West Virginia agency outsources for a systems vulnerability assessment
One of Jim Weathersbee's first acts as deputy information security officer for West Virginia's Health and Human Resources Department was to hire Backbone Security.Com Inc. to give him an independent view of the department's IT system.
PocketBlue walks D.C. beat
Federal and local law enforcement agencies in the Washington area have accepted 90 handheld devices from Aether Systems Inc. of Marlborough, Mass., to test the PocketBlue program for real-time wireless communication.
New cybersecurity adviser proposes safe, government-only network
As one of his first acts as special adviser to the president for cyberspace security, Richard Clarke has asked telecommunications companies for information about building a secure, dedicated government network.
More money is needed for cybersecurity, researchers say
The federal government has failed to provide leadership and, more importantly, funding for research on cybersecurity, representatives from academia and industry told a congressional panel today.
Federal IT spending is strong in wake of attacks
Although the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are changing the government's IT priorities, its overall spending on computer technology will rise 15 percent over last year's, according to an industry trade group survey that was released yesterday.
President establishes new offices for cybersecurity and counterterrorism
President Bush today established new offices for cybersecurity and counterterrorism, and put the National Security Council's Richard Clarke in charge of cyberspace.
Defense review focuses on IT
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Quadrennial Defense Review calls for increased spending on technology and a focus on the likely new battlegrounds of the 21st century'including space and cyberspace.
GAO questions SEC oversight
The Securities and Exchange Commission's oversight of security procedures for information systems at exchanges and clearinghouses can be improved, the General Accounting Office said in a report last month.
IT group delays security report
Members of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee are happy with the government's progress on IT research, but the committee last month postponed a briefing on security in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
GAO says federal cybersecurity has plenty of holes
The Air Force's deputy CIO last week called on the software industry to deliver products that are more secure out of the box than they are now.
Report: Feds face $75m in IT costs
It will cost the federal government more than $75 million in IT hardware and services to replace infrastructure damaged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to a report from Input Inc.
Walker: Treat security like Y2K effort
The Bush administration's new homeland security plan needs the same federal leadership and oversight that made the year 2000 effort a success, comptroller general David M. Walker said last month.
Infrastructure plans called 'woefully unready'
Several senators today criticized the government's fragmented organization for defending critical infrastructures, calling for better leadership and clearer lines of authority and accountability.
INTERVIEW: Bruce A. Brody, cybersecurity strongman
Bruce A. Brody took over a newly created position'associate deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity'at the Veterans Affairs Department in March.
Army secretary to lead DOD homeland security
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has named Thomas E. White, Army secretary, as the Defense Department's executive agent for all homeland security matters.
San Bernardino sheriff faces up to ID software
California's San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department this week awarded a contract valued at $1.3 million to Imageware Systems Inc. of San Diego. Imageware will supply the department with the company's Crime Capture System and Face ID software, which uses search algorithms developed by Visionics Corp. of Jersey City, N.J.
SANS Institute releases a new Top 20 list of Internet vulnerabilities
America's war on terrorism will produce a cyber backlash, the State Department's CIO warned.
Treasury aims at terrorists' pocketbooks
The Federal Reserve for decades has operated one of the world's most secure networks'the real-time Fedwire funds transfer service used by more than 10,000 banks. But to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is relying on a toll-free telephone number and faxes, not computer networks.
NIMA rolls up its maps
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency has blocked public access to some of its maps because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Navy warns of Web's hazards for employees' kids
The Navy's Safekids program is using the Internet to help educate the service's employees about the risks that the Web poses to their children.
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