Peer-to-Peer Network Security

By:  Ellen Messmer  

For: ComputerWorld

New legislation is pressuring U.S. colleges and universities to do a better job combating illegal file-sharing - and it’s taking a toll on campus IT departments

 New legislation is putting pressure on U.S. colleges and universities to do a better job combating illegal file-sharing — and it’s taking a toll on campus IT departments, according to research published this week.

Read the rest of this entry »

By David S. Perkins
September 21, 2009

Data breaches have hit an all time high and with that have been a dramatic increase in new data security and privacy laws and regulations. Both state and federal regulations have been in place for several years with regards to security and privacy of Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI). However, new regulations have popped up at a rapid pace. Just a few years ago there were only a handful of states that had data breach notification laws. Today, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have enacted data breach privacy laws and federal legislation is well on its way.

Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Jaikumar Vijayan , Computerworld , 07/31/2009

 Poorly crafted law could would also block some cost-saving file-sharing tech, some say

A proposal to introduce a bill seeking to formally ban the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing applications on government and contractor networks is evoking a mixed response.

Read the rest of this entry »

By Brian Krebs and Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post Staff Writers

 The indiscriminate use of a popular online data-sharing technology has led to the disclosure of sensitive government and personal information — including FBI surveillance photos of a Mafia hit man, lists of people with HIV, and motorcade routes and safe-house locations for then-first lady Laura Bush, a congressional panel was told on Wednesday.

Read the rest of this entry »

Written By: Jaikumar Vijayan

Lawmakers eye bill to ban P2P use on government, contractor networks

July 29, 2009 (Computerworld) - Details about a U.S. Secret Service safe house for the First Family — to be used in a national emergency — were found to have leaked out on a LimeWire file-sharing network recently, members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee were told this morning.

  Read the rest of this entry »

PITTSBURGH — On Friday, May 29th President Barack Obama announced he was creating a position to deal with cyber threats.

The president said cyber threats are one of the most serious challenges facing the country now.

Read the rest of this entry »

ZapShares Inc. announced today the findings of new research that indicates computer systems located in Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia are scouring computer Peer-To-Peer (also known as “P2P”) file-sharing networks for classified information that could place national security at risk.

Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Jaikumar Vijayan

Computerworld -  Data on the Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter aircraft that was recently reported as being illegally accessed by foreign cyberspies has been available for more than four years on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, the CEO of a software vendor said at a legislative hearing today.

Read the rest of this entry »

Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:28PM EDT

Yahoo -  In his first days in office as President, Barack Obama ordered a report to be generated investigating the state of our “cyber-security” infrastructure, concerned with how our computer networks could withstand threats from terrorism and other attacks.

Read the rest of this entry »

Washington Post - A House committee is showing fresh concern over peer-to-peer file sharing applications following reports that the service that allows Web users to trade pirated movies and music is also being used to obtain bank records, health files and other sensitive information.

Read the rest of this entry »