New vulnerability database offers free security data
An open-source project to catalog and describe IT security vulnerabilities has opened its Web-based database to the public.<br>
Security agencies face many data-sharing obstacles
Government officials agree that sharing homeland security information among federal, state and local agencies will greatly improve their ability to protect the country from terrorism, but working out the details on how to do it has proven a formidable barrier.
GPO gets a grip on its glut
Only a fraction of the more than 6,000 bills the 108th Congress produces this summer will be signed by the president, but all of them will receive a digital signature.
NIST releases new drafts of IT security documents
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a pair of draft IT security documents for public comment.<br>
@Info.Policy: DHS: no magic bullet for security
Last December, the Markle Foundation of New York advocated a trusted information network to improve our homeland security. The foundation brought together a balanced, high-level task force to prepare a report that's worth a look, at <a href= "http://www.markle.org">www.markle.org</a>.
DHS struggles to close vulnerabilities in nation's infrastructure
The Homeland Security Department has identified 1,700 facilities across the country that pose a risk to the nation's critical infrastructure but lacks the authority to mandate companies and state and local government correct vulnerabilities, a DHS official told lawmakers yesterday.
Cyber Eye: Judiciary Committee is in a fine pickle
If Congress received grades for its systems security the way executive branch agencies do, the Senate Judiciary Committee would get an F.
Self-funded PKI
The government is a slowpoke at building public-key infrastructures. The General Accounting Office recently found that agencies have undertaken 89 PKI projects at a cost of about $1 billion, but only 35 are operational. Six projects have been terminated, mostly because of funding problems.
Group issues specs for secure data-sharing network
A coalition of IT vendors, government agencies and academic institutions today released specifications for a system that could help federal, state and local governments share sensitive homeland security data.<br>
GPO signs on to using PKI
The Government Printing Office by mid-summer will authenticate government documents using a public-key infrastructure and digital signatures.<br>
Motives, methods of hackers are changing
A Homeland Security Department official this morning defended the administration against criticism that there is now no White House-level office of cybersecurity.<br>
Gateway notebook adds rolling print sensor
The Gateway 450+ notebook PC has a new bump on its face: a ceramic fingerprint reader for biometric log-ins.<br>
Sun's McNealy: Java won't be open source
Despite urging from competitors and open source advocates, Sun Microsystems Inc. will not open the source to its Java programming language anytime soon, Sun CEO Scott McNealy says.<br>
Identity protection is a full-time job'for each user and sysadmin
Protecting personal identity from theft requires more than people being careful about how they use credit cards online, says Dennis H. McCallam of Northrop Grumman Corp.<br>
GAO documents state of IT security tech
A General Accounting Office study of commercially available IT security products considers 18 types of tools.<br>
DOD tries out biometric smart cards overseas
The Defense Department's broadest smart card rollout for biometric authentication is happening in South Korea, Japan and Europe'not the United States.<br>
Fusion center asks: 'Does it work?'
Test center is building a knowledge base of biometric information to help vendors build products that work.<br>
Cybersecurity coalition proposes early warning network
A coalition plans to have an Early Warning Alert Network in operation by the end of the year to give advance notice of vulnerabilities and threats to the nation's critical IT infrastructure.<br>
Future of biometrics remains uncertain
In addition to technical issues, associated social, legal and privacy issues must be decided by policy-makers.<br>
Security appliance gets PKI certification
A security gateway from a Salt Lake City company has met the Defense Department's public-key infrastructure certification requirements.<br>
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