4 million at DOD to use biometrics
Within two years, all Defense Department workers will enter their facilities via fingerprint or iris authentication.
Securing the airways
Internet security is a lot more than just protecting your networks from direct attacks.
Army layers security blankets to guard nets
Shortly after a military surveillance plane collided with a Chinese fighter last April, a two-week 'cyberwar' began, and Army Web sites took numerous hits.
GAO gets specific about security costs and tests
The General Accounting Office yesterday made nine recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget to help agencies adhere to the Government Information Security Reform Act of 2001. The suggestions followed a March hearing on government efforts to implement GISRA provisions. GAO stated that OMB's February report on the act's progress was not specific enough.
Net Guard would function as a virtual National Guard
Two bills to strengthen the nation's cyberdefenses will come up this month before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
McNealy: We've already lost privacy
The Transportation Security Administration could guarantee air safety by collecting passenger information from public and private databases, industry executives said at a Washington forum sponsored this week by the Council for Excellence in Government.
Panel: Proposed IT security bill needs revisions
Support for the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, which would replace the Government Information Security Reform Act of 2001, was lukewarm at best today at joint hearing before two House Government Reform subcommittees.
DISA sets a deal aimed at providing extra cyberdefenses
The Defense Information Systems Agency has licensed Symantec Desktop Firewall 2.0 for 2 million Defense Department computers plus Norton AntiVirus 2002 for Palm OS handheld devices.
Bundled security protects the perimeter
'Appliance' is the watchword in the latest application platforms for information security. Symantec Corp. of Cupertino, Calif., and TippingPoint Technologies Inc. of Austin, Texas, have bundled appliances with firewalls, intrusion detection and other features. The dedicated hardware speeds throughput and simplifies management, company officials said.
Hacker pleads guilty to accessing NASA system
A hacker charged last year with breaking into a NASA server has pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in San Antonio to one count of intentionally accessing a federal computer without authorization, NASA said Monday. He faces a possible one-year jail term and a $100,000 fine.
Interior can't shake systems woes
The Interior Department has restored 85 percent of its Web capability following a court order that severed the department's connections to the Internet to protect Indian trust accounts from computer hackers.
Navy adopts Web app to schedule ships
WebSked sounds like a snazzy online scheduling or travel program. It is online, it is for scheduling, and it sports cool graphics. But WebSked, an application for scheduling Navy ships, is the newest module of the Global Command and Control System-Maritime.
GAO: Audit, tech staffs should share expertise
Agencies' systems controls fall short and inspectors general tend to overlook IT security, the General Accounting Office's information security director told the House this month.
Customs picks CACI to help with IT security
The Customs Service has awarded a five-year, $31.5 million contract to CACI International Inc. to help secure information systems throughout the agency.
The clock ticks toward accurate network timing
It pays to know the time to keep a network running efficiently and securely.
GSA official: Standardize federal ID cards
Agencies must reach agreement on a standard type of government card before they turn to smart cards and biometric technologies to improve security at federal buildings, a General Services Administration official said yesterday.
HHS awards contract to iDefense for cyberthreat protection
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded a $100,000, one-year contract to iDefense Inc. to help safeguard its systems from threats such as viruses, worms and hackers.
Security is federal telecom focus
As chief technology officer of Verizon Communications Inc., Mark Wegleitner oversees the federal network systems group, which provides services to government. He is responsible for technology assessment, network architecture, platform development and laboratory infrastructure for the company's wireline business.
GAO urges coordination of homeland security
In testimony last month before the House Government Reform Committee, Patricia A. Dalton, director of strategic issues at the General Accounting Office, exhorted Congress to improve relations among federal, state and local governments to better protect the nation against terrorist attacks.
GSA is likely to advocate smart-card security
The General Services Administration tomorrow likely will recommend that federal buildings be secured with smart-card technology. A GSA official will testify at a House Government Reform subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy hearing to explain what commercial technologies are available to secure federal buildings.
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