Md. orders e-voting review
SAIC will assess Diebold's electronic voting system for Maryland after a university's report raises security concerns, sparking debate.<br>
Software patching gets automated
Whenever the Defense Department's Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center sends a vulnerability alert, each DOD systems administrator must acknowledge it and respond with a plan for closing the hole.
Security researchers decry electronic voting systems
Fresh concerns from government, academic and industry officials about existing electronic voting systems.<br>
OMB guides agencies to meet IT security law
New guidelines released for evaluating information technology security.
With CPR app, Defense readies first aid for CAC cardholders
The Defense Department's Common Access Card is the most ambitious federal smart-card program. About 10,000 cards are now being issued each day to meet an October deadline for one in the pocket of each of 4 million service members, contractors and civilian employees.
SecureClean and WipeDrive
Part of testing a product is using it, which is a good philosophy to have when reviewing notebook and desktop PCs. As important as benchmarks and statistical analyses are, using the PC for a couple of weeks or months gives you a lot more than data.
Just between you, me and the hackers on that wireless network
If you think your wireless network is secure, think again.In recent days the GCN Lab staff went to hacker classes and learned some unsettling lessons. Even the most secure wireless networks, using security methods we have advocated, can be compromised. For every current method of security, there is a countermeasure; not even virtual private network tunnels or remote authentication dial-in user service servers are safe.
Wireless network attacks get a public airing
New and better exploits are being discovered against wired and wireless networks.<br>
Consultant: Good theory behind DARPA's 'terrorism futures'
A privacy consultant and financial researcher suggests Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Policy Analysis Market wasn't such a bad idea.<br>
Air Force base adds fiber to PC blades environment
Lackland Air Force Base plans to add fiber connections between its farm of PC blades and secure servers, giving users desktop access to both classified and unclassified files.<br>
DHS warns of possible cyberattack
The Homeland Security Department this week warned that a vulnerability of some Microsoft Windows operating systems may be used as a basis of wide-scale cyberattacks. <br>
Packet Rat: The Rat encounters the dark side of the source
As the Rat squeezed through the ventilation ducts of a certain office park in Redmond, Wash., he reflected on how his life had gone awry.
Legislation takes aim at spyware
A resolution introduced in Congress last month would force companies to lift the cloak on their use of spyware to collect information secretly from Internet users. <br>
GAO finds holes in Pay.gov; Treasury plugs 'em
Inconsistent security controls for Treasury Department's online payment service left it open to rogue users, who could tap into customers' confidential information or disrupt service, the General Accounting Office reported today.
GSA and NIST draft FAR rule on IT security
The General Services Administration is drafting a Federal Acquisition Regulation addition to integrate security into IT buys.
Navy's Carey gives policy priority
For the past three years, Rob Carey has managed change in the Navy. For most of that time, Carey, the service's former e-business and smart-card team leader, spearheaded the Navy's thrust to transform the way it conducted business electronically, which brought about a heavy reliance on smart-card technology for data authentication.
Zimmermann: Public too slow to adopt encryption
The reported use of encryption by terrorists has not shaken Philip Zimmermann's faith in having strong encryption in the hands of the public.<br>
Kentucky shakes up systems after large-scale hacking
Kentucky officials have reassigned some network management duties after discovering a 'monstrous' systems intrusion in which hackers used Transportation Cabinet computers to store large quantities of pirated movies, music, games and books.<br>
Authentication on the front lines
A document security company wants to interest the federal government in a faster way to authenticate passports and IDs.
Cyber Eye: Privacy enforcement tool could become a TIA boon
It's an ill wind that blows no good, but something positive for privacy might be coming out of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Terrorism Information Awareness program.
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