Federal PKI slow to take off, GAO says
Twenty agencies have undertaken 89 public key infrastructure projects at a cost of about $1 billion, but a General Accounting Office study shows progress in PKI has been slow over the last three years.<br>
Commerce weighs IPv6 for governmentwide use
The Commerce Department is accepting public comments on the costs and benefits of switching to IP Version 6 from Version 4.<br>
New kind of security hole: VOIP
Security vulnerabilities affect a number of vendors' software for setting up voice and video sessions over IP networks using the international H.323 conferencing protocols.<br>
Intelligence community seeks protection from inside threats
A team of companies led by a Lockheed Martin Corp. subsidiary is building a tool to help the intelligence community keep tabs on the spooks behind its firewalls.<br>
New malware masquerades as Microsoft update
A Trojan horse program that appears to be a Microsoft Corp. security update can download malicious code from a remote Web site and install a back door on the compromised computer, leaving it vulnerable to remote control.<br>
New applet to expand Common Access Card's controls
The Defense Department's Common Access Card Office plans to introduce a new software applet to the card that will increase the ways users can be identified.<br>
DHS deploys techies to smooth U.S. Visit launch
The Homeland Security Department sent computer technicians to 115 airports and 14 seaports nationwide to shepherd the launch of the U.S. Visit system.<br>
50 ways to please your lover, and other spam tricks, continue
Viagra was the was the most common subject for spam in 2003 and spammers came up with more than 50 ways to sneak the little blue pill past antispam filters, according to a company that analyzes e-mail traffic.
IRS sets timetable for encrypting tax returns
The IRS will require professional tax preparers, software vendors and third-party transmitters to use approved encryption methods when sending individual and business tax return information over dedicated lines, beginning in 2005.
Fla. sheriff adds biometrics to bookings
Pinellas County, Fla., is using biometrics tools from Viisage Technology Inc. of Littleton, Mass., to verify identities in the county's 3,000-bed correctional facility.
OpenSSL undergoing review
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is evaluating an open-source library of encryption algorithms for use on sensitive government networks.
NIST releases new FISMA guidance
The standards agency has released further draft guidance to help agencies meet the requirements of the IT security law.
Air Force sets to work on combat intranet upgrade
The service plans to redesign major components of its Combat Information Transport System intranet.
Agencies get a year to set authentication needs
Agencies have until Dec. 15, 2004, to classify the authentication needs of all their major systems, using the final guidance the Office of Management and Budget released yesterday.<br>
Tracking terrorist funds demands technology, Treasury official testifies
Technology that can synthesize banking data and identify possible movement and use of disguised illegal funds is a must if the government is to successfully combat terrorist financing, a senior Treasury Department officials told House lawmakers.<br>
What's fed role in private IT security?
The government has a part to play to ensure security of the nation's IT infrastructure, but experts in a roundtable discussion today could not agree what it should be doing.<br>
Latest cybersecurity report card finds few agencies made the grade
Fourteen agencies improved their grades in cybersecurity, but the government's overall score was a D, according to the latest congressional report card.
IPv6 will need security, too, experts warn
Security has been one of the selling points for the new Internet protocol, but IPv6 is not inherently secure, say those planning its implementation.<br>
Air Force centralizes network security force
To keep abreast of increasing network security vulnerabilities, the Air Force next spring will open the Network Operations and Security Center.
Curbing cyberattacks depends on public-private partnerships, lawmakers say
The Homeland Security Department must strengthen its relations with the private sector to help curb the threat of cyberattacks, department overseers in Congress contend.
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