Category: cybersecurity
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Industry Mission Partners receive top Tech and Community Awards
WASHINGTON (bdpatoday)—Industry mission partners received technology and community service awards on Saturday, November 19, 2016, from National BDPA’s Washington, D.C. Chapter (BDPA-DC). Recognition was provided for community involvement and direct support of cybersecurity workforce initiatives, information communications technology (ICT), gaming, and mobile application development programs for young adults across the National Capital Region and central…
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Cyber “Proxy” Wars: Massive DDoS Attacks Shutting Down Popular Sites
Hacker DDoS Attacks Against DynDNS Knocked Major Services Off Line MANCHESTER, NH (The Hacker News)—The Internet recently witnessed a record-breaking largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack of over one terabit per second (1 Tbps) against France-based hosting provider OVH, and Friday (October 21, 2016) the latest victim of this cyber attack was none other…
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IT Summit and Town Hall Launch with New Tech Workforce
Helping Other People Excel (H.O.P.E.) WASHINGTON (bdpatoday)—The H.O.P.E. Project DMV launched its inaugural IT Summit and Town Hall in the District of Columbia on Saturday, October 1, 2016. The IT Summit and Town Hall provided District residents unique opportunities to network and discuss industry trends with H.O.P.E. Project DMV alumni, IT industry experts, talent acquisition professionals,…
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National IT Showcase Winners Announced
ATLANTA (bdpatoday) —National BDPA just wrapped up #BDPAConnect16, the national information technology organization’s 38th Annual National BDPA Technology Conference and Career Fair in Atlanta, Georgia. During the annual National Awards Gala, six college and high school students were honored by Industry and Academia for their research, white paper publications, and oral presentations. International IT Showcase participants…
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Delta Outage may have been Self-Inflicted
ATLANTA—The airline had cancelled more than 650 flights by 5:00 PM EDT as of Monday, August 8, 2016. Just days before National BDPA’s Technology Conference in Atlanta, the outage triggered massive delays world wide. Mashable reports Delta’s so-called power outage likely occurred in an unconventional manner. Georgia Power, regional provider of electricity to millions…
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Speakers & Presenters Announced for Innovation Summit
NEW SPEAKERS & AGENDA Announced 2016 BDPA Regional Innovation Summit* June 23-25, 2016 Washington, D.C. “Innovation Evolves Once Shared” Pre-Registration is Requested Register today ► https://bdpadc16.eventbrite.com Join or Renew ► http://www.bdpa.org *BDPA and Student Members attend tech and career workshops for FREE Thursday JUNE 23 | 6pm-8pm bdpatoday Tech & Media Reception @ SiriusXM Satellite…
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Cyber ROTC
The House Passes Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Policy Bill WASHINGTON — The House voted on Wednesday, May 18th, 2016, to add billions to a list of Pentagon weapons programs and training, then signed off on a $583 billion Pentagon budget. The final vote was 277-147. H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, also…
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The Dirty Dozen: 12 Cloud Security Threats
Introducing the ‘Treacherous 12,’ the top security threats organizations face when using cloud services by Fahmida Y. Rashid, InfoWorld SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Enterprises are no longer sitting on their hands, wondering if they should risk migrating applications and data to the cloud. They’re doing it — but security remains a serious concern. The first step in minimizing…
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Cleaning up major public and private hacks, NSA’s IAD at Crossroads
FORT MEADE, MD—For nearly a decade, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) has been focused upon weaknesses in industrial control systems (ICS) such as the (supervisory control and data acquisition) SCADA systems that underpin the country’s power grid. In the past year or so, local, state, and U.S. officials’ concerns about those…
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Kids @ Play and Family Tech Summit
CES Family Tech Summit addresses safety and education LAS VEGAS, NV—Antigone Davis is Head of Global Safety at Facebook, where she works with internal teams at Facebook and with external safety organizations to ensure that Facebook remains a leader in online safety and that policymakers understand the steps Facebook takes to promote safety online. In…