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Data Security Effort Fades In This Congress
The multi-pronged effort to enact legislation addressing the growing incidents of data security breaches appears dead for this Congress. There are at least 12 bills pending in the House and Senate and little will to move any of them, let alone a compromis The multi-pronged effort to enact legislation addressing...
Tags: data security, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-09-18
Entrust Executive Urges Congress to Enact Data Security Legislation
WASHINGTON -- Vice President of Government Affairs, Daniel Burton Calls for Greater Emphasis on Engagement of Executive Management and Use of Encryption to Help Thwart Widespread Data and Information Theft
Tags: data security, Entrust Technologies, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2005-07-28
Entrust Executive to Testify Before U.S. Congress On Data Security Legislation; Vice President of Government Affairs Daniel Burton to Participate in House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Hearing
Entrust, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTU)
Tags: consumer protection, data security, Entrust Technologies, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2005-07-27
Cofounder of Network Appliance to Meet With Members of Congress and Their Staff to Discuss Data Security Legislation
Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP):
Tags: data security, Network Appliance Inc., U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-04-25
Congress Is Seeking Solution To Online Data Security Breaches
Congress struggled last week to cobble together legislation to deal with online security as the latest credit card breach continued to spread throughout the country. Congress struggled last week to cobble together legislation to deal with online security as the latest credit card breach continued to spread throughout the...
Tags: data security, security, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-03-20

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Report: Cyberattacks against the U.S. "rising sharply"
A new report prepared for Congress found that the number of cyberattacks against the U.S. government is "rising sharply" in 2009, and many of the attacks are coming from Chinese state and state-sponsored entities.  During 2008, there were 54,640 total cyberattacks against the U.S. Department of Defense DoD, according to...
News items 2009-11-20
Gemalto's Pattinson Testifies Before U.S. Congress on Privacy and Security of Government Identity Credentials
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Gemalto's vice president of business development and government affairs Neville Pattinson testified before the U.S. House Government Oversight Subcommittee on Government Management, urging the Department of Homeland Security DHS and congress to make privacy and data security the highest priorities in identification programs such as REAL ID...
Tags: Government, security, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-11-20
National data breach notification bill passed in U.S. House
A national data breach notification bill was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.The Data Accountability and Trust Act would require any organization that experiences a breach of electronic data containing personal information to notify all U.S. individuals whose information is breached. The law requires that the Federal...
Tags: data, FTC, notification, Organization
News items 2009-12-10
New tasks for a new congress: President Bush and the 108th Congress now have the power to act on the Republican agenda for homeland security, outsourcing of federal work, and intellectual property rights. (Capitol Outlook).
What a difference a day makes, especially if it's election day. Republicans now control the White House and both houses of Congress. The Department of Homeland Security is now a going concern. Let's see how these developments will affect the geospatial industry this year. ...
Tags: agency, Government, MARKETING, outsourcing, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2003-01-01
Online Ads: Spyware or Teasers? Congress to Decide
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. marketers and consumer advocates are preparing for battle over the rules governing online advertising tailored to individual browsing habits, often tracked and collected without notice or permission. The U.S. Congress is due to intervene in the issue in the coming weeks, with a bill in...
Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Advertisement, Cookie
News items 2009-10-07
Why the EPA's Endangerment Finding Sets the Stage for Action
Showing a fine sense of message and timing, the United States entered the first day of the crucial climate change conference in Copenhagen armed with a potentially game-changing decision from the Environmental Protection Agency:  Greenhouse gases threaten public health and the environment and must be regulated. EPA's announcement Monday sent...
Tags: vehicle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, emission, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas
News items 2009-12-08
Media Advisory/Availability: European Parliament in Washington to Discuss Cooperation on Transatlantic Security, Data Protection and CIA Renditions with U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON -- The European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee has sent a delegation of 9 Members MEPs to Washington, April 16-18. The MEPs are meeting with their Congressional counterparts to discuss transatlantic cooperation on justice and security. Topics include issues linked to the transfer of personal data such as passenger name...
Tags: CIA, data protection, delegation, European Parliament, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-04-17
Democrats Fight for Personal and Government Data Security
WASHINGTON, July 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With a full year having passed since Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff created the Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security post and the position still unfilled, Democratic Senators Patrick Leahy, Charles Schumer, and Bill Nelson today joined Paul Kurtz of the Cyber Security Industry...
Tags: Government, Republican, secretary, SECURITY, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-07-13
Congress moving on terror threat to SCADA
Washington-The U.S. Congress is studying the supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA systems that effectively key our daily lives and normalcy. They don't like what they see.Last month, the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census held an oversight hearing on security of Industrial Control Systems in...
Tags: SCADA, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2003-11-01
Congress's U.S.-China commission will issue a wake-up call to U.S. public
The Congressional 9/11 Commission might be getting all the publicity lately, but there is another Congressional commission that is actively gathering data and preparing a report on another threat to the United States. ********** The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission USCC is hearing eye-opening, emotional testimony from...
Tags: commission, SALES, U.S., U.S. Congress
Research articles 2004-04-16
Chief information security officers answer 4 burning questions
CYBERSECURITY 6 chief information security officers share how they plan to keep government data and computers safe in the face of constantly changing risks, red tape and tight budgets CISOs assess the assessors When the CISO title first started appearing on agency organization charts about seven years ago, the job...
Tags: security, Information Security
News items 2009-11-15
Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
Tags: Financial, Federal Reserve Board
News items 2009-10-23
Lawmakers get less combative on data-breach bills
SAN FRANCISCO -- It's Round 2 in Congress' bid to craft federal law that would require businesses to notify U.S. consumers about computer data-security breaches. Legislation introduced in February soon could become law, given the cooperative tone of federal lawmakers, says Ari Schwartz, a privacy advocate...
Tags: SECURITY, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-03-01
FCC wants public's help to define ‘broadband'
WASHINGTON - U.S. telecommunications regulators on Thursday sought public comment on how to define "broadband," a step that could impact how the industry delivers Internet services to consumers. The Federal Communications Commission issued a fact-finding notice on its Web site seeking the public's input as it drafts a national broadband...
Tags: FCC, Broadband
News items 2009-08-20
Mashable's Weekly Conference and Event Guide
It's a brand new week, which means it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month...
Tags: Social Media, Event
News items 2009-11-09
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