Guidelines take stab at guarding personal information
New NIST guidelines describe what constitutes personally identifiable information and how it should be protected.
FCC assesses impact of Comcast ruling on National Broadband Plan
The net-neutrality ruling will affect the plan, which is intended to expand broadband access in the nation, and the FCC is trying to determine just how big a blow it is.
Warning: Infrastructure not ready for imminent cyber attacks
A recent survey of government IT officials paints a picture of an IT infrastructure under constant attack and inadequately prepared to respond.
DHS' updated infrastructure plan emphasizes systems resiliency
The National Infrastructure Protection Plan, updated by DHS, puts greater emphasis on the resiliency of critical systems, particularly IT systems, according to a GAO evaluation.
Ruling rolls back FCC's net-neutrality guidelines
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC does not have authority to regulate the network management practices of Internet service providers. The commission had ordered Comcast to stop interfering with customers’ peer-to-peer traffic.
Trust us, we're from the government
A new round of spam messages use DHS references in the subject lines to entice victims to malicious sites.
Old-fashioned tactics can still beat the botnets (sometimes)
Apparent recent successes by Microsoft and the federal government against persistent botnets show the effectiveness of tools such as lawsuits and cooperation among agencies in the battle against cyber crime.
NIST workshop takes first steps toward standards for preserving digital data
Agencies are preserving huge amounts of digital data, but without common formats or processes for saving and accessing the information. A workshop this week hosted by NIST began identifying requirements for an international standard for digital data preservation.
With alert system, Coast Guard finds user expectations grow with functionality
Users now expect to have messages from the Coast Guard’s Alert and Warning System at their fingertips.
Souped-up alert system spreads the word for Coast Guard
Commercial tool from AtHoc provides a standards-based upgrade from the homegrown tools used by the Coast Guard to keep in touch with maritime partners.
Beware the ides of April
As if the tax season wasn’t already bad enough, phishers are piggybacking on the IRS to deliver their scams. And Conficker still is out there, too.
NSF opens new round of grants for TeraGrid time
The coming round of one-year grants will be the first to participate in the NSF transition of TeraGrid to the next generation of high performance cyber infrastructure, eXtreme Digital.
FISMA: A good idea whose time never came
FISMA as originally written is not bad, but it hasn't reach its potential because overly broad requirements have created a scramble for regulatory compliance. But there are good ideas available on how to fix the law.
Consensus is growing for the reform of flawed FISMA
Government and private-sector experts say agencies need to adopt real-time, enterprise-based risk management to secure the nation’s information infrastructures.
How can we be at cyberwar if we don't know what it is?
Before plunging into a Cold-War style cyber arms race with our online enemies, the United States needs to decide just exactly what cyberwar is, who should fight it and how to do it.
Have agencies scrubbed the Conficker worm from their systems?
A directory services provider tracks scanning activity from the prolific worm, which indicates whether it is still present in government systems.
Broadband plan would make FCC a player in cybersecurity framework
Under the National Broadband Plan released today by the Federal Communications Commission, the FCC would gain responsibilities for ensuring the safety of privately owned communications infrastructure.
FCC wants faster Internet for government buildings
Plan lays out immediate and long-term government and industry goals to expand affordable access to high-speed Internet connections.
Fraud with a personal touch: Rogue antivirus providers add live support
Live PC Care is a rogue antivirus program that rips you off by reporting that you have all sorts of bad things on your computer and then offering to fix them for a fee, Symantec reports.
P2P file sharing could leave you with your slip showing
The recent announcement by the FTC that sensitive information from nearly 100 organizations had been compromised through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks underscores the risks of this technology.
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