Cyber Eye: Entrepreneurs seek market in Can-Spam compliance
A recent study of 40,000 pieces of unsolicited commercial e-mail found that only 3 percent complied with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003.
Gimme Shelter
Personnel at 1,400 military recruiting centers sometimes live far from the nearest Army, Navy or Air Force base. 'It lets our recruiters be a part of the community where they are working,' said John Curry, leased housing program manager for the Navy Recruiting Command. But living off-base can make housing difficult to find.
NIST studies survival in wrecked buildings
National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers recently wired a New Orleans demolition project for sound, looking for ways to help first responders find survivors of building disasters.<br>
SBC joins FTS 2001 contract
The General Services Administration's FTS 2001 telecommunications contract has a new long-distance provider: SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio.<br>
Network security doesn't stop at the perimeter any more
The proliferation of mobile devices connecting with networks and of blended threats exploiting multiple avenues of attack are changing the way security is implemented.<br>
DHS brass defend government's cybersecurity efforts
Although the Homeland Security Department does not'and cannot'focus all its attention on cybersecurity, it is a priority, a pair of senior government officials say.
USPS E-Postmark could catch on
The Postal Service's commercial partner in its Electronic-Postmark program is stepping up marketing of the electronic service.<br>
Security company hopes interoperability will spur strong authentication
VeriSign Inc. is seeking industry support for a reference architecture based primarily on existing standards that would make authentication schemes interoperable across networks and vendor platforms.<br>
Group wants to integrate physical, IT security
The Open Security Exchange is developing interoperability standards with an eye toward tearing down stovepipes between physical and IT security.<br>
FAA touts a biological model for IT defense
The Federal Aviation Administration is promoting a concept of IT security that mimics the defenses used by the human body.<br>
Government moves toward standards for unified security
Agencies are slowly developing standards and common practices for integrating security'both for physical and information needs'across agencies.<br>
Gates outlines initiatives for improving network security
Microsoft Corp. this week will release specifications for a pair of security standards aimed at making online computing safer.<br>
Senator says Congress is increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks
Emerging threats will force Congress to become more knowledgeable about cybersecurity'as an IT user, not just the government's overseer, Sen. Bob Bennett said today.<br>
Energy gets behind new security language standard
The Energy Department this spring will launch a new Security Incident Response Portal to ease management of vulnerabilities in DOE systems.<br>
RFID could offer enemies a window into Defense supplies
RSA Security Inc. this week will demonstrate a prototype tag to block radio frequency identification devices.<br>
Linux OS faces growing tide of attacks
A pair of security flaws reported in some Linux kernels could let local users execute arbitrary code on systems running the affected versions of the operating system.<br>
VA scampers to stay ahead of viruses
Veterans Affairs Department networks successfully dodged the latest generation of computer worms that began crawling the Internet last month.'You do it with a lot of hard work,' chief security officer Bruce Brody said. 'A year ago we got hit pretty hard by Code Red and Nimda. We were able to avoid any disruption from MyDoom.'
DOD pulls plug on Internet voting overseas
After initially defending its Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment against criticism that it was not secure enough, the Pentagon cancelled SERVE plans for this fall's presidential election.
Phishing on the rise
E-mail fraud attacks grew by 50 percent in January over the month before, The Anti-Phishing Working Group reports.<br>
Congress mulls more help for wireless E911
Lack of money and coordination is delaying full implementation of wireless E911, which gives dispatchers the locations of emergency callers on cell phones.
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