FCC improved its security after breach, but did it move too fast?
After a September 2011 data breach, FCC rushed to enhance security, but ignored security management practices and created unnecessary risks in its IT systems, GAO says.
Sensor sensibility: How it can help make smart phones secure
Greater functionality for smart phones can mean bigger security concerns, but their new capabilities could also be used to protect them.
An easy way to add solid-state speed to the desktop
Apricorn's Velocity Solo x1 lets admins add memory to aging desktops with an SSD through a PCI slot.
Single sign-on, trusted identities move closer to reality
As government pilots work out the details cross-platform authentication, ID systems by Google and Microsoft offer a preview of how they would work.
Video streaming to be part of public safety toolkit?
Researchers are pursuing programming techniques to make ad hoc rescue networks in remote locations robust enough to carry video and other multi-media streams.
A broadband guide for the new Congress
The Internet Innovation Alliance looks to familiarize Congress with the basics of IP, wireless and broadband.
Scan directly to PCs, phones, e-mail or the cloud
Brother's tiny new ImageCenter seems a good fit for agencies moving toward mobile, collaborative cloud environments.
When smart-phone technology hits the wall
Even smart phones have their limits, but developers are finding ways to build sophisticated sensors than can connect to phones and expand mobile networks.
Does the IRS really know who you are?
Identity theft could be costing the government billions of dollars a year in fraudulent tax refunds, and it is hard to say whether the shift to electronic tax filing is a boon or a bane.
Electronics that dissolve when not in use?
DARPA wants to develop 'transient electronics' that will degrade into the environment when left behind on the battlefield.
Police ready to lock up mission-critical apps in the cloud
Officials are considering moving criminal justice data, storage, records management, crime reporting and mapping and analysis systems, according to IACP survey
Whatever happened to Super Wi-Fi? It's back!
The FCC's plan to open up the white spaces between TV channels for long-range wireless was dormant for a while, but a North Carolina county is putting it to use.
Better gun checks require better IT systems
The debate over stricter gun control laws could be moot if the agencies charged with managing firearms registration don't improve their IT systems.
Take a picture, and 4D app gives you the details
Hybrid 4-Dimensional Augmented Reality, developed at Virginia Tech, can give responders situational awareness, detail what's inside a building or tell how something works.
Is there a uniform way to handle online identities?
NIST proposes a model for maintaining and revoking user identities in an increasingly complex online world.
Smart phones as sensors: locating snipers, or parking spots
Agencies see a lot of potential in using sensor networks made up of smart phones for any number of military and civilian uses.
HOBOs take their environmental act indoors
Onset's data loggers can help keep indoor environments under steady control, and equipment running under optimal conditions.
Dreading a Reply All nightmare? Don't forget Bcc.
You can void e-mail clutter and personal-opinion slip-ups with one of the most underused tools in a sender's arsenal.
Penetration testing: Pros and cons of attacking your own network
Pen-testing, or red-teaming, can be an indispensable tool for discovering and correcting network security weaknesses, but if not done right, things can go terribly wrong.
Converged tech to unify branch offices, data centers, public clouds
Cisco and NetApp plan tighter integration within the FlexPod architecture to make it easier for agencies to deploy and access next-gen cloud infrastructures.
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