New NOAA information policy stirs debate
To what extent should agencies make their data available to the public, and how much should they rely on the private sector to do the job for them?
NIST draft specs spark do-over
The verdict is in on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's month-old draft specifications for a governmentwide smart card.
OMB stands tough on deadline for federal smart cards
With final specifications not due until late February, agencies will have to make a mad scramble to meet the White House mandate to use standard identification cards for building and network access by Oct. 25.
Army CIO Boutelle says military services rely too heavily on commercial satellites
Army CIO Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle looks forward to the day when the government launches its own satellites and becomes less dependent on commercial satellites for communications.
Internaut: Security will stay front and center in 2005
As 2004 winds to a close, I thought it appropriate to look toward 2005.
Homeland Security to inject XML into DRM to assist in data sharing
The Homeland Security Department's Michael Daconta is leading a revision of the 30-page Data Reference Model, released in October, to help homeland defenders exchange data securely while preserving individuals' privacy.
To share is human
Sharing data among government agencies is easier said than done.
Industry gives Bush cybersecurity to-do list
An IT industry association makes recommendations it says the president should undertake in his second term to improve the nation's cybersecurity.
Insecure credentials worry states, feds
Fake IDs are becoming as prevalent as fake currency was back in 1865, when the Secret Service was established to fight counterfeiting, said the agency's assistant chief of forensic services.
DHS needs to find its niche in IT security, former cybersecurity director says
The Homeland Security Department must decide what its role is in protecting the nation's information infrastructure, Amit Yoran said today.
Older Windows OSes need critical patch
Microsoft Corp. yesterday recommended immediate patching to prevent remote code execution through Internet Explorer 6 on some older Windows operating systems.
Tenet doubts benefits of an intelligence czar
Former CIA director George Tenet says intelligence reform should focus on disseminating information rather than restructuring organizations.
GAO to investigate voting irregularities
The Government Accountability Office will investigate the 2004 general election, including an examination of the security of electronic voting.
NSF has less R&D money under new budget
The President's IT Advisory Committee recommended increasing National Science Foundation funding for cybersecurity research, but Congress has cut the budget.
Trojan begins climbing aboard some smart phones
A Trojan program called Skulls has appeared that disables many of the functions of Internet-enabled cell phones using the Symbian Ltd. consortium OS.
CISOs are overworked and underfunded, study says
Chief information security officers have little time for testing and installing security patches on government IT systems, a study released today says.
More funding needed for security R&D, IT committee says
The government has shortchanged basic research into cybersecurity and should at least quadruple the money available for civilian research, the President's IT Advisory Committee says.
Packet Rat: Rat worries agency users could be phish food
The Rat hauled his three offspring to Baltimore's National Aquarium on Veterans Day'partially out of parental duty and partially because the bottom of the Atlantic coral reef exhibit is one of the deadest wireless dead spots in the greater Baltimore-Washington area.
A few steps forward, a few back
Amit Yoran recently described his one-year tenure as the government's cybersecurity czar as 'an interesting political experience' and assessed his accomplishments with a combination of satisfaction and frustration.
Treasury testing tools to help connect the dots
Federal investigators trying to disrupt terrorist financing expect to get more analytical muscle from a new system run by the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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