Wireless phones can talk to classified units
General Dynamics Corp.'s new TalkSecure cell phone for Global System for Mobile wireless networks can work with the company's Sectera wireless phones, including Type 1 units cleared for classified traffic. The Defense Department and some law enforcement and emergency-response agencies use the Type 1 Sectera phones.
Housing agency likes mice
At the Chicago Housing Authority, there's a mouse in the house. The nation's third-largest public housing authority is swapping network passwords for biometric mice that scan users' fingerprints.
The lowdown on PKI
<b>What is PKI?</b> A public-key infrastructure is a system in which digital certificates and keys are created, managed, stored and distributed in order to verify users of secure systems, e-mail, documents and other online transactions.
When a handshake isn't good enough
If you've been involved with technology for more than, say, the last 15 minutes, you've probably been told that this or that technology is the next big thing.
Brit charged with hacking U.S. military systems
Two federal grand juries today indicted a computer administrator from London on computer fraud charges. Gary McKinnon is accused of hacking 105 computer systems throughout the U.S. military.<br>
Ballmer: 'A new era of partnership'
Microsoft's CEO says his company and the IT industry 'are on the verge of a new era of partnership with the government' to improve security and address privacy concerns.<br>
Congress jumped the gun on biometrics, FBI official says
The implementation of biometric technology became a hot topic when Congress passed the Patriot Act and Border Security Act last year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but the measures were premature, the FBI's acting deputy CIO said.
Chicago housing agency sings password blues
The nation's third-largest public housing authority is swapping its password-based network security for a biometric system that uses a computer mouse to scan and submit user fingerprints. <br>
NIST proposes guidelines for security checks
The National Institute of Standards and Technology last week released a guide to standardize the testing of agencies' systems security.
IG: State Department flunks systems security
The State Department's information system security remains weak a year after the department was told of serious flaws, according to a recent report by the State inspector general's office. <br>
Phantom makes data invisible
If you want to hide data so that even supersleuths can't find it, check out a PC with Phantom Total Security software preinstalled.
NSA and NIST complete profiles for security needs
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Security Agency have completed profiles for recommended security features for five of the 10 technology areas the agencies have targeted for profile development.<br>
USDA standardizes on antivirus suite
The Agriculture Department has standardized on the McAfee Total Virus Defense suite from Network Associates Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., 'on every one of the machines and network servers' in USDA's Common Computing Environment, program manager Scott Snover said.
FIPS testing finds lots of mistakes in crypto IT
About half of the cryptographic modules submitted for Federal Information Processing Standard validation have security flaws, a survey by the National Institute of Standards and Technology has found. Almost all evaluated products had documentation errors, said Annabelle Lee, director of NIST's Cryptographic Module Validation Program. <br>
NIST sets security checkup standards
Proposed guidelines that will begin to standardize testing of systems security are being released Monday.
Legislation introduced to make GISRA permanent
A bill under consideration by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee would prevent the lapse of the Government Information Security Reform Act at the end of the month.
Information is as effective a weapon as a bomb, IT brass say
One of the best ways to strip an enemy force of battlefield control is to take away its command of information. The enemy won't know where U.S. forces are or when they will strike, a panel of senior military brass said yesterday at the MILCOM 2002 conference in Anaheim, Calif.
NSA will test a high-level access card
The National Security Agency is planning to test its own version of the Common Access Card at the end of next year.
Treasury set to issue digital certificates with smart cards
The Treasury Department plans to issue digital-certificate-embedded smart cards to 7,000 Treasury employees across the country beginning next month, said Bernadette Curry, Treasury's PKI program manager.
Feds testify about improved antiterror systems
State Department, FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Service officials, among others, described improvements to government systems for border control and for tracking terrorists' finances during a hearing today on the effectiveness of the USA Patriot Act.
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