Los Alamos security breach prompts crackdown
Loss of two classified data storage units at the Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory prompts a halt to all classified work.
Tools for data-driven management
James Taylor, the Commerce Department's deputy chief financial officer, didn't know his boss was unhappy until he read it in a magazine article. Then-deputy secretary Sam Bodman, a veteran executive of several large corporations, bemoaned the lack of financial tools at his government post.
Cyber Eye: The clock is ticking on cellular vulnerability
You don't have to worry much about the recent appearance of the first worm that spreads via mobile phones.
Cybsecurity research underfunded, executives say
Proposals for technology R&D projects, including security, outpace available funds, experts testify.
Automated fingerprint matching can be highly accurate
Computerized fingerprint matching can be highly accurate, outperforming facial-recognition systems, NIST reports.
NIST offers technical guidance for e-authentication
Technology required for verifying the identity of remote users accessing government systems has been outlined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Microsoft releases changes to block IE exploitation
Configuration changes for Windows OS to help guard against recent attacks against Microsoft Web browsers.
Audit flunks DHS wireless security
The Homeland Security Department's failure to impose security controls on sensitive wireless data exposes it to potential eavesdropping and misuse, the department's inspector general said late last week.
Intelligence office will enforce 'write to release' policy
A new organization will rule on agency disagreements over sharing classified information, such as homeland security intelligence, under a plan drawn up by intelligence agencies.
Gaps haven't closed in data sharing
Networks run by the Homeland Security Department and law enforcement and intelligence agencies are starting to close up some of their gaps.
Spam still presents technology and enforcement challenges
Six months after a legislative crackdown, spam accounts for 80 percent of all e-mail and still clogs servers and in boxes.
Voting software company submits code to NIST
An electronic voting software company has released source code for a balloting security module to the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cyber Eye: Could we have little help here, please?
The Federal Computer Incident Response Center shut down its free patch-management service in February, one year after its launch, because of a resounding lack of user interest.
DHS: Many critical facilities are at risk
The Homeland Security Department has identified 1,700 facilities at risk in the nation's critical infrastructures, but it lacks the authority to force corrections by companies or state and local governments.
Defense office getting biometrics software
Secretary of Defense Comptroller's Office will use biometrics security software and hardware from Saflink Corp.
Putnam promotes IT certifications for feds
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) works with administration to encourage federal employees to obtain certification in technology related fields.
State CIOs seek more funding for cybersecurity
It was a fly-in, not a love-in, but there were still plenty of encounters between 15 state CIOs and Capitol Hill legislators this month at the fourth annual fly-in sponsored by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
DOD, contractors try sharing credentials
The Defense Department and six contractors are cooperating on a summer-long interoperability test for credentials.
OMB targets desktop hole in cybersecurity
Agencies are failing at the first line of defense against cyberattacks for lack of minimum desktop configuration security standards. And the Office of Management and Budget is trying to patch the gap, said Karen Evans, administrator for e-government and IT.
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