Transportation awards security contracts worth up to $124 million
Vendors to help protect physical assets, operations and people at the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
TSA to begin TWIC prototype testing
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded a $12 million contract to BearingPoint Inc. for the prototype phase of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program.
Ag certified to provide PKI services
The Agriculture Department's National Finance Center has obtained official designation as a certified provider of public-key infrastructure services.
Fingerprint ID systems have the edge, NIST finds
The most accurate fingerprint systems far outperform the most accurate face recognition systems, the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently reported at <a href= "http://fpvte.nist.gov">fpvte.nist.gov</a>.
Malicious code targeting PDAs identified
The first backdoor code for personal digital assistants has emerged, raising concerns that handheld devices soon could be targeted by hackers.
Beware of presidential phishing expeditions
Web and e-mail filtering company identifies a pair of e-mail messages purporting to be from the John Kerry presidential campaign and asking recipients to 'please vote and contribute.'
Putting spam in its place
Spam is annoying, but harmless, right? Wrong. According to the market research company Radicati Group of Palo Alto, Calif., more than 50 billion pieces of spam will be sent every day by 2007, and organizations will pay nearly $200 billion per year to deal with them.
Democrats question infrastructure protections
A database of the nation's critical infrastructure is inconsistent and incomplete, hampering Homeland Security Department efforts to prioritize and protect these resources, House Democrats charge.
Groove improves its virtual space
Groove Workspace, a peer-to-peer collaboration tool from Groove Networks Inc., has become something of a darling of the federal government, thanks largely to its extra-tight security.
FIPS certification given to encrypted satellite network
The encryption engine for the satellite networking platform from iDirect Technologies has been certified to the Federal Information Processing Standard.
@Info.Policy: Is there privacy after death?
In March, the Supreme Court decided a Freedom of Information Act case involving photos of Vince Foster, a Clinton White House aide who committed suicide. The principal issue was whether relatives of deceased individuals have a protectable privacy interest.
What you don't know can bring your network down
Dispatches from Black Hat security conference: A big chunk of many IT systems could be hidden from systems administrators and security professionals.
NIST wants to phase out DES
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has proposed withdrawing the 56-bit Data Encryption Standard from government use.
IRS to rein in unapproved PDA use
The IRS has more than 2,000 unapproved personal digital assistants that can connect to the agency's network, which could allow loss or theft of information.
Los Alamos cracks down on security
The loss of two classified data storage units earlier this month at the Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory has prompted a halt to all classified work.
FTC plans e-mail authentication standards
The Federal Trade Commission this fall will host an anti-phishing expedition, a summit at which industry experts will offer advice on developing requirements for an e-mail authentication standard.
FTC wants to encourage e-mail authentication standards
FTC will host a summit for industry experts to help develop requirements for authentication standard.
Network app security takes priority at Energy
The Energy Department's Computer Incident Advisory Capability has seen security threats shift from simply denying Web service to attacking the department's IT resources.
San Antonio slam-dunks Final Four security
A souped-up tractor-trailer wove a security net around San Antonio during the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Final Four games in April.
E-voting verification pilot planned in fall
An electronic voting machine company has agreed to load security technology on some of its machines to test an encrypted vote verification system.
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