2-D bar codes: They pack a lot of data into a small space
The DataMatrix standard is a scheme for encoding data, anywhere from a few bytes to a few kilobytes.
Know-it-all labels
The Coast Guard uses 2-D bar codes on aircraft parts to thwart black-market dealers.
Shhhh...A data scrubber they don't want you to know about
Thoroughly removing data from a hard drive doesn't always require an expensive degausser. There are techniques for permanent erasure that involve only software, if you're willing to do a little preparation.
Handling the tail end of the IT life cycle
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has some advice for agencies getting rid of digital storage media: Shred. Disintegrate. Pulverize. Incinerate. Melt.
Clean sweep
Permanently removing data from old hard drives is harder than you might imagine.
Wyatt Kash | Tipping point
OMB's plan for standard agency desktop configurations could benefit others as well.
Kevin Kaporch | The Keys to Secure Documents
As the Government Printing Office's director of product security, Kevin Kaporch has a lot of experience with supply-chain security and counterintelligence. Now he is offering his expertise to the broader community.
Audits rip DHS' tech investment controls, gaps in port security
DHS' haphazard technology investment management came under criticism from congressional auditors today. In another report, GAO described risks in DHS' use of technology to implement a port security law enacted last year, but cited some progress.
The case of the missing e-mails
Congressional scrutiny of the White House's e-mail systems extends to agency archiving systems.
Network warfare
NSA's cybersecurity Red Team battles teams from the military academies.
IBM opens SOA Institute for agencies
IBM today launched a SOA center devoted to helping agencies adopt and benefit from SOA information technology initiatives.
DHS taps General Dynamics for CIS tech support
DHS' central acquisition office today said General Dynamics One Source has won a task order valued at up to $227 million to support technology at Citizenship and Immigration Services.
FISMA grades: What do they mean?
The new federal computer security report card is out, and once again the grades are pretty bad.
USDA has data breach
The Agriculture Department has announced it has publicly exposed the personal information of up to 63,000 citizens. This was the agency's second potential breach.
ZIP it up
Inventor of ZIP protocol will unveil a product offers enterprise-grade data security ' at no cost.
This is a test
The SANS Institute says it has first test to assess programmers' ability to write secure code.
Paint it ... sandy brown
A conductive coating could be the key to securing wireless LANs.
RFQ to help government meet mobile encryption requirements
Last week, DOD and GSA issued a request for quotations for full-disk encryption or a file/folder encryption system under the SmartBuy enterprise software management program.
JWSD awards L-3 $94M contract
The Joint Warfare Support Division has awarded L-3 Communications Corp. a contract to provide services, including integration, production and maintenance.
William Jackson | For virus detection, don't write off signatures
Heuristics may be all the rage, but signature detection is still the key antivirus tool.
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