Security roundup: DOD revving up cyber-defense for 2012; Microsoft to have big January Patch Tuesday

Buried in the lengthy National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the $622 billion defense spending bill which was signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 31, 2011, are some interesting nuggets about how the U.S. military wants to expand its cyber-defense strategy over the course of this year.

U.S. military sharing secret cyber threat info with defense contractors
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DoD: Military must be capable within ‘cyber’ domain
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Will voluntary cyber threat sharing plan cast doubt over CISPA?
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NSA ‘Perfect Citizen’ Program is Only One Piece of the Cyber Security Puzzle
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