Clarke: President's IT budget puts money behind policy
Presidential cybersecurity adviser <b>Richard Clarke</b>, speaking to industry representatives at the FOSE trade show in Washington today, said 8 percent of the $52 billion proposed fiscal 2003 IT budget is earmarked for security.
GOP High-Tech Task Force lists security, information sharing among top priorities
Internet security and combating terrorism through information sharing among companies and agencies are among the top priorities for the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force. The group, made up of 10 senators and chaired by Virginia's George Allen, last week released its 2002 policy agenda and outlined the issues it will focus on during the second session of the 107th Congress.
Federal security directors sworn in
The first group of Transportation Security Administration federal security directors, who will oversee and enforce security at airports, was sworn in last week.
NSA certifies vendors to help agencies test security
The National Security Agency has cleared seven companies to take part in a program to help agencies and private industry evaluate their information security.
MicronPC adds fingerprint safeguards to Pentium 4 notebook
The three layers of biometric security built into the new TransPort GX3 notebook PC are the direct result of federal interest in security, MicronPC LLC portable product manager Jay White said yesterday.
Davis introduces security, IT work force exchange bills
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has introduced legislation to set mandatory computer security standards for federal agencies.
Software exec praises government backup efforts
Which sector is better prepared for systems disaster recovery, government or commercial? In the opinion of one software executive, it's government.
SSA set to test online authentication app for businesses
The Social Security Administration next month will test an online program to authenticate Social Security numbers for organizations' new hires.
Ridge: Homeland security is no Y2K rollover
Tom Ridge said he is taking on homeland security the way the government took on the year 2000 systems preparations. The only difference: This task won't end when the next new year begins, the director of homeland security said.
Security takes on a new significance at FOSE
Like everything else in the United States, FOSE looks different after Sept. 11.
Agencies flunk out on their first security review by OMB
The Office of Management and Budget found across-the-board weaknesses in its first report on the state of federal IT security.
Bush homeland security plan has an IT focus
The administration is putting together a plan to incorporate IT into its four initial homeland security initiatives, senior administration officials said last month.
Hacker activity is on the wane, observers say
Have hackers been taking a holiday?
ITAA survey: Security supersedes e-gov
Security and how it relates to developing a governmentwide enterprise architecture overtook e-government as the single most pressing issue facing federal CIOs, according to a survey released yesterday by the Information Technology Association of America.
State Department will access FBI criminal records
The State Department has adopted an interim regulation that will let it access FBI criminal history records when processing visa applications.
FAA seeks systems security support
The Federal Aviation Administration has released a request for proposals for technical and planning support for IT security.
Software helps agencies finger network intruders
The Labor Department, Federal Bureau of Prisons and state of Oregon recently installed intrusion detection software that monitors systems enterprisewide and sends alerts in the event of external or internal breaches.
DOD office finds e-mail filter for classified info
Classified information embedded accidentally'or intentionally'in e-mail used to be an everyday headache at the Office of the Defense Undersecretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
Researcher has no confidence in online voting
SAN JOSE, Calif.'Although voting problems marred the 2000 presidential election, an online alternative is not viable, according to the principal researcher for AT&T Labs, a multinational research organization.
Yet another bad grade for government security
Government employees got a D for IT security awareness in a study by PentaSafe Security Technologies Inc.
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