OMB says PKI is the key to success of agency initiatives
Officials in the Office of Management and Budget are urging IT managers to consider public-key infrastructures to enhance security for new programs.
INTERVIEW: Alan Balutis, FGIPC's bridge-builder
Alan P. Balutis accumulated a quarter-century of federal experience before becoming in April the first person to serve as executive director and chief operating officer of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils and its affiliate, the Industry Advisory Council.
A new security concern: XML
The security alarms that sounded last month involved even the Extensible Markup Language, a tool for tagging, searching and reusing document content.
Security Blanket
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland strives to protect its sensitive information while keeping the data flowing freely among 4,000 users.
Antivirus vendors are wary of FBI's Magic Lantern
Antivirus vendors are concerned that FBI software reportedly designed for covert keystroke monitoring could fall into the wrong hands.
Forman urges agencies to move on PKI
<b>Mark Forman</b>, associate director for IT and e-government at the Office of Management and Budget, told federal officials today that they should strongly consider public-key infrastructures to augment security for any new IT initiatives.
Badtrans virus menaces e-mail
As if feds did not have enough to worry about when it comes to hazardous mail, now a new virus is making opening e-mail dangerous.
Florida slams feds for not sharing antiterror data
Florida's top law enforcement officer has blasted the FBI for failing to share data essential to tracking down terrorists. James 'Tim' Moore, commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, objected to federal data-sharing policies and laws in a recent letter to FBI director Robert S. Mueller III and Homeland Security Office director Tom Ridge.
Congress will review agency IT disaster plans
Congress and the General Accounting Office will scrutinize agency IT and telecommunications disaster recovery plans next year to see whether they could ensure continuity after a cyberattack or other terrorist damage.
Top Internet weaknesses double to 20 on new list
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, working with the SANS Institute of Bethesda, Md., has issued a new list of common Internet security vulnerabilities that's twice the length of last year's. The original list of 10 came from SANS and the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center.
Justice awards $4.2 million security services contract
The Justice Department has awarded a four-year, $4.2 million contract to Netsec to provide security services to the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys.
Gates stresses the need for trustworthy core systems
Security and mobility will be key elements in a network landscape that will change drastically over the next five years, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates said today in his annual state of the industry address at the Comdex Computer trade show in Las Vegas.
Government fails IT security evaluations
Most executive branch agencies have not met information security requirements set in last year's Government Information Security Reform Act, according to a congressional report card released today.
Nimda worm hits court computers
Nimda.E, a new generation of September's Nimda computer worm, infected systems at federal courts in Miami at Halloween.
Government negotiates with Verizon for emergency cellular access
Verizon Wireless, the cellular service provider of Verizon Communications Inc., is negotiating with the government to provide federal, state and local emergency personnel with priority access to cellular service in times of crisis.
VOAnews.com broadens coverage of war
The Voice of America has expanded its news offerings in the Pashto, Dari, Urdu, Uzbek and Farsi languages common in and around Afghanistan. The year-old <a href="http://VOAnews.com">VOAnews.com</a> international news site, launched in November 2000 to supplement shortwave radio broadcasts, presents streaming audio and video news about the U.S. war on terrorism and subjects such as anthrax. The home page appears in Arabic and Chinese as well as English.
Man sentenced for sabotaging IRS computer
A Lusby, Md., man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $109,000 for sabotaging IRS computers at the agency's New Carrollton, Md., office.
Sept. 11 archive preserves 2,500 Web sites
The Library of Congress, which has drawn occasional fire for ignoring digital documents in favor of paper, has created a Web archive about the events of Sept. 11. Working in collaboration with the Internet Archive, webArchivist.org and a charitable trust, the library selected about 2,500 Web sites to preserve. They were the work of individuals, institutions and the media reacting to the terrorist attacks.
SECURITY HEATS UP
Security plans moved to the front burner last month in Congress and at agencies throughout Washington, with systems security among the hottest topics.
Weldon: Industry should help link stovepipes
The government needs the IT industry's innovation and expertise, Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) told an audience of agency and industry representatives last month at a Market Access International conference.
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