Security issues mar TWIC
Significant vulnerabilities in the Transportation Workers Identification Credential program thwart its ability to protect sensitive data, according to DHS' inspector general.
Advisory group calls for standardized e-medical records
A federally chartered IT advisory group approved a recommendation on Aug. 1 to request that the federal government identify and prioritize by October the key data elements to be used in a medical electronic record available to first responders.
Clouds gather over PASS card delay proposal
Legislation that would delay a pending requirement that citizens re-entering the country present secure citizenship and ID credentials took a hit today as an influential senator pledged opposition against the measure.
New security requirements proposed for NASA acquisitions
NASA has issued a proposed amendment to existing acquisition rules for the space agency that would address increasing numbers of cyberthreats and facilitate compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Trusted computing is good for you
LAS VEGAS'Ironically, trusted computing is something of a pariah with a lot of cybersecurity types because of concerns over losing owner control of the IT systems they protect.
Rootkits emerge as a maturing IT threat
The threat posed by malicious code is not wholesale, but targeted attacks that fly under the radar and remain hidden once they have penetrated the defenses.
Security pros working hard to stay ahead of hackers
Researchers will demonstrate 25 new tools and 15 new exploits during the Black Hat Briefings.
NIST proposes specs for PIV card readers
The National Institute for Standards and Technology has released for comment a draft of interoperability requirements for PIV card readers.
GSA warns public of e-mail scam
The General Services Administration is alerting the public not to respond to a phishing scam that masks itself coming from FirstGov.gov and asks for personal credit card information.
Public, private sectors still far apart on protecting IT infrastructure
The Homeland Security Department and private industry continue to work separately on instituting measures to protect the nation's cyber and telecommunications infrastructure'a disconnect traceable to DHS' failure to name an assistant secretary to take the lead on the issue.
Contactless CACs slated for 10 DOD locations
Members of the Defense Department's Access Card Office like to say they eat their own dogfood in testing the contactless smart-identification card. In a pilot program, employees traded their Common Access Cards for a newer version that has both contact and contactless capabilities.
Special Report | Darlene Druyun's downfall: e-mail
One of the biggest procurement scandals in the last decade was the Defense Department's discovery that a high-ranking civilian Air Force employee had steered acquisition contracts to Boeing Co. And the way the government landed a conviction of the former Air Force principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition was by using cyberforensics to unearth evidence from mountains of computer data.
Special Report | Who is accredited to analyze forensic evidence?
Accrediting computer forensic laboratories is a new concept, according to John Neuner, international program manager for the American Society of Crime Lab Directors, Laboratory Accreditation Board of Garner, N.C. The 32-year-old organization conducts accreditation in several areas, such as ballistics and DNA.
Special Report | Computer forensics: The new DNA
Within a week of discovering computer equipment in the bombed-out safehouse of slain terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. and Iraqi forces carried out more than 450 raids targeting followers of al-Qaida's leader in Iraq. The vital information that led to the military action came from the Defense Department's growing ability to uncover and comprehend information stored on everything from disk drives and cell phones to personal digital assistants and Global Positioning System equipment.
Administration presses its case for the PASS card
The administration and other proponents of new border credential requirements circulated talking points to quash changes the Senate has adopted for its Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, set for debate in a conference committee on the Homeland Security Department appropriations bill.
PASS card debate enters next round
The bell rang last week for a new round in the tag-team wrestling match over the best technology for border crossing credentials. The border credential smackdown will reach its climax after Congress' August recess, when a conference committee on the Homeland Security Department appropriations bill is set to decide the matter.
AdventNet SecureCentral ScanFi 4.1
AdventNet's SecureCentral ScanFi 4.1 was our least favorite vulnerability management suite for several reasons.
BigFix Security Configuration Management
Like Altiris SecurityExpressions, Security Configuration Management by BigFix is simple to install and use.
ProRapid7 NeXpose 4.1
One problem with older versions of Rapid7 NeXpose was that it took a long time to scan networks, particularly when it came to its antivirus services.
Altiris SecurityExpressions 3.4
One problem with many vulnerability management programs is that they overcomplicate their software interface and the steps required to find or fix problems.
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