Real ID price tag for states could top $11b
A report released this week by several state government leadership organizations pegs the cost of implementing the Real ID Act of 2005 at more than $11 billion over the first five years.
OMB issues data breach guidance
The Office of Management and Budget and its Identity Theft Task Force outlined steps agencies should take in responding to an identity theft or ways to prevent one from happening.
Officials focus on weak links in privacy
HHS, partners make securing patient data a specific plank of their platform.
Commerce reports extensive notebook PC, data loss
Every year, thousands of temporary Census Bureau field representatives fan out around the country to gather data door-to-door and compile survey data, using notebook PCs in their work. Many of those notebooks go missing annually.
Garcia looks to raise cybersecurity's profile
Homeland Security Department's new assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications faces a big task: raising awareness of IT security's importance from a post that had been left vacant for two years.
Agencies enter the home stretch for HSPD-12
T-minus 32 and counting. The General Services Administration and the Interior Department's National Business Center scramble to finalize shared services as Oct. 27 deadline draws near.
Davis seeks standard IT breach notification policy
Agencies are finding out now, and disclosing the information, because House Government Reform Committee chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) requested summaries of data breaches over the last several years.
VA awards HSPD-12 certification deal
The Veterans Affairs Department awarded a contract to Data Systems Analysts Inc. for certification and accreditation of VA's personal-identity verification system.
States strive for robust IT security
State governments are paying more attention to information security, hiring chief information security officers and giving them defined budgets and enforcement authority, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity at DOE still lags: IG
The Energy Department continues to struggle with information security and many of its weaknesses are the same as in past years, according to the department's inspector general.
Md. points to Cogent for automated fingerprint system
Maryland Public Safety and Correction Services awards Cogent Systems a contract to supply an automated palm print and fingerprint ID system.
Linux endpoint security
Pointsec Mobile Technologies has released Version 2.0 of its endpoint security software for Linux-based desktops and notebooks.
War games
A processor originally designed for game consoles is slowly finding its way intogovernment.
Check Point gets an Intel boost
File this under 'we'll believe it when we see it, and we hope to see it soon.'
Vista's smarter security
Vista RC1 now includes a new ActiveX installer service so systems can load ActiveX controls without needing admin privileges.
PIV specs come down from NIST
Card readers finalized, biometrics up for comment.
Agencies claim readiness on HSPD-12
It remains to be seen whether Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 is one of those mandates that the government actually meets.
Scott Schumacher | Another View: Identifying patients vs. patient identifiers
A range of government workers, academics and consultants have touted the benefits of a unique national health care identifier, the equivalent of a Social Security health care number for every United States resident.
O. Sami Saydjari | Weak spots on cyberdefense
After a 20-year career at government defense agencies, O. Sami Saydjari likes to think strategically about cyberdefense.
GSA confident about availability of HSPD-12 products
The General Services Administration is testing the last remaining vital piece for agencies to develop a Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 compliant identification management system.
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