Oracle CSO urges government to use its clout
'Government can legislate if it is necessary, and I think it may be necessary at some point,' Mary Ann Davidson says. 'But a big buyer is better than a big brother."
9/11 commissioner says don't wait on intelligence backbone
'There's no reason why technology solutions cannot be explored right now,' Jamie S. Gorelick says.
GAO to investigate voting irregularities
The Government Accountability Office will investigate the 2004 general election, including an examination of the security of electronic voting.
NSF has less R&D money under new budget
The President's IT Advisory Committee recommended increasing National Science Foundation funding for cybersecurity research, but Congress has cut the budget.
Trojan begins climbing aboard some smart phones
A Trojan program called Skulls has appeared that disables many of the functions of Internet-enabled cell phones using the Symbian Ltd. consortium OS.
CISOs are overworked and underfunded, study says
Chief information security officers have little time for testing and installing security patches on government IT systems, a study released today says.
More funding needed for security R&D, IT committee says
The government has shortchanged basic research into cybersecurity and should at least quadruple the money available for civilian research, the President's IT Advisory Committee says.
A few steps forward, a few back
Amit Yoran recently described his one-year tenure as the government's cybersecurity czar as 'an interesting political experience' and assessed his accomplishments with a combination of satisfaction and frustration.
DOD wraps up third round of IPv6 testing
The Defense Department has completed a third round of testing for its migration to the next-generation IP.
Government's E-Authentication scheme just might work, study says
The initiative could be a model for far-reaching authentication programs linking government and private-sector organizations, a study concluded.
Cyber Eye: How public should our public data be?
In an old 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' episode, the dithering Capt. Peter Peachfuzz confounded the heroes by classifying a telephone directory Top Secret.
Defense continues its march toward IPv6
The Defense Department has completed a third round of testing for the department's migration to the next-generation IP.
GAO investigation of e-voting problems requested
Democrats have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate reports of voting irregularities, many involving electronic touch-screen voting machines.
Vegas voters favor electronic system--with a receipt
Given a choice between an electronic machine that produces a receipt of their votes or a paper ballot, Las Vegas voters chose the receipt.
Yoran: DHS has made progress, hurdles remain
Amit Yoran said he had successes in his year as DHS cybersecurity chief, but that 'the government really doesn't know what its IT assets are.'
No mandate for e-voting, computer scientist says
Despite wide use in last week's presidential election, direct-recording electronic voting is still a faulty method of casting ballots, one computer scientist argues.
The Fed learns from experience
Every cyberattack is a classroom. That's the view of the Federal Reserve IT team, which does after-action reviews following malicious code events.
Vendors issue an application security challenge
A trio of Web application security companies has challenged competing vendors to evaluate products against a set of test criteria developed by the three.
Contractors struggle with federal security demands
Government IT administrators sweat over FISMA compliance, but pity the poor private-sector security officers who find they must meet the same systems security requirements.
FTC: Technology, not legislation, needed to fight spyware
A commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission said today that pending anti-spyware legislation could do more harm than good.
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