CISO Perspectives: The Einstein Program
Guest commentary: The Einstein Program and its promise to deliver a federal cyber weather map is greatly needed to improve the cyber early warnings and indicators across the federal government.
CISO Perspectives: Deep packet inspection
Commentary: Harnessing the power to interrogate inbound traffic for sensitive federal networks is the right thing to do. But why then has it taken federal CISOs so long to make the DPI plunge?
Authentication device reads palms, not passwords
Fujitsu unveils a device that reads a person's palm-vein pattern to authenticate user identity.
Microsoft patches GDI exploit
Critical updates plug potential flaws in Microsoft Windows' graphics device interface, as well as vulnerabilities in Windows Media Player, Windows Media Encoder, and the Office software suite.
Report: Botnets quadruple
Number of compromised PCs jumps from 100,000 to more than 400,000 in three months.
Cybereye | Data security can falter at the top
Commentary: The end user often is the weakest link in any security system, and the higher up the organizational chart that user is, the weaker the link tends to be.
IPv6 could be the key to greener buildings
The General Services Administration has made considerable progress in improving the efficiency of the buildings it manages for the government, in part by using networked technology to automate environmental sensing and controls.
Microsoft patches on the way
Four critical fixes will resolve remote code execution exploits and address vulnerabilities in Windows Media Player 11 and Media Encoder, as well as Microsoft Office and various components and versions of the Windows OS.
N.C. expands ballot-scanning program statewide
North Carolina's State Board of Elections is expanding a pilot program for the November 2008 elections that uses Motorola Symbol P460 bar code scanners.
Clean slate for old drives
The Drive eRazer thoroughly scrubs data from hard drives, allowing for secure disposal.
Report: Lab certifying voting equipment failed to meet requirements
The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program has accused SysTest Labs of not meeting the program requirements for independent laboratories that certify voting systems.
Cybereye | The next battlefield
Civil defense today means not a fallout shelter but a firewall.
Cyber chief argues for new approaches
STRATCOM commander proposes switch to white listing, more sensors and greater training and accountability in cyber domain.
Scott Vanstone | Cryptography thrown an elliptic curve
GCN Interview: One of the inventors of elliptic curve cryptography talks about ECC's emerging role in providing strong security for public-key infrastructures.
Cybereye | The threats ahead
Infrastructure networking technology figures to be the hot topic during the next year when it comes to researching vulnerabilities.
NETCOM commander weighs in on security
Brig. Gen. Susan Lawrence, speaking at the 2008 LandWarNet Conference, said that data and network security concerns top the list of vulnerabilities the modern-day Army faces.
Army cyber ops faces forensic backlog
Col. Barry Hensley spoke at the 2008 LandWarNet Conference, regarding the challenge of conducting forensic and attribution analysis.
NIST releases draft revision of guidelines for authorizing operation IT systems
Publication is part of an interagency project to harmonize C&A process across civilian, military and intelligence communities.
Layer 3 support for PDAs
Array Networks offers Layer 3 VPN support for Windows Mobile devices and other PDAs.
Risk assessment planned for voting systems
Election Assistance Commission assessment to create benchmark for new voluntary guidelines.
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