Huddle's game plan for government
U.K.-based Huddle's secure cloud collaboration platform, already in use a several U.S. agencies, is billed as an alternative to Microsoft's SharePoint.
Fighting malware with hardware can produce better security
Rather than trying to keep up with and get ahead of malicious software, hardware security can help ensure that devices are safe and remain uninfected, says Imation's Larry Hamid.
NASCIO site puts states' mobile apps in one place
The State Mobile Apps Catalog can help states find ideas for developing their own apps.
App company brings collaboration to BlackBerry 10
The company's app for BlackBerry gives users full Office 365 and on-premise SharePoint functionality.
Security plays a key role in Navy's energy grid upgrade
The service's industrial controls get smarter during its quest for "net zero" buildings, which brings cybersecurity into play.
Crowdsourcing video surveillance can work both ways
The Park Service has to be innovative when monitoring large crowds, so it uses video streams from the crowds themselves and shares the video with other agencies.
The trick to detecting Poison Ivy RAT and other stealthy malware
Although malware can evade signatures and other filters, its code leaves telltale tracks that can be discovered through traffic analysis, analysts show in FOSE demonstration.
Many state and local networks unprepared for cyberattacks
IT officials at a recent conference said efforts to protect their infrastructure are hampered by a lack of resources and a lack of understanding from those who make funding decisions.
Print2Cloud247 offers secure mobile printing on any printer
The company's Universal Cloud Release Station, on display at FOSE, can be tied to a PIV of CAC card.
The coolest new public-sector tech at FOSE
From a case that makes any smart phone super-rugged to a secure key drive that lets you take everything, including your OS, with you, here's what impressed us most.
Need to build secure software? Free help is online.
SAFECode, an industry group promoting reliability in commercial software, is releasing a free online training course on the basics secure software development.
Agencies can't count the savings in consolidation push
Agencies are seeing benefits from consolidation, though most can't quantify cost savings, according to a MeriTalk survey. And 56 percent of IT pros grade agencies' efforts at "C" or below.
Equinix expands East Coast IP hub with new data center
The eight data centers on the company's sprawling Ashburn, Va., campus operate as one virtual building, serving as North America's largest IP traffic hub.
Kodak unveils 3 cloud-oriented scanners at FOSE
The company says its new applications are designed to help public-sector agencies deal with tight budgets and compliance standards.
Boston drops Exchange for Google Apps, as battle of cloud app providers plays on
The city switches out Microsoft Exchange for Google’s cloud-based service, citing better prices if not security.
Tomorrow's tech on display at FOSE
Exhibitors on the show floor at FOSE 2013 offer technologies that can help agencies meet 21st century challenges.
Universities get schooled on DNS amplification attacks
The open access policies at educational institutions can leave them open to being exploited as bots in large-scale distributed denial of service attacks. There are steps they can take to mitigate the problem.
DHS coming up short on Einstein deployment
Deployment of the governmentwide intrusion detection system was scheduled to be completed last year, but there still are a "bunch of agencies not covered."
Lightweight KVM console is tough enough for the road, too
ATEN's CL3000N fits into a 1U rack-mountable housing and is MIL-STD 810G-certified for vibrations.
UEFI expanding from PCs into mobile devices, even heavy equipment
The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, which replaced BIOS for booting Windows 8, is moving into mobile and non-PC devices.
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