The 11 best products of 2011
The GCN Lab picks the top 10 IT products of the year, plus one overall winner.
Oregon sysadmin wins SANS NetWars competition
NetWars is a cornerstone in the U.S. Cyber Challenge, a multipronged effort to identify and recruit the thousands of cybersecurity professionals needed to secure the nation's critical infrastructure.
Son of Stuxnet could usher in a new chapter in cyber warfare
Duqu is a recently discovered offspring or variant of the groundbreaking Stuxnet worm and is the inevitable consequence of a successful cyber weapon.
Want a paperless office? Let people work remotely.
The push toward mobile technologies and teleworking won't eliminate office printing, but it could help reduce it at last.
'Socialbot' fools Facebook, and users give up their info
Researchers used bots to infiltrate Facebook on a large scale, friending and harvesting personal information from thousands of users, in what could become a common attack.
Two standards groups team up to simplify cloud management
The Open Data Center Alliance and the Distributed Management Task Force have joined forces to accelerate the development of industry standards for managing cloud computing infrastructures
Smart-phone app will make paying to park a breeze
Seattle residents who forget to carry spare change will soon have a high-tech option for paying for metered parking spaces.
Humanoid robot moves like a soldier, can drop and give you 20
Boston Dynamics' two-legged, two-armed (though headless) anthropomorphic robot is used in testing soldiers' protective clothing. Check out the video.
NASA aims to build real tractor beams
The agency will research how beams can be used to move matter, though it might be a while before they can move the sofa.
States welcome fed help picking health exchange IT
The National Governors Association says states welcome federal help picking IT products for building health insurance exchanges.
Which protesters/revolutionaries has Guy Fawkes not been the face of?
a. Anonymous b. 'V for Vendetta' c. LulzSec d. Occupy Wall Street
When looking for products, think small
Sometimes a small company is more innovative than bigger market leaders, said Washington state IT specialist John Allen.
Upgrade antivirus, consolidate servers — and scan often
In Washington state, a new antivirus solution was a prescription for improved security without impairing network performance.
Duqu exploits zero-day Windows vulnerability to install itself
Researchers in Budapest have recovered the installer in the Stuxnet-like Duqu worm, which exploits a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel, Symantec reports.
Federal CIO says FedRAMP to be mandatory
Steve VanRoekel said that, if agencies use NIST guidelines, FedRAMP and monitoring when moving to the cloud, they can be a lot more secure than they are today
NIST goes public with cloud computing tech road map
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's road map is designed to support secure adoption of cloud computing by federal agencies. Comments are due by Dec. 2.
After phishing crackdown, cyberattackers switch weapons
Microsoft and Google have helped and are having an impact, but new cyber threats continue to emerge.
Need an explosives detector? Just print one out.
Georgia Tech researchers have developed a way to print nanotube-based explosives sensors from an inkjet printer.
The Phantom Benefactor: Virtual Tap adds a key layer of monitoring
Net Optics' Phantom Virtual Tap manages communications between virtual servers, which typically is not monitored.
Taking criminal justice resources into the wild
Access to law enforcement data brings additional convenience and safety for federal officers spread across large territories.
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