Experts: It's time to fix FISMA
A pair of security experts gave a harsh critique Tuesday of FISMA as a well-intentioned but fundamentally flawed tool.
A new twist on familiar technologies
A number of exhibitors at this week's RSA security conference are showing off some new tricks they have taught to some familiar dogs.
The time to plan for disaster is now
As the RSA security conference was getting under way Tuesday, a massive denial-of-service attack was directed at three of the Web's root Domain Name System servers.
The search for real-world data on voice authentication
Test results show need for more information on the impact of users' behavior and the type of phone being used.
Don't undo progress, California legislator asks
The author of California's data breach notification law advised Congress to be careful in passing a national law to protect consumers from the loss of sensitive info.
Industry: Think about security in new ways
Bill Gates and his chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie described a new model of security in which the enterprise is becoming less dependable.
It's all about the privacy
The big trends at this year's RSA computer security conference are the escalating efforts by criminals to steal personal info online and efforts to stop them.
Much work remains to secure U.S. cyberinfrastructure, industry group says
DHS finally named an assistant secretary for cybersecurity last year, and the Senate ratified the first international treaty on cybercrime.
NIST prepares to hash out new standard
Invites public input in upgrading cryptographic algorithm.
William Jackson | Cybereye: First things first: Does data mining even work?
No one has definitively answered that question but, according to one critic, 'the executive branch is bewitched with this technology.'
Draft requirements for new hashing standard open for comment
NIST is making an effort to upgrade the Federal Information Processing Standard for hashing algorithms, publishing for comment a draft of requirements for candidates.
William Jackson | Cybereye: Sharing data: It's possible to do
First-responder agencies are making some progress on interoperability.
Senate tackles agency data mining issues
Senate Democrats plan a hard look at the value, and dangers, of data mining.
The new face of spam
It keeps coming on, stronger than ever.
First labs receive initial OK for voting system testing program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has recommended that two Colorado laboratories be accredited to test voting systems against federal standards.
Senate Judiciary Committee to focus on government data-mining privacy issues
The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee used his first hearing of the 110th Congress to call for greater congressional oversight of the administration's data collection activities.
The Right to Copy
Can Congress bring copyright law into the digital age?
William Jackson | CyberEye: Making the world safe from Internet gambling
A law banning Internet gambling is likely to miss the mark.
Agencies coming to terms with IPv6
Officials learning to love'or at least appreciate'new Internet protocol
William Jackson | Cybereye: And the worst security idea of 2006 was . . .
Time to take note of those security blunders from 2006 that have given us so many opportunities to learn from our mistakes.
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