NSA's Alexander to Black Hats: Trust us, we need you
Gen. Keith Alexander traveled to the "technical center of gravity" instead of appearing before Congress to plead his case that surveillance programs are targeted, limited and under control.
Energy lab's wireless system secure enough for classified data
The Savannah River National Lab’s prototype hardware, designed in collaboration with NSA, uses Suite B cryptography for a system that could be adapted for other uses.
IBM adds vulnerability tool to security arsenal
IBM says its QRadar Vulnerability Manager (QVM) provides security managers a single view of vulnerability data aggregated from network, endpoint, database and application scanners.
Yacht hijacking shows the potential power of GPS spoofing
Last year, a University of Texas professor's team took control of a drone in flight. This year, it was a super yacht on the Ionian Sea. But they’re also evaluating ways to prevent spoofing.
After XKeyscore, is encryption the next big thing?
The latest reports on the NSA's surveillance could raise awareness on a practice that is regularly recommended but frequently ignored.
Civilian agencies can get military-grade comm on standard Android phones
Motorola and Fixmo are offering agencies and law enforcement the same encryption, policy management and compromise detection to date available only to the military.
Navigating the troubled waters of patch management
NIST offers updated guidance for dealing with the complexity of managing patches in an enterprise.
Apricorn USB 3.0 drive certified to FIPS 140-2
The Aegis Padlock Fortress is hardware-encrypted, PIN-authorized and meets 11 cryptographic security metrics.
Big data = big exposure. What can you do about it?
Big data, which involves a lot more than large databases, complicates security, but there are steps agencies can take to protect their information.
Secure-travel advice for Black Hat... and your local Starbucks
The annual Black Hat USA security conference is not exactly hostile, but you’ll run into a lot of people who pride themselves on their hacking skills.
Stanford probes breach as attacks on university networks soar
The source of an apparent breach of Stanford University's network is unknown, but it comes as universities are seeing an exponential increase in attacks on their networks.
How technical monitoring can help defend against insider threats
Organizations can take steps to protect their data from network and server administrators who go rogue.
Einstein 3 goes live with automated malware blocking
The government's new intrusion prevention system will not only detect malicious traffic but stop that traffic before it does harm.
The mutating malware monster demands new defenses
Revised guidance from NIST on defending against malware reflects the evolution of malicious code, which is becoming more complex, dangerous and difficult to detect.
Belkin brings secure KVM to DisplayPort
The switch, the first secure KVM for Display Port, would allow government users to access secure and nonsecure networks using a single monitor.
AndroRAT signals commercialization of mobile malware
Mobile malware is not new, but a new tool in the cyber crime underground could ultimately pave the way for hackers to leverage malware in large mobile botnets.
Smart ID to offer options for iris scanning, on-card fingerprint matching
Updated specifications from NIST for the PIV card now include an option for iris scans in addition to fingerprint authentication and the ability to do on-card matching of fingerprints.
Tablets for government: Dell Latitude 10 Enhanced Security
The Latitude's user authentication features will please admins, but users won't love the limited battery power.
New domain names bound for collisions: 'Things are going to break'
Concerns persist that new generic Top Level Domains being approved for the Internet could conflict with internal naming schemes, disrupting networks with naming collisions.
Boom times for mobile security
Concerns about privacy, spying and leaks are creating demand for products and services that encrypt and protect mobile communications, and smart phones have the processing power to handle it.
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