U.S. improving its cybersecurity posture
Signs indicate that the cooperation needed to tackle the job is emerging in government and industry, experts say.
Chertoff outlines goals of national cybersecurity initiative
Homeland Security secretary offers assessment of what he calls the "Manhattan Project to defend cyber networks."
Choice a big part of network access control
The market and technology for network access control is maturing, but the offerings from vendors at this year's RSA Security conference show that it still is far from being a commodity.
NIST verifies wireless PIV technology
Scientists confirm fingerprint ID technology for Personal Identification Verification cards meets security, data transfer speed and accuracy standards.
The perimeter is dead, information is king
If the traditional notion of infrastructure-based perimeter security is not yet dead, it is not for lack of effort by keynote speakers at the RSA Security conference.
Digital certificates could become standard in IDs
Federal mandates for issuing interoperable electronic IDs soon could spur adoption of digital certificates and the use of public-key infrastructure throughout the country.
Deadline looms to re-engineer networks
Federal agencies are under pressure to implement OMB's Trusted Internet Connection initiative prior to the June 30 deadline.
William Jackson | Old security issues, and plenty of new ones
Cybereye'commentary: More attention is being given to actively protecting what is inside the network rather than putting up fences.
GCN Best of Fose winners named
The results are in from the annual competition designating the best new products showcased at the annual FOSE Conference and Exposition.
Product spotlight: Fose 2008
Slim-line removable Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks gives new meaning to the phrase 'handheld RAID.'
Botnets, spyware top worry list for federal IT security
Networks of compromised computers and spyware top the list of security threats, according to a survey of 200 federal information technology employees released by Cisco Systems.
Lentz: Content-centricity key to DOD communications
Deputy assistant Defense secretary weighs in on defending against cyberwarfare.
Another phone-phishing scam spoofs IRS
New scam to steal personal data via e-mail and phone calls masquerades as an urgent message about a tax refund.
What's on the list?
Agencies' IT priorities include consolidation, virtualization and, as always, security.
Good things in all sizes
The exhibit floor at FOSE features promising new technologies, from a secure chip to a mobile data center.
William Jackson | Security is a culture
Cybereye'commentary: : FISMA compliance does not equal security.
Miami Beach eases the pain of passwords
Access management tool reduces help-desk calls, improves security.
Functionality isn't everything
There are several access and password management products on the market, most of them performing similar functions. But that doesn't mean they're all the same from an agency's point of view.
Prepackaged malware
GCN Insider: From the makers of lead-painted toys and antifreeze-laced pet food comes hardware with malware inconveniently preloaded.
Nanoparticles in 3-D
GCN tech briefs: NIST researchers have developed a tracking microscope that can monitor in 3-D the motions of nanoparticles in solutions.
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