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Indiana Exercising Plans to Combat Cyber Threats: Preparing for CRIT-EX 2016
May 6, 2016 — Indiana has purposefully adopted a culture of collaboration between government organizations, private firms, non-profits, and academia to improve the state’s response and resiliency to a significant cyber incident. This team approach will counter cyberattacks intent on degrading Indiana’s economic capacity and threating the critical services of its... MORE

Fast and simple modular interpolation using factorial representation
May 1, 2016 — We study a representation for polynomial functions over finite rings. This factorial representation is particularly useful for fast interpolation, and we show that it is computationally preferable to the Lagrange Interpolation Formula (LIF) and to Newton interpolation over finite fields and rings. Moreover, over arbitrary finite rings the... MORE

IoT attacks threaten national security, say cyber experts
April 22, 2016 — "Dams, the power grid and other such infrastructure were once closed network systems. Then they were added to the Internet."We still thought of them as closed networks -- but they're not," said Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon, commander of U.S. Army Cyber Command and Second Army."Other systems touch them and that starts to create some problems," such as... MORE

Palo Alto Networks CEO on cybersecurity vs. privacy
April 22, 2016 — "Palo Alto Networks CEO Mark McLaughlin on efforts to improve cybersecurity." MORE

Wanted: talented cyber operators
April 22, 2016 — "Regarding cyber, "we are training in the dozens and our adversaries are training in the thousands," said Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon, referencing what he heard at a cyber briefing at Carnegie Mellon, one of the top cybersecurity universities in the world.Cardon, commander, U.S. Army Cyber Command and Second Army, spoke at the Army Cyber Institute and... MORE

Critical Infrastructure Vulnerable to Attack, NSA Leader Says
April 21, 2016 — "Strong dependence on industrial control systems, or ICS, is a serious vulnerability for industry, the National Security Agency’s deputy director said here yesterday. "There's no doubt that Chinese military planners understand the importance of industrial control systems and the critical infrastructure they control," Richard H. Ledgett Jr. said in... MORE

Former NSA Director: U.S. Needs Security, Privacy
April 21, 2016 — "Top military and industry leaders convened at a cyber-summit at West Point, New York Thursday to discuss the latest advancements and struggles in America's fight against cyber terrorism.During an interview with the FOX Business Network’s Jo Ling Kent, former NSA Director and General Keith Alexander discussed new demand for more privacy and... MORE

Homeland Security Secretary: No imminent threat to U.S.
April 21, 2016 — "Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson talks exclusively with FBN’s Jo Ling Kent at the West Point Cyber Security Summit about cyber terrorism." MORE

Strategic Amnesia and ISIS
April 21, 2016 — "MARK TWAIN observed, “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” The study of military history teaches us valuable lessons that are applicable to today’s most intractable strategic problems; yet, these lessons are underappreciated in current American strategy formulation. Throughout the history of American armed conflict, the United States... MORE

Cyber Defense as a part of Hazard Mitigation: Comparing High Hazard Potential Dam Safety Programs in the United States and Sweden
April 15, 2016 — Cyber security tends to only address the technical aspects of the information systems. The lack of considerations for environmental long-range implications of failed cyber security planning and measures, especially in the protection of critical infrastructure and industrial control systems, have created ecological risks that are to a high degree... MORE