June 24, 2011

Business Monitor International. (2011, June). Global cyber security outlook. China Defense and Security Report. Retrieved from http://www.businessmonitor.com [Full text available in the Business Source Complete database.]

Analysis of global incidents and issues in the first quarter of 2011 from a well-regarded risk and industry trends analysis firm.

National Cyber-Security Alliance. (2011, May). The state of K-12 cyberethics, cybersafety, and cybersecurity curriculum in the United States. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/iNPZw9

Results of a Microsoft-funded study that suggests that US K-12 students are not being adequately prepared to work in environments where cybersecurity is a concern.

Parkinson, D. (2011, January - February). Funding the new home guard. SC Magazine, 22(2), 20-23. Retrieved from http://www.scmagazineus.com [Full text available in the Computer and Applied Sciences Complete database.]

"... focuses on the 650 million pounds funding for the National Cyber Security Programme in Great Britain. The five major strands to the new programme are mentioned, one of which is a cyber infrastructure team in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The vulnerabilities of the National Infrastructure to cyber attacks are discussed. It adds that Alan Michael of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee considers the challenge of Internet security as the most complex issue [they have] ever faced."

Somaiya, R., and Lohr, S. (2011, June 23). Arrest puts spotlight on brazen hacking group LulzSec. New York Times, p. B1. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/technology/24hack.html

"As suspects go, Ryan Cleary did not look dangerous ... But charges by the British police link Mr. Cleary to a hacking group called Lulz Security, or LulzSec, which has been on an Internet crime spree in recent weeks, attacking Web sites and computer networks including those of the United States Senate, the Central Intelligence Agency and Sony." [More on LulzSec's release of Arizona law enforcement data this week, with document examples.]

United States. Department of Homeland Security. (2011, June). Risk management strategy for the private domain name resolution services critical function. Retrieved from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/it-sector-risk-management-strategy-domain-name-resolution-services-june2011.pdf

Outlines mitigation responses to three 'risks of concern' when using the DNS program: information disclosure / privacy loss, policy failure, and large scale attacks on infrastructure