Beth Sommer
Beth Sommer is part of the LIGATT Security "Cyber Security Team." here daily duties including researching cyber threats and tracking hackers through Cyber Space.
Blogs by this Author
Government Recruits Geeks to Blunt Cybersecurity Threats
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
Government Recruits Geeks to Blunt Cybersecurity Threats
The U.S. Cyber Challenge aims to identify 10,000 patriotic geeks and make them experts
By
Joshua Kucera
Posted August 6, 200...
Cheating prompts more computer security at Ohio high school
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
ASCD SmartBrief | 08/06/2009
A
cheating scandal at an Ohio school has prompted school officials to
take more stringent computer security measures. Changes at Centerburg
High School include ...
Twitter hit by denial-of-service attack
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
By John D. Sutter CNN
(CNN)
-- Internet attacks shut down the social networking site Twitter for
about two hours on Thursday morning and caused glitches in oth...
Q&A with internet security expert Barrett Lyon on the Twitter attack
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
By David Skok, Global NewsAugust 6, 2009 2:08 PM
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Could federal government adopt CompTIA security standard?
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
CompTIA SmartBrief | 08/06/2009
At
the CompTIA Breakaway conference this week, association President and
CEO Todd Thibodeaux called on the federal government to add the group's
Security Tru...
Kerala will have cyber crime cells in all districts
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
STAFF WRITER 18:57 HRS IST Kochi, Aug 6 (PTI) Kerala police has decided to set up
cyber cells in all districts to deal with software related
crimes, state DGP Jacob Punnoose said today. Recen...
Attendee Discovers Fake ATM at Defcon
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
Published on 05 August 2009 by Amy in Safety & Security Tips
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Smart Meters and Security: Locking Up the Grid
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
By Richard AdhikariTechNewsWorld
08/06/09 4:00 AM PT
Public utility companies are really hot right
now for smart grids -- electrical grids that use Internet technology
and special meters to...
ISAlliance on International Cyber Security
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
August 6, 2009 by ADMIN · CommentFrom The Internet Security Alliance What are the greatest problems your company (or industry sector if you prefer) perceives regarding cybersecurity?
The
big...
Hawley Blue Devils, Doogan's Deli Eagles make Jack Troy Basketball League final
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
by The Republican Sports Desk
Wednesday August 05, 2009, 8:47 PM
By JEFF THOMAS
jthomas@repub.com
SPRINGFIELD - It wasn't a matter of the Hawley Blue Devils taking
advantage of the situation...
Spfld. Leaders Make Another Attempt to Squash Gangs
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
By
Matthew Campbell
Story Published:
Aug 5, 2009 at 10:53 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Aug 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM EDT
...
Almost Half of U.S. SMBs Admit Falling Victim to Cybercrime
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
Posted by
Paul Mah Aug 5, 2009 1:50:20 PM
...
Apple patches 18 Mac vulnerabilities, ships OS X 10.5.8
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
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The cybersecurity job no one really wants
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
By Jaikumar Vijayan
August 5, 2009 06:53 PM ETComputerworld -
When President Obama announced in May that he was establishing a White House office for cybersecurity,...
Plug pulled Latvian cybercrime hub
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
Bullet proof host taken down
By John Leyden • Get more from this author
Posted in Anti-Virus, 5th August 2009 18:53 GMT
Free whitepaper – Vulnerability management buyer's checklist
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Skybox Security Gains Strong Momentum across Industries
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
U.S. Customer Base
Expands Deployments in Past Twelve Months, Underscoring Value of
Automated Security Risk and Compliance Management Solutions
...
Social Network Policies: Pentagon vs. NFL
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
Tony Bradley, PC World | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:55 PM PDT\This week, two major organizations have made headlines by banning
social networking in one way or another. The United States Marines ha...
Living in a Material World: The New Information Technology
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
Chris Wheaton 8/4/09
[This post originally appeared on OVP Venture Partners' blog---Eds.]
Many observers, myself included, consider the 1990s the decade of
the computer scientist. Wo...
Ingram Named Information Officer for The Hartford's P/C Business
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
August 5, 2009The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has named Robert Ingram
senior vice president and chief information officer of its property and
casualty operations' information technology o...
Oiling the digital society
- By Beth Sommer
- Published Thursday 6th 2009
Squabbling about competition between companies is far less
important than the effect they're having on all of us, says Bill
Thompson.
The announcement that Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt...
