Trusted online identities plan hinges on collaboration
The director of the new program office for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace said public-private collaboration will be at the heart of the strategy.
Contrary to popular opinion, FISMA can improve security, agency officials say
The much-maligned Federal Information Security Management Act is not a bad tool, but it has been used improperly, federal officials say.
NJ police chief offers spy seminars for parents of Facebook-friendly kids
The police department in Mahwah, N.J., promotes spying on kids' Facebook pages by hacking into their accounts. Seminars given by detectives show parents how to install software and conduct surveillance activities.
Smart phones in the enterprise: Can't keep them out, so manage them
A pilot program at Unisys aims to assume some control over the evolution of mobile computing that is bringing more personal devices such as smart phones into the enterprise and assign responsibilities to both the users and administrators.
Emerging cyber threat: Evasion techniques that combine to conquer
Finnish security company Stonesoft, which announced a new class of evasion techniques for malicious exploits last year, said it has found 124 new advanced evasion techniques that could allow attackers to steal silently through most network defenses.
Stuxnet targeted 5 Iranian facilities, report states
The Stuxnet worm targeted five organizations in Iran between June 2009 and May 2010, in an attempt to reprogram industrial control systems, according to a recent report from Symantec.
In event of cyberattack, who's in charge?
Lawmakers say lines of authority over defending cyberspace aren't clearly defined, and that a formal plan for response is missing.
Death, taxes – and spam in your inbox
After a brief respite, spam appears to be making a comeback. Like the poor, it will always be with us.
DOD's Job Shadow Day grooms teens for future in government IT
The Pentagon last week held its fifth annual IT Job Shadow Day, giving local high school students a chance to see what a job in government's information technology workforce looks like.
Fresh advice on building safer software
SAFECode, an industry group focused on reliability of commercial software, has released a second edition of its best practices for developing secure software, adding more specific data on validating results.
Fill out your brackets: College teams set for spring cyber showdown
Schools from across the country are sending teams to nine regional competitions over the next two months. Winners will compete in April in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio both for bragging rights and job opportunities.
Onward and upward to new Reaper
The new Reaper model must be able to face emerging threats such as cyber warfare and surface-to-air missiles better than the current MQ-9 drone, says Col. James Gear, director of the Air Force's Remotely Piloted Aircraft Task Force.
Lego robot takes a shot at safe-cracking
The robot is designed to open combination locks by brute force by testing possible combinations.
Two years later, U.S. still not prepared to secure cyberspace, report warns
Two years after releasing its report on "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency," the Center for Strategic and International Studies warns that little progress has been made in improving the nation's cybersecurity.
Be sneaky – and secure – with MXI's portable Windows OS
The Lab reviews the MXI Stealth Zone, a secure version of Windows running from a flash drive.
Will feds trust nonfederal ID card for contractors and agency partners?
The CIO Council has established specifications for nonfederal credentials that are interoperable with PIV cards and can be accepted by agencies. The first commercial card vendors recently received certification to issue the cards.
DOD database would sift all network traffic for signs of attack
The vice commander of U.S. Cyber Command says participation in the joint database would be voluntary, but that it would produce a clearer view of cyber threats.
Egypt's Internet blackout reignites kill switch debate
Senators plan to reintroduce a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, but recent events in Egypt have reignited controversy over the potential for a presidential kill switch for the Internet.
WinMagic SecureDoc locks down your laptops
WinMagic's encryption software is easy to use and extraordinarily powerful -- making it well suited to protecting a large agency that has plenty of mobile employees.
Project aims to protect personal info online by requiring less of it
A European Research Consortium project, ABC4Trust, would enable identity verification with minimum disclosure.
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