Hackers Not Playing Games With Gaming Sites Cybersecurity is a serious issue for any online business, but for online gaming companies it’s doubly so.

Government Auditors Knock Federal Cybersecurity Plan The federal government could do a better job defining and coordinating its recently partially declassified Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, according to a report from the government’s own auditors. The new report, released by the Government Accountability Office last week, found that although the White House and federal agencies have made strides in planning and coordinating the 12-point program by creating interagency working groups like the Joint Interagency Cyber Task Force, the plan lacks definition in some places and doesn’t cover the full scope of federal cybersecurity needs. …

Cybersecurity Czar Outlines Priorities During a Town Hall meeting session here today, the nation’s new cybersecurity czar mapped out his top priorities in the post and provided a glimpse at how the Obama administration might handle security issues with other countries. In a keynote address earlier in the day, national cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt also announced that the White House was releasing an unclassified version of its plan for securing government and private industry networks — the so-called Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, which is now available for download from the White House Website. ..