector.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/12/trump-names-rudy-giuliani-as-cybersecurity-adviser/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c96b69805d38
January 18:
How Trump talks about tech ... Much
hacking,” our “cyber world,” and “the computer that picks up a phone”
Sometimes it’s funny to watch our elders try to navigate the technological
world. But when that person is Donald Trump, the man who will soon be
responsible for making sure the United States is on the forefront of cybersecurity, it doesn’t feel like a laughing matter.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/3kp3q3/how-donald-trump-talks-about-tech
August 28:
Over a quarter of the members on Trump's cybersecurity
advisory council have resigned en masse
The letter that advisers — many of whom were Obama-era appointees — submitted to
the White House was
published by Nextgov and cited several reasons for leaving, including
President Donald Trump's controversial response to the riots in Charlottesville
that were sparked by white supremacists; Trump's decision to withdraw from the
landmark Paris climate deal; and his "insufficient attention" to possible cyber
threats posed to American infrastructure, including its election systems.
http://www.businessinsider.com/members-of-trump-cybersecurity-council-resign-2017-8
-- 2018 --
January 3: Several months after the WannaCry
cyber-attack, much of the world still seems to be asleep to the potential
catastrophic effects of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure systems.
The first nation state-level cyber-attack on critical infrastructure, widely
attributed to a joint collaboration between American and Israeli intelligence
against Iran, was uncovered in 2010. Known as the Stuxnet virus, the attack
aimed to take down Iran’s nuclear program.
The virus failed to achieve its mission. But by destroying nearly 1,000
uranium-enriching centrifuges, it was unprecedented for having caused physical
damage by way of virtual attack. And it ushered in a new era of conflict: that
of offensive cyber-warfare.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180103-the-labs-that-protect-against-online-warfare
March 23: Nonexistent Trump cybersecurity
policy worries experts
Shortly before taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump
promised to deliver
a comprehensive plan to improve the nation’s cybersecurity within 90 days of his
inauguration. Instead, three weeks after that the 90-day mark, he signed a
3,070-word executive order
focused on protecting government networks. It broke
little new ground
in fighting cybercrime.
Nearly a year later, Trump has still not released a comprehensive national
cybersecurity policy, and pressure is growing on his administration to expand on
his executive order.
https://www.the-parallax.com/2018/03/23/trump-cybersecurity-policy-worry/
March 27: Trump Extends National
Cybersecurity Emergency
Says malicious attacks pose "extraordinary" threat
President Trump has extended the cyber attack national emergency, which was
declared by President Obama in April 2015 but would have terminated April 1,
while elsewhere on the broadband front, the White House was promoting efforts by
Republicans in Congress to further broadband infrastructure buildouts, which the
administration has said are a priority in rural areas.
https://www.multichannel.com/news/trump-extends-national-cybersecurity-emergency-418884
April 19: Trump sends cyber warfare strategy
to Congress
Lawmakers from both parties have been
pressing the administration for a comprehensive cyber strategy for several
months. An annual defense policy law approved last year mandates that Trump
develop a national policy for cyberspace and cyber warfare.
The president strongly
objected to the provision at the time because it made funding for the White
House Communications Agency contingent on him producing the strategy.
The text of the letter sent Thursday contains no clues about the actual contents
of the report.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/384017-trump-sends-cyber-warfare-strategy-to-congress
May 9: Bolton
pushing to eliminate White House cyber job
The move could send the message 'that the U.S. is taking the gas pedal off of
cybersecurity,' one former NSC official says.
Cybersecurity experts and former National Security Council officials expressed
alarm at the idea of eliminating the job, saying it would undo much of the
progress the U.S. has made on cyber efforts and send the wrong message about
U.S. priorities in the digital domain.
The internal debate over the cyber adviser job is the latest example of
government dysfunction in the digital security realm. On Tuesday, the Senate
Intelligence Committee released a summary of its recommendations related to
election security, highlighting several areas where agencies like DHS fell short
during the hack-plagued 2016 election.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/09/bolton-white-house-cyber-czar-523430
May 14: The Cybersecurity 202: Trump's ZTE
reversal flouts warnings from top national security officials
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
May 24: Trump abolished the Cybersecurity
Coordinator position. Maybe he’ll build a huge (fire) wall
The office of Cybersecurity Coordinator was implemented to help protect America
from a burgeoning set of threats including electronic terrorism, ransomware, and
weaponized AI. Unfortunately it was put in place by president Barrack Obama’s
administration.
While we can’t be sure that fact is related, we do know president Donald Trump
signed
an executive order to get rid of the position last week.
https://thenextweb.com/politics/2018/05/24/trump-abolished-the-cybersecurity-coordinator-position-maybe-hell-build-a-huge-fire-wall/
July 19: The Worst Cybersecurity Breaches of
2018 So Far
https://www.wired.com/story/2018-worst-hacks-so-far/
October 17: What Are The Biggest
Cyber-Security Trends Of 2018?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/10/17/what-are-the-biggest-cyber-security-trends-of-2018/#fec9d6e28151
November 22:
Interpol's new chief: the 'bulldozer' with a taste for tackling cybercrime
Kim Jong-yang likely to refocus organisation and popularise South Korean police
tactics known as ‘K-cop wave’
The election of South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang as
president of Interpol after months of scandal will likely see the
organisation return to its core mission, as delegates chose a career cop over
Kremlin insider Alexander Prokopchuk.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/nov/22/interpols-new-chief-the-bulldozer-with-a-taste-for-tackling-cybercrime
December 14: U.S. Tech Giant Cloudflare
Provides Cybersecurity For At Least 7 Terror Groups
Among its customers are the Taliban, al-Shabab and Hamas.
In the United States, it’s a crime to knowingly
provide tangible or intangible “material
support” — including communications
equipment — to a designated foreign terrorist organization or to
provide
service
to an OFAC-sanctioned entity without special permission. Cloudflare, which is
not authorized by the OFAC to do business with such organizations, has been
informed on multiple occasions, dating back to at least 2012, that it is
shielding terrorist groups behind its network, and it continues to do so.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cloudflare-cybersecurity-terrorist-groups_us_5c127778e4b0835fe3277f2f
December 19: The US justice department has
indicted two Chinese men accused of hacking into the computer networks of
companies and government agencies in Western countries.
The pair are allegedly part of a "hacking group" known as Advanced Persistent
Threat 10, affiliated with China's main intelligence service. ... They have
not been arrested.
The US and UK have accused China of violating an agreement relating to
commercial espionage.
Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong worked for a company called Huaying Haitai and in
association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security, the US court filing
says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46638323
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