The U.S. has made great strides in cybersecurity since 2006, when the Cyber Storm I exercise took place, said Andy Purdy, chief cyberstrategist at CSC, who headed the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division when it led that activity. But Congress needs to set a national cybersecurity plan with goals and milestones, he said.
On September 29, 2010, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
In what the European Commission called a “first step” toward a unified defense against cybercrime, it proposed tougher laws against attacks on information systems and a more visible role for Europe’s network security agency. Cybercriminality isn’t just a game for young hackers anymore but an activity increasingly activity under the sway of organized crime, said Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. Protecting critical infrastructure such as electricity grids is the long-term goal, but that won’t happen unless current legal loopholes are plugged, she said at a news briefing. Both proposals must be approved by the EU Council and Parliament.
In what the European Commission called a “first step” toward a unified defense against cybercrime, it proposed tougher laws against attacks on information systems and a more visible role for Europe’s network security agency. Cybercriminality isn’t just a game for young hackers anymore but an activity increasingly activity under the sway of organized crime, said Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. Protecting critical infrastructure such as electricity grids is the long-term goal, but that won’t happen unless current legal loopholes are plugged, she said at a news briefing. Both proposals must be approved by the EU Council and Parliament.
The FCC unanimously approved a declaratory ruling and a report and order that clarify rules on broadcast auxiliary spectrum (BAS) relocation expenses incurred by Sprint Nextel. The ruling probably will help Sprint go ahead with a lawsuit against MSS licensees in the 2 GHz band, where the carrier cleared the spectrum. FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, who partially concurred, said she wishes the order had gone further in deciding liability. “The Commission has a strong institutional interest in ensuring that its relocation and cost reimbursement policies are correctly applied to the specific factual issues in this case,” she said. “I believe that the public interest would have been better advanced by having the Commission decide the particular issue of whether ICO Global is liable to Sprint Nextel."
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization and the Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding enhancing cooperation between the two organizations on issues of mutual interest and in particular those relating to promoting Customs facilitation measures in the case of emergency and the handling of humanitarian relief consignments.
The FCC should concentrate on public awareness of cybersecurity instead of adopting a massive security road map that would conflict with other federal agencies’ work and ultimately weaken protections, telecommunications players said in comments filed Wednesday and Thursday with the commission. The comments responded to an Aug. 9 notice about how the FCC should deal with cybersecurity in line with a National Broadband Plan recommendation.
The FCC should concentrate on public awareness of cybersecurity instead of adopting a massive security road map that would conflict with other federal agencies’ work and ultimately weaken protections, telecommunications players said in comments filed Wednesday and Thursday with the commission. The comments responded to an Aug. 9 notice about how the FCC should deal with cybersecurity in line with a National Broadband Plan recommendation.
The FCC imposed new wireless location accuracy mandates on carriers Thursday, adopting a compromise that had been worked out between major carriers, APCO and the National Emergency Number Association. The commission also approved a notice of inquiry examining changes to 911 for VoIP and a notice of proposed rulemaking on future changes for wireless. None of the documents had been released at our deadline.
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