Handhelds and portable PCs provide fast battle info
Troops on the ground in Iraq are using ruggedized portable PCs and personal digital assistants to support operational and logistical applications.<br>
Leadership selected for new cybersecurity panel
Leaders have been named for the new House Homeland Security subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science and Research and Development.<br>
Info seekers, hackers besiege government sites
War protesters and hackers are assaulting <i>.gov</i> and <i>.mil</i> Websites 'in digital retaliation' for the war in Iraq in record numbers, according to one security firm. The White House says the attacks are not unexpected.<br>
FTS 2001 now has high-speed wireless access
The General Services Administration has added high-speed wireless service from Sprint Corp. to the company's FTS 2001 telecommunications contract.
Gary Hart: Code Red is coming
The war with Iraq has increased the risk of a terrorist attack on America, said former Sen. Gary Hart, co-chairman of the Commission on National Security for the 21st Century. <br>
DoD dodged bullet on Win 2000 vulnerability; experts wait for wider attacks
Microsoft Corp. has released a patch for the rare zero-day exploit of a weakness in its Windows 2000 operating systems, but some security experts say a broader attack could be in the offing. And the Army says it was not the target, as has been reported.<br>
Experts repeat: Security is a people'not technology'problem
A survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association showed that nearly two-thirds of reported security breaches were primarily the result of human error.<br>
Vendors find security is a tough nut to crack
Doing business with the government, always difficult and expensive, is getting even more difficult in the security area, some industry executives say.
FTS signs up for broadband wireless link
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service has added broadband wireless technology to a satellite communications contract held by Marshall Communications Inc. of Sterling, Va.
Telecom upgrade launches base's stealth comm
The 1st Fighter Wing Command Post at Langley Air Force Base, Va., has finished a $2.1 million telecommunications upgrade to talk to its new stealth aircraft.
AT&T will wire Capitol Hill
AT&T Corp.'s government solutions group of McLean, Va., has announced plans to wire 14 government buildings on Capitol Hill to its local fiber-optic network.<br>
Telecom advisory group wraps up work on best security practices
The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council on Friday completed work on a set of best practices to ensure the security and availability of the nation's communications infrastructure.<br>
President overhauls his security teams
As part of the executive branch restructuring to create the new Homeland Security Department, President Bush has eliminated his Critical Infrastructure Protection Board.
On Ready.gov, HSD reaches out to public
To present its homeland security face to the public, the Bush administration turned to the Advertising Council to design a $100 million print, broadcast and online campaign about public preparedness.
House homeland committee creates cybersecurity subcommittee
The new House Homeland Security Committee has created five subcommittees, including one on Cybersecurity, Science and Research & Development, to oversee the nation's electronic preparedness.
Microsoft: Trustworthy computing is years away
A year after Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates called a companywide stand-down to focus on software security, chief technology officer Craig Mundie said it will take the rest of this decade to achieve trustworthy computing.
Treasury's site gets traffic boost
The Treasury Department has seen visits to its Web site, at <a href= "http://www.treas.gov">www.treas.gov</a>, more than double, from about 800,000 a week to more than 2 million a week over the past year.
NIST and NSA draft safe-IT profiles
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has partnered with the National Security Agency to draw up Protection Profiles'basic security recommendations for 10 hardware and software areas.
Cyber Eye: Patch management is a full-time job
It didn't have to happen. There has been a patch available since last summer for Sapphire, the worm that spread rapidly in January by exploiting a Microsoft SQL Server vulnerabil
Weakness endangers Net e-mail
Security experts today announced the availability of patches to fix what is being called a critical vulnerability in the world's most popular e-mail transfer agent.<br>
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