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Microsoft Hosts Public Sector CIO Summit

  Mark Drapeau (Redmond, WA) — This week at Microsoft’s main campus in Redmond, WA (just outside Seattle), the company will host chief information officers and other IT professionals from the federal government, state and local governments, and the education and health communities. The event is called the U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit. For two days beginning ... Read more »
Business, Cloud Computing, Cyber Issues, Defense, Education, Events, Government, Health, Real Impact
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Suits And Spooks Rendezvous For The Greater Good

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Last week, an eclectic group of tech-savvy “suits” and “spooks” gathered in a private conference center in Rosslyn, VA, in a towering office building overlooking Georgetown across the Potomac River. The occasion? The second-annual Suits and Spooks anti-conference, curated and hosted by cyber warfare consultant and author Jeffrey Carr. Nominally ... Read more »
Celebrities, Cyber Issues, Defense, Events, Government
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National Science Foundation Emphasizes Cloud Computing Security and Efficiency

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — As reported by Camille Tuutti at Federal Computer Week, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has plans to invest resources into understanding various aspects of cloud computing, in particular how to make it more energy efficient, and how to make it more secure from hackers and other kinds of ... Read more »
Cloud Computing, Cyber Issues, Government, Green Tech
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Why Parents Help Children Violate Facebook Age Rules

danah boyd (Cambridge, MA) — “At what age should I let my child join Facebook?” This is a question that countless parents have asked my collaborators and me. Often, it’s followed by the following: “I know that 13 is the minimum age to join Facebook, but is it really so ... Read more »
Academia, Cyber Issues, Government, Research, Social Software
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Microsoft Releases New Index Gauging Online Behaviors

Jacqueline Beauchere (Redmond, WA) – In October, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) in the U.S., Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group announced a new tool named the Microsoft Computing Safety Index (MSCI) to help gauge how consumers are meeting the challenges of today’s digital world. In association with this, Stephen Balkam, CEO of the  Family Online Safety ... Read more »
By the Numbers, Cyber Issues, Events, Laboratories and Research
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Who To Know: Jeffrey Carr

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Every month at Publicyte, we interview a star who in our view is under-the-radar, and highlight their work in which they’re using technology for civic good, whether in the private or public sector. This month for our issue on Safety, I reached out to Jeffrey Carr, a cybersecurity consultant and ... Read more »
Cyber Issues, Defense, Government, People, Who To Know
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Creating A Trusted Digital Health Environment

Gary Danoff (Chevy Chase, MD) — In an era when information about you is moving around computer systems and file cabinets as much as water moving around the earth, how do you keep data about you and your health safe and secure? There are several ways patient data – data about your wellness, tests you’ve ... Read more »
Cyber Issues, Health
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Cybersecurity: The Fifth Battlefield

Stephen Gordon (New York, NY) — I recently attended a private workshop on cybersecurity and net-centric warfare held at MIT Lincoln Labs. While the majority of the content from the three day conference have, shall we say, “restricted sharing rights,” here I would like to provide a perspective on some ... Read more »
Cyber Issues, Defense, Events
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