Port Insecurity Special Report: Points of entry
The main entrance to the Port of Savannah looks a lot like a toll plaza on the New Jersey Turnpike.
A menu of Bluetooth attacks
How would a potential hacker exploit the Bluetooth radio in your handheld device?
DHS to mount major IT security exercise
The Homeland Security Department plans to conduct a major cybersecurity preparedness and response exercise to be called Cyber Storm in November.
New FISMA standard advances toward finalization
The second of a series of Federal Information Processing Standards intended to guide agencies in complying with the Federal Information Security Management Act has been released for public comment.
Hacking Bluetooth
<b>Fact:</b> Having your name and number in Paris Hilton's cell phone directory is like openly publishing them on the Web.
EDITOR'S DESK: Transportation security imbalance
If something constructive came out of the London bombing tragedy earlier this month, it was the renewed debate over how the United States spends its homeland defense dollars.
DHS pilots RFID system to speed border crossings
As the Homeland Security Department adds data and verification requirements to its visa program, it's also trying to reduce the time required for international travelers to pass through U.S. entry and exit points.
GAO: Census should make IT management consistent
The Census Bureau has yet to consistently perform actions related to IT management practices that it has put in place because it lacks clearly defined and written procedures, according to a new report.
GAO recommends improvements to FISMA reporting guidance
The title of the latest IT security report from the Government Accountability Office tells a familiar tale: 'Weaknesses Persist at Federal Agencies Despite Progress Made in Implementing Related Statutory Requirements.'
PACKET RAT: Know thyself? Not without the proper paperwork, pal
The Rat spent his 4th of July vacation doing more than flipping burgers and dogs on the family hibachi.
London bombings spur interest in IT security tools
The terrorist bombing attack July 7 in London is spurring efforts to install networked video surveillance systems and other advanced technology in commuter rail systems in the United States to deter similar attacks here.
GCN Special Report: World customs groups try to get standards in order
Whatever standards the United States puts in place to safeguard the flow of goods into and out of the country, those standards are only as good as the willingness of trade partners around the world to embrace them.
GCN Special Report: At L.A. and Long Beach, a raft of security worries
For the ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation's largest and third-largest ports based on volume, sheer size has proven to be a constraining factor in improving security.
GCN Special Report, part one of a two part series
America's'seaports'present distinct'challenges for homeland security authorities
GCN Special Report: Port insecurity
In the late-night hours of April 3 at the Port of Los Angeles, 29 Chinese nationals were apprehended as they tried to sneak out of two containers that had been unloaded from the NYK Artemis.
DHS shake-up to boost technology programs
Homeland Security Department secretary Michael Chertoff last week announced a departmentwide reorganization plan that will elevate responsibility for cybersecurity, preparedness and operations, and butress several technology programs.
Democrats see flaws in DHS reorganization
House Democrats say there are still major flaws at DHS, including a lack of money for security in mass-transit systems and a management structure that may give the department's political staff too much power.
DHS taps Rapiscan for radiation detection system
The technology is being designed to work as a standalone or in tandem with image-based screening technologies, such as the Eagle X-ray, which is operating in the Port of Baltimore.
DHS shake-up to strengthen technology programs
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he would centralize the department's intelligence functions under the assistant secretary for information analysis, and plans to create a new assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications.
EPA writes an in-house FISMA tool
Faced with the task of complying with the Federal Information Security Management Act, the Environmental Protection Agency developed a tool to automate the evaluation and reporting processes.
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