- Obama cybersecurity commission to present final report Friday (The Hill): Today will be the final piece of work from President Obama’s Cybersecurity Commission, an earlier report stated. The commission, which was created earlier this year by an Executive Order, has held six meetings on cybersecurity. It consists of 12 experts from the public and private sectors as well as academia. The report, which addresses six different threats and potential solutions, will be posted on this site once it is released to the public after it is presented to the President. The full text of the article can be found here.
- Amazon Cloud Computing Division Unveils New Cyber Security Service (WSJ): Amazon has launched a service to help counter attacks like the one last month that crippled websites across the U.S., a recent report says. AWS Shield will now protect customers from DDoS attacks. Amazon has two different products, the report says, and the standard version will be included for free. The more advanced version will cost a minimum of $3,000 per month, according to the article. The program will monitor incoming web traffic and utilize anomaly algorithms to detect attacks in real time. The full text of the article can be here.
- House Passes US-Israeli Cybersecurity Legislation (HPN): The House has passed two bills to further research collaboration between the United States and Israel. A report says that the two bills, United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act (H.R. 5877) and the United States-Israel Cybersecurity Cooperation Enhancement Act (H.R. 5843), have both made it through the House and now await a vote in the Senate. An advisory board consisting of members from both the U.S. and Israel will provide guidance to DHS as to research topics and requirements. The legislation can be seen below; the full text of the article can be found here.
wcsnyder
Where is the Cybersecurity Commission report? I don’t see it at your link.
wcsnyder
Where is the Cybersecurity Commission report? I don’t see it at your link.
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Actual Report of President’s Commission on Enhancing National Cyber Security at this link: http://blog.cybersecuritylaw.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cybersecurity-commission-report-final-post.pdf