Continuous monitoring guidance under way at NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is getting behind efforts to deploy continuous network monitoring, with an updated guidance on monitoring and a FAQ that anticipates admins' concerns.
Calling all entrepreneurs: Your country needs you
Government is harnessing the power of entrepreneurial development to expand access to and increase the value of government information.
Flash: New Android release offers what Apple won't
Version 2.2. of Google's Android operating system has added Flash, which Apple has resisted allowing on the iPhone, and tethering, which the iPhone doesn't yet have.
The political hurdle to data center consolidation
Cultural and political challenges often get in the way of efforts by federal and state organizations to consolidate data centers, according to chief information officers speaking at the Government Technology Research Alliance Meeting.
Microsoft puts its focus on the cloud
The day-one keynote at TechEd North America centered on product enhancements to the Windows Azure platform, Bing Maps, Windows 7, Windows Server and Communications Server, among other technologies.
Microsoft launches Expression Studio 4
Microsoft updates its Web and application design suite with streamlined features and support for Visual Studio 2010 projects.
NFL technology is in play on the battlefield
The idea of the military tapping replay technology used by the National Football League to manage the fast-growing volume of battlefield video shouldn’t be overturned, GCN Lab director John Breeden writes.
J.K. Rowling, eat your heart out: NIST updates a bestseller
After a decade of preparation, NIST has released the updated "Handbook of Mathematical Functions," accompanied by its companion online version, the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions.
Future of cybersecurity lost in legislative limbo
More than 40 bills, resolutions and amendments dealing with cybersecurity are pending in the House and Senate. Does anyone in Congress care?
DOD aims to slash budget by $100B to pay for war
The Defense Department is looking to trim $100 billion over the next five years from existing programs, allocating those funds to combat operations and capabilities.
Microsoft's June patch cycle to bring 10 updates
Remote code execution exploit considerations are the subject of six patches, trailed by three elevation-of-privilege fixes and a rare tampering risk patch.
In the broadband Olympics, US is not in the running
Ookla's Net Index compiles download diagnostics from around the world and lists the top speeds by country, city and state.
Police in NC town have criminal databases in hand
The police department of Holly Ridge, N.C., has equipped officers with BlackBerry phones equipped with the InterActPocketCop application to provide mobile access to integrated criminal justice information systems.
The march to the cloud reaches a turning point
The move toward cloud computing will likely be a long one for agencies. But as of May 20, there’s no doubt it is well underway.
First look: Red Hat 6 built for the long haul
We recently had the ability to review the initial Beta of Red Hat 6.0 and found the improvements encouraging, to say the least.
Hackathon weekend could yield solutions for disaster relief
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra encourages people to hack to save lives
New DOD cyber commander seeks better situational awareness
Army Gen. Keith Alexander says the Defense Department needs a common, real-time, understanding of what's happening across its many computer networks.
Where mobile IP goes, security concerns follow
As mobile devices become more powerful, they offer new options for communications and new security challenges, too.
Mobile IP is the voice -- and data -- of the future
Distinctions among voice, video and data blur as users demand anytime, anywhere communications.
Can .gov trust .com?
Efforts to deploy DNS Security Extensions picking up steam, with all root zone servers and several Top-Level Domains, such as .gov, digitally signed. But until all domains are ready, DNSSEC is only creating island of trust.
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