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Agenda Released for Upcoming Cyber-Physical Systems Meeting

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber-Physical Systems Public Working Group (CPS PWG) is holding a two-day workshop on April 7-8, 2015. The meeting will be held at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and is intended to review the Draft CPS Framework released by the CPS PWG earlier this month. The meeting will provide an opportunity for a review of the...

Crunching the Numbers in NYDFS’ Cybersecurity Report

On February 9, the New York Department of Financial Services was the first insurance regulator to address cybersecurity when it issued its Report on Cyber Security in the Insurance Sector that summarizes the results of a survey completed by 43 insurers about their cybersecurity programs, costs and future plans. In their article for Law360, Sutherland Partners Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik and...

U.S. Intelligence Agencies to Establish Cyberthreat Intelligence Sharing Center

On February 25, President Obama issued a memorandum directing the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to establish the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC).  Creation of the CTIIC was first publicly announced on February 10 by Lisa Monaco, White House homeland security and counterterrorism advisor.  The purpose of the center is to provide a central clearinghouse for...

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework Feedback

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its analysis of the feedback received to date on its Cybersecurity Framework. The Framework, issued on February 12, 2014 under the President’s Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity , is a set of voluntary guidelines, developed through stakeholder processes based on existing standards,...

Federal Cybersecurity Legislation Signed into Law

New cybersecurity legislation provides for cybersecurity information sharing and codifies the process for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to adopt a Cybersecurity Framework. The set of cybersecurity bills were signed into law on December 18, 2014. The National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014 establishes within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a...

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