NIST releases incident response guidelines
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published guidelines for responding to security breaches in government computer systems.
Task force seeks comments on switching to IPv6
A Commerce Department task force studying the deployment of the next generation of Internet Protocols is asking for public comment on the benefits, costs and status of moving to IPv6.<br>
New mass-mailing worm on the creep
Some administrators returning to work today after a three-day weekend are finding an unwelcome bagel waiting for them.<br>
First IPv6 products get green light
The IPv6 Forum has completed its first round of interoperability tests to ensure that IT products will work with networks using the new addressing architecture of the next-generation IP.
House Dems criticize homeland security efforts
<font color="CC0000">UPDATED </font color> Democrats on the House Homeland Security Select Committee today criticized the administration's homeland security efforts as 'woefully inadequate.'
Tech vendors ready to follow Bush to Mars
Companies that supply technology for interplanetary missions are enthusiastic about the president's proposal to return to the moon and use it as a stepping stone to Mars.<br>
Federal PKI slow to take off, GAO says
Twenty agencies have undertaken 89 public key infrastructure projects at a cost of about $1 billion, but a General Accounting Office study shows progress in PKI has been slow over the last three years.<br>
VSAT services added to GSA satellite contract
U.S. nation-building efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan have led a satellite services company to add Very Small Aperture Terminal services to its GSA contract.<br>
New kind of security hole: VOIP
Security vulnerabilities affect a number of vendors' software for setting up voice and video sessions over IP networks using the international H.323 conferencing protocols.<br>
Intelligence community seeks protection from inside threats
A team of companies led by a Lockheed Martin Corp. subsidiary is building a tool to help the intelligence community keep tabs on the spooks behind its firewalls.<br>
GSA extends WorldCom telecom contract
The General Services Administration has exercised the second one-year option for WorldCom Inc. in the FTS2001 telecommunications contract.<br>
New malware masquerades as Microsoft update
A Trojan horse program that appears to be a Microsoft Corp. security update can download malicious code from a remote Web site and install a back door on the compromised computer, leaving it vulnerable to remote control.<br>
GSA: WorldCom can compete for new comm deals
WorldCom Inc. has agreed to three years of federal oversight in exchange for General Services Administration permission to compete for new government business.
GSA clears WorldCom for government competition
The General Services Administration has cleared financially troubled WorldCom Inc. to compete for government contracts, in exchange for three years of GSA oversight of its ethics and business practices.<br>
FAA OKs rollout of first phase of telecom network
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved deployment of its new telecommunications backbone to 27 facilities.<br>
Cyber Eye: Can-Spam could be a can of worms
A lot of thought went into naming the antispam legislation signed into law last month. The Can-Spam Act of 2003 stands for Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing. Too bad that much thought didn't go into drafting the rest of the bill.
From the rubble
Oklahoma City's new federal building has a structured wiring system for tenants' future data needs, a voice over IP-ready telecommunications switch and a wireless phone system with full deskset functionality.
Navy puts new optical networking protocol to the test
The Navy's Advanced Technology Demonstration Network has successfully used a new optical networking protocol that could help researchers take full advantage of high-performance, all-optical networks.<br>
50 ways to please your lover, and other spam tricks, continue
Viagra was the was the most common subject for spam in 2003 and spammers came up with more than 50 ways to sneak the little blue pill past antispam filters, according to a company that analyzes e-mail traffic.
Money not available to secure the nation's ports, GAO says
Funding problems are shortchanging security programs at the nation's maritime ports, the General Accounting Office has told lawmakers.
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