GAO: Agencies expose themselves to IT supply-chain threats
The four departments with national security responsibilities haven't identified the threats or developed mitigation policies and procedures, a report states.
Beyond rugged: Plastic 'bleeds' when damaged, then heals itself
Researchers' self-healing plastic, which turns red when damaged, could eventually be used in everything from smart phones and tablets to aircraft and bridges.
All used up: Agency hardware recycling guideline lacks muscle
GSA guidelines don't carry the weight that mandates do with feds, and GAO believes that the rules for electronic waste disposal needs the backing of an agency with enforcement powers.
Farm Service Agency looks to the cloud for imagery data
The Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency is investigating how geospatial imagery data can be delivered via cloud-based Web services.
FTC recommends Do Not Track be voluntary -- or else
The commission calls for greater regulation of data brokers and a Do-Not-Track option that could be made law if not adopted voluntarily.
Big Apple in .nyc state of mind with plans for its own TLD
New York City is set to take advantage of ICANN's new rules allowing an expanded number of top-level domains.
Microsoft-led raids disrupt 'some of the worst' Zeus botnets
The company's Digital Crimes Unit, with an assist from the U.S. Marshals Service, confiscates servers and IP addresses and files civil charges against 39 unknown defendants.
Napolitano: Cyber threat 'right in front of us'
Cybersecurity would get a 74 percent boost under DHS' 2013 budget request, but some senators question if the department should be securing critical infrastructure.
SAS' analytics software can extend big data's reach
Visual Analytics lets users analyze and visualize massive amounts of data in near-real time and share with others via the Web or iPad (and soon, Android) devices.
Malware Madness: Stuxnet, Nimda into the Final 4; who's next?
Half of the Final Four is set. Will the LoveBug and Zeus fill out the rest of the dance card, or can MyDoom and Conficker pull off the upsets?
Poor follow-up left public vulnerable after FBI's DNSChanger bust
The take-down of an Internet fraud ring went down as planned, but inadequate public outreach left millions of computers at risk.
Tool can stop texting while driving in its tracks
Cellcontrol plugs into a user's vehicle and shuts its assigned phone off if the vehicle is moving, making it easy to enforce mobile policies.
Smart phone all wet? Resurrection is in the bag.
It's not magic, but the science inside the Bheestie bag can bring submerged electronics back from their watery graves.
Microsoft donates image-matching tools to fight child porn trafficking
Microsoft will provide law enforcement agencies free image-matching tools to track and locate child porn traffickers.
Minnesota lets 35,000 workers collaborate with Office 365
The state's new "collaborative ecosystem" covers more than 70 agencies and is open to other public-sector organizations.
Hacktivists dominate 2011 data thefts, report says
Verizon's annual report says that most of last year's incidents were unsophisticated attacks -- and 97 percent of them could have been easily avoided.
Smart phones for multiple networks? FCC mulls changes.
The commission is considering rule changes that would make smart phones and tablets interoperable with different networks.
Why NIST's cloud definition is fatally flawed
NIST's definition of cloud computing is incomplete because it excludes big data and omits any number of "things as a service."
Bringing the outside online: Outdoor agencies utilize tech in new ways
The National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey are reevaluating how they use technology to better serve the public.
DOD's 3 challenges in protecting cyber infrastructure
House and Senate budget hearings focused on defining DOD's role in defending a largely civilian cyberspace, and on the challenge of recruiting and retaining the workforce it needs.
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