Cyber Eye: More security trouble crops up for wireless networks
In a springtime bursting with new security worries, wireless users learned of one that's already built into IEEE 802.11 wireless networking protocols.
IG: Major weakness in HHS financial systems, security programs
Most weaknesses were due to HHS' failure to develop an effective information security management program structure, inspector general reports.
Jail time could raise the bar for spammers
Observers say the prison time handed this week to a spammer signals that officials are prepared to get tough on deceptive unsolicited commercial e-mail, but is unlikely to halt the practice.
GAO: Data mining popular with agencies
Almost half of all agencies, including the 24 largest, are using data mining techniques to detect criminals, improve services or uncover waste, fraud or abuse.
Cleansed agency data may still ID individuals
Potential privacy concerns may put an end to the days of federal agencies offering large amounts of detailed statistical data.
Response slow to DHS protected info sharing
Since February the Protected Critical Infrastructure Information Office at Homeland Securiuty has received six submissions.
Lack of desktop configuration standards hurting cybersecurity
Federal agencies are falling short on meeting the most critical provision of the Federal Information Security Management Act, a security expert and Hill staff member said.
State Dept. wants to leverage PKI
The State Department, one of the four entities cross-certified this year by the Federal Bridge Certification Authority, has big plans for its public-key infrastructure.
E-gov progress is slight on new OMB scorecard
The Office of Management and Budget's latest scorecard for the President's Management Agenda, covering January through March, shows that only two agencies improved their e-government scores since the last ratings in December. The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development moved to yellow from red.
Bill would boost CIO's role at DHS
The systems chief of the Homeland Security Department could see a boost in status and influence under a new proposal in Congress.
FEA security layer due this summer
The Office of Management and Budget by the end of the summer will release a security layer for the Federal Enterprise Architecture.
Thumbs up
The future of biometric authentication, as the past, lies in fingerprints, FBI experts believe.Monte C. Strait, chief of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division, said the bureau's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, with its 46.9 million digital prints of criminals, remains the nation's only large biometric repository.
GCN Survey: For IT managers, it's patch-as-patch-can
Feeling a little overwhelmed by the flood of patches from software vendors? You're not alone.
Microsoft is promoting its anti-spam efforts
Microsoft Corp. says it will soon begin implementing new technology to help keep spam from ending up in your inbox.
SSA makes protecting privacy a 'cornerstone'
The Social Security Administration completed privacy impact assessments on eight of its systems long before the E-Government Act of 2002 required them.
Agencies using medical data got in the act early
Agencies that handle medical information have a leg up on meeting the privacy requirements of the E-Government Act of 2002. The reason: They've been dealing with such issues for years.
Serious about privacy
Agencies are making strides in e-government, but ensuring the privacy of citizens' data has proved to be a struggle.In reviewing agencies' privacy impact assessments for the fiscal 2005 budget, the Office of Management and Budget found that few agencies have adequately considered how new or upgraded systems could compromise the privacy of citizens who submit personal information. OMB's Eva Kleederman says PIAs should cover all areas of an IT project.
Defense changes tack in issuing smart cards
Despite having a strong supply chain, the Defense Department missed its deadline last month for issuing smart cards to 3.4 million service members, civilian employees and contract workers, so the department is tweaking demand.
Cyber Eye: IT security needs both a carrot and a stick
The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, released by the White House in February 2003, called for public-private partnership to protect the nation's vital infrastructures. Over the past two months, the National Cyber Security Partnership has written a series of reports outlining how to accomplish it.
NIST releases computer security documents
Final versions of three computer security documents are published, one draft document released for public comment.
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