Commerce, ICANN strike deal on Internet governance
An agreement continues ICANN’s system-wide governance of the Internet’s core domain names and IP addresses for the foreseeable future. But it also calls for a transparent, multi-stakeholder, private-sector-led model for running the international network.
Single sign-on protocol gains steam as more products are certified
Eight identity management products from seven vendors -- including Microsoft, SAP and Siemens -- have earned interoperability certification for Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0.
Entity resolution's growing role in security efforts
Entity resolution enables the integration of records from many different sources and resolves these records into complete "entities" with a high degree of confidence, so that the associations within and among the entities can be identified and acted on, writes Scott Schumacher.
NIST task group outlines security tactics for Smart Grid
A cybersecurity working group developing a security architecture for NIST’s Office for Smart Grid Interoperability has released its preliminary report for public comment.
Emerging language for Java seeks to improve coding practices
A group of software engineers led by two Google developers is working on a new language for the Java Virtual Machine.
Treasury bureau automating tax and trade permits, regulation
TTB will deploy Accela Automation as a Permits Online solution to support increasing application volumes, reduce costs, and improve service, TTB officials said. TTB’s Cincinnati-based National Revenue Center will be a primary recipient of the technology.
NSF commissions supercomputer to visualize ever-larger data sets
The 2,048-core system, nicknamed Longhorn, will be capable of 20.7 trillion floating-point operations per second, will help researchers keep pace with the explosive rate of data production, TACC officials said.
GovLoop acquisition by GovDelivery strengthens both, analysts believe
GovDelivery has access to GovLoop's 18,000 government employee members, while GovLoop will benefit from capital and expertise, analysts say.
The recipe for 'baking in' security in software systems
No matter what software or system development life cycle process is embraced, there are key security components that should be addressed early on to enable effective security.
Cut the cords to storage networking
Agencies running stand-alone Fibre Channel-based Storage Area Networks may be able to reduce the amount of cabling snaking through their data centers, thanks to an emerging converged network protocol named Fibre Channel over Ethernet.
Windows 7 update addresses application compatibility issues
First update for Microsoft's new operating system will either improve the functioning of a particular application or block it from running.
Fast-growing government social networking site GovLoop acquired
GovLoop, a social networking site specifically for the government community, has been acquired by cloud computing company GovDelivery.
Fusion center approach could be effective in other areas
The fusion center approach used in antiterrorism operations could also be applied to other civilian uses, such as bridge and road monitoring and electronic business reporting.
Changes in threat landscape require new approach for firewalls
Network threats and security practices have evolved over the past decade, and updated guidelines for firewall selection and configuration released by NIST reflect these changes.
Solid-state drives move toward the mainstream
The Intel X25-M Mainstream Serial ATA SSD offers reliable and fast performance at a steep, but decreasing, cost.
HP's Z400 a workhorse workstation in any configuration
The HP Z400 Workstation delivers a lot of power for the workstation user, with plenty of room for future upgrades.
TechGuard announces new security appliances
The new line expands on the PoliWall Q security bridge, which was built on PoliWall’s country and IP filtering, using the company’s High-speed Internet Protocol Packet Inspection Engine filters.
Google finds way to bypass Internet Explorer browser
Google introduced a coding plug-in for Web site developers that instructs Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers to use Google Chrome technologies.
Denial-of-service-attack worries dominate Cisco patching
If the latest semiannual round of security advisories from Cisco are any indication, DOS attacks continue to be a serious — and largely unsolvable — problem for networks.
Social media and government
For the first time, online traffic to government Web sites in the United Kingdom from social-networking sites and forums has surpassed the amount of traffic the government sites received from news and media sites.
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