DHS cybersecurity budget grows to fight computer crime
The budget for the Homeland Security Department's National Cyber Security Division is expected to grow by $25 million in fiscal 2007'a significant increase, given that the division's budget for this year is about $79 million.
Defense sets requirements for information assurance personnel
The Defense Department has issued a new manual that lays out procedures for training, certifying and managing employees responsible for information assurance within the department.
NSA offers guidance to feds on redactions
The National Security Agency has issued a report recommending ways to improve federal officials' use of redaction in documents being released to the public.
Defense returns some programs to Air Force control
The Defense Department has returned control of 10 major acquisition programs to the Air Force after 10 months of being under the control of the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
NASA gets its IT security off the critical list
Reducing number of systems, deploying patch management are among improvements
Security fears push PKI to front burner
Defense to accelerate use of encryption, digital signatures to stymie hacker attacks
JSF program office awards acquisition support contract
The Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter program office has awarded a $10.5 million contract to Dynamics Research Corp. for a range of acquisition support services.
Defense lab accredited in computer forensics
CLEARWATER, Fla.'After years of work, the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory'part of the DOD Cyber Crime Center (DC3)'has been accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board.
ITAA's Miller considers Senate run
Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, will decide as early as this week whether to run as a Democrat against incumbent Sen. George Allen (R-Va.).
Online Extra: Full-length interview with Alex Bennet
Alex Bennet, co-founder of the Mountain Quest Institute in Frost, W.Va., is a recognized expert in knowledge management. She has written extensively on KM and is co-author of <i>Organizational Survival in the New World: The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System</i>. An excerpt from this interview was published in <i>GCN</i>'s Jan. 9 print edition.
Turning data into knowledge is the challenge
Alex Bennet, co-founder of the Mountain Quest Institute in Frost, W.Va., is a recognized expert in knowledge management. She has written extensively on KM and is co-author of <i>Organizational Survival in the New World: The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System</i>.
Seize the data
The critical piece to making government work is no longer systems, but the ability to mine, analyze and use the information in systems.
Energy struggles with IT security, financial systems
Two reports just released by the Energy Department's inspector general are critical of the department's cybersecurity efforts.
CSIA: Government weak on cybersecurity in 2005
According to the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, the federal government failed to make much progress in securing its information systems in 2005.
White House accidentally exposes data in PDF file
When the White House posted a copy of President Bush's 'Plan for Victory in Iraq' speech on the Internet last week, the Adobe portable document format file posted online also revealed the name of the original author of the document.
NASA making progress with IT security: IG
NASA has implemented policies and procedures in the past year that have improved its IT security'so much so that the space agency's inspector general has removed the issue from his list of most serious challenges.
Agencies must monitor insider network threats, expert says
Agency networks are more vulnerable than ever, according to a former CIA official and cybersecurity expert, and the greatest threat to an organization's network security may come from within.
Shelter from the storm
The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and this year's hurricane season are clear examples of the ripple effects a crisis can have on government operations.
Lawmakers offer legislation to bolster port security
Sens. Susan Collins and Patty Murray are co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation to significantly improve security at more than 350 ports around the country.
Michael Peterson | Air Force streamlines IT processes
Maj. Gen. Michael Peterson's formal title is director, Information, Services and Integration, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, the Pentagon. But that will soon change.
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