Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Growing a CyberSecurity Research Program within the Department of Energy

May 17, 2008

A late post from the week before. Also, I missed this last week’s conversation – apologies.

Deborah Finkle shared about the cyber security research program in the DOE here in Washington – how it is to run a research lab funded by the government and directed by their security concerns. (more…)

Information Security Compliance: A train-wreck of laws, practices, and technology

October 6, 2007

Debriefing on the First Annual Information Security Compliance and Risk Management Institute: Topics, Problems and Future Directions

Barabara Endicott-Popvsky, John Christiansen, Jane Winn

John detailed the “train-wreck” combination of technological development, information policies, and legal standards. In brief: Information technologies are new. Information protection standards are even newer. Information protection laws are generally newer still. Information protection laws are proliferating and overlap. (more…)