Nationwide geographic data debuts on DVD
Geological Survey computer scientist E.J. 'Jerry' McFaul, long known as 'Mr. CD,' said today that the brand-new LandView 5 database on DVD gives emergency responders and planners a spatial reference for all potential U.S. targets.
DOD forms a senior biometrics group
The Defense Department has created a decision-making group to help guide development of the Biometrics Enterprise Solution, DOD's enterprise architecture for biometrics.
DOD will soon set information assurance standards
In a few weeks, Defense Department CIO John Stenbit will release a directive setting standards for information assurance.
DOD aims for a seamless flow of information
The new killer weapon of the future will not be a bomb, ship or plane. It will be information, according to Army Lt. Gen. Joseph K. Kellogg Jr., who was the luncheon speaker at yesterday's 2002 Military Communications Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
Clarke stumps for national Internet Operations Center
Presidential adviser Richard Clarke today asked the IT industry to support a proposed Internet Operations Center that could provide advance warning of cyberthreats as they spread.
NIST-NSA team readies systems security guidance
The National Information Assurance Partnership in the next month will release two draft guides to create standards for systems security certification and accreditation and for minimum security controls for IT.
FBI official: Biometrics not ready for large-scale uses
Agencies are not yet ready to deploy biometrics on a large scale, an FBI IT official said, and projects like the agency's own U.S. Border Control Entry and Exit System have a long way to go.
Security tools play catch-up to wireless
All the vulnerabilities of wired networks apply to wireless ones'and then some, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has warned agencies.
Feds debate what's limiting biometrics
No federal agency is ready to apply biometric technology enterprisewide.
PTO revises its IT security ranking
The Patent and Trademark Office has downgraded its IT security readiness level in the wake of critical reports from the Commerce Department inspector general.
FBI flags top 20 security holes in Windows, Unix
The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center and the SANS Institute of Bethesda, Md., last week updated their top IT vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Unix systems.
GSA successfully tests E-Authentication gateway prototype
The General Services Administration's prototype of the E-Authentication gateway last week passed its initial test and is being geared up to handle transactions for five or six other projects by Dec. 31.
Customs will learn law enforcement via satellite
Customs Service employees will receive law enforcement training via a private satellite TV network under a one-year, $1.1 million contract awarded to Primedia Workplace Learning.
FBI, SANS update list of systems vulnerabilities
The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center and the SANS Institute of Bethesda, Md., have updated their list of the top vulnerabilities for Windows and Unix systems, and announced that five companies have released tools to scan for them.
DOD limits wireless use, will study vulnerabilities further
The Defense Department CIO last week issued a policy imposing restrictions on the use of wireless devices at the Pentagon.
Microsoft wants software to be 'public utility'
Acknowledging 'too many vulnerabilities in the product,' Microsoft Corp. vice president Mike Nash said software must achieve 'the same level of trust as a public utility' that supplies 120 volts reliably from every electrical outlet. Nash heads the security business unit that early this year enforced a 10-week stand-down of all development at Microsoft while 11,000 coders learned about threat modeling and peer-reviewed each other's work.
Agencies tie IT security to budgets
With a little prodding from the Office of Management and Budget, agency IT managers are tying system security to their enterprise infrastructures through the budget process. Some said today that securing their infrastructures ranks just as high as e-government for fiscal 2003.
Army honcho says there's more to biometrics than buying scanners
Building an enterprise architecture and expanding bandwidth are the first steps toward a successful departmentwide implementation of biometrics technology, said Maj. Gen. Steven Boutelle, director of information operations, space and networks for the Army.
Coast Guard taps General Dynamics to modernize maritime 911 system
The Coast Guard today awarded a 19-year, $611 million contract to General Dynamics Corp. to modernize the system it uses to monitor distress calls from vessels.
DARPA seeks 'total information awareness'
Biometric, language processing, predictive modeling and database technologies are all key areas of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's revamped strategy to assist homeland security.
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