NIST releases new drafts of IT security documents
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a pair of draft IT security documents for public comment.<br>
Coalition makes recommendations to improve software security
Recommendations focus on improving the education and training of software developers, implementing best practices in the development process, and providing legal and business incentives.<br>
Apple pushes feds toward broader open-source use
Apple Computer Inc. is seeking Common Criteria evaluation of Mac OS X, which could open government doors wider to open-source software.
DHS struggles to close vulnerabilities in nation's infrastructure
The Homeland Security Department has identified 1,700 facilities across the country that pose a risk to the nation's critical infrastructure but lacks the authority to mandate companies and state and local government correct vulnerabilities, a DHS official told lawmakers yesterday.
Cyber Eye: Judiciary Committee is in a fine pickle
If Congress received grades for its systems security the way executive branch agencies do, the Senate Judiciary Committee would get an F.
Self-funded PKI
The government is a slowpoke at building public-key infrastructures. The General Accounting Office recently found that agencies have undertaken 89 PKI projects at a cost of about $1 billion, but only 35 are operational. Six projects have been terminated, mostly because of funding problems.
Group issues specs for secure data-sharing network
A coalition of IT vendors, government agencies and academic institutions today released specifications for a system that could help federal, state and local governments share sensitive homeland security data.<br>
Motives, methods of hackers are changing
A Homeland Security Department official this morning defended the administration against criticism that there is now no White House-level office of cybersecurity.<br>
Identity protection is a full-time job'for each user and sysadmin
Protecting personal identity from theft requires more than people being careful about how they use credit cards online, says Dennis H. McCallam of Northrop Grumman Corp.<br>
Defense and NATO will test sharing RFID networks
NATO will establish a pilot radio frequency identification program to manage its supply chain between Europe and Afghanistan. The goal eventually is to create a system compatible with the Defense Department's RFID network.
GAO documents state of IT security tech
A General Accounting Office study of commercially available IT security products considers 18 types of tools.<br>
Cybersecurity coalition proposes early warning network
A coalition plans to have an Early Warning Alert Network in operation by the end of the year to give advance notice of vulnerabilities and threats to the nation's critical IT infrastructure.<br>
IBM will help with DOD RFID rollout
The Defense Department has awarded a three-year contract to IBM Business Consulting Services to help manage its Radio Frequency ID program.<br>
Lawmaker seeks agency FISMA accountability
Impatient with agencies' slow progress in meeting federal IT security requirements, Rep. Adam Putnam wants to hold senior officials accountable for their agencies' compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act.
House Democrats score DHS on IT inadequacies
Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee say the new department is not doing enough to defend the nation's information infrastructure or to leverage IT in its own activities.<br>
Spy Block bill would outlaw hidden spyware
A bill introduced in the Senate would outlaw spyware, making it a crime to install software on a computer without the user's knowledge and permission.<br>
Lax security left Senate files wide open
GOP staff members of the Senate Judiciary Committee had free access to sensitive Democratic computer files because of what investigators termed a 'significant lack of security' on the committee's network.<br>
Schedule will offer PKI services
The Federal ID Credentialing Committee is qualifying public-key infrastructure providers that it will invite to bid on new General Services Administration schedule contracts.<br>
Feds propose security standards
SAN FRANCISCO'Everyone had a different take on standards-based security at the recent RSA Conference 2004. Advocates touted three proposed security standards and a handful of technical specifications.
SBC first vendor to gain FTS 2001 crossover deal
The General Services Administration's FTS 2001 telecommunications contract has a new long-distance provider: SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio.
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