Central Command recovers missing PCs
Two notebook computers reported stolen from the Central Command in Tampa, Fla., a joint command overseeing the war efforts in Afghanistan, were recovered earlier this month.
DOD to use Schlumberger middleware for Common Access Cards
The Defense Department is adding smart-card middleware for Linux systems to its Common Access Card program, expanding capabilities beyond Microsoft Windows platforms for the first time.
Clarke previews national cyberstrategy
Presidential adviser Richard Clarke last month told a gathering of 1,500 computer security experts that they have a duty to be gadflies.
State will promote cybersecurity guidelines
The State Department is endorsing the development of a 'culture of security' as described in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's new guidelines for protecting systems.
Single sign-on reduces headaches, costs at PTO
One industry analyst hails it as the "Holy Grail of many organizations." It's single sign-on.
How to secure a wireless network? Very carefully
"Wireless is a leaky environment," said Ken Evans, vice president of marketing for Fortress Technologies Inc. of Tampa, Fla. "It's impossible to stop the radio frequency signals."
Security's part of big picture
For agencies, the enterprise defines most IT objectives--including systems security. "You need to have an agencywide perspective on a lot of things associated with overall enterprise architecture," said French Caldwell, vice president and research director for Gartner Inc. of Stamford, Conn., and a former program analyst in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.
Texas jump-starts public and private connectivity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Health Department this week issued the first statewide alert over the Texas Health Alert Network, about the spreading West Nile virus. The HAN so far has provided 64 health departments with Internet connectivity, some of them for the first time.
Unix OSes gain clustering features
Three leading Unix operating systems have recent upgrades for clustering and security.
Tools bar remote network intruders
SonicWall Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., and InfoExpress Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., have each come up with products that work at different ends of a remote enterprise network connection to keep it from becoming a back door for intruders.
Gates dismisses the password as passe
An inaugural security newsletter e-mailed last month by Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates said the company's February work halt to study Windows' security took almost two months and cost more than $100 million.
Treasury employees to get smart cards
About 9,000 Treasury Department employees will be issued smart cards this fall.
NASCIO guide writer's aim: Make cybersecurity awareness a way of life for public-sector CIOs
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers last month issued a report on IT security titled Public-Sector Information Security: A Call to Action for Public-Sector CIOs. The report is available at <a href= "http://www.nascio.org/2001/11/securityforum011113-14.cfm">www.nascio.org/2001/11/securityforum011113-14.cfm</a>.
Justice notebook PCs on the lam
Justice Department agencies have lost more than 400 notebook computers over the past two years, according to an audit by the department's inspector general.
NIST: Wireless opens a port in the parking lot
Days after Defense Department CIO John P. Stenbit warned against using wireless devices inside DOD buildings, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft report calling wireless connectivity 'the logical equivalent of placing an Ethernet port in the parking lot.'
Dangers in luring hackers with honey
LAS VEGAS'Honeypots, or decoy servers and networks set up to lure hackers, are gaining enough sophistication to permit spying on hacker activity. But they might also create legal traps for their operators, a Justice Department lawyer said at the Black Hat Briefings here yesterday.
To ensure the tightest security, look over what's been overlooked
'When exactly did we lose control?'This was the question I asked in the GCN Lab a while back, when a secure network integrity test seemed to spiral out of control. Nasty viruses shot across an overlooked bridge between the test bed and the secure network core. A thin-client system was mistakenly connected to both the test bed and the secure network, forming a path our management software missed.
HSD bill would give companies FOIA protection
Information about IT security threats volunteered by the private sector to the proposed Homeland Security Department would be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act under House and Senate versions of the HSD bill.
Davis works to salvage security bill in HSD deal
Rep. Tom Davis wants to see some of his Federal Information Security Management Act rolled into Homeland Security Department legislation.
SSA, Treasury to build system to verify SSNs
The Treasury Department and Social Security Administration have agreed to develop a system to let financial institutions electronically verify would-be customers' Social Security numbers.
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