Abilene leaves the '80s behind with integrated ERP system
Abilene, Texas, needed to replace outdated, stovepiped, mainframe-based HR and financial management applications and is moving to an integrated system that offers better management of complex municipal resources.
In searching for an ERP system, Abilene learned to challenge its vendors
Abilene, Texas, demanded the best from its vendor in an upgrade of financial and human resources management systems.
The .org domain set to sign off on largest DNSSEC implementation to date
The Public Interest Registry, which operates the .org top level domain, plans to complete its deployment of DNSSEC in June to become the first generic top-level domain to fully implement the DNS Security Extensions.
Help wanted: Agencies expect to hire more info security pros in 2010
Federal government is a good place for information security professionals to be during the economic downturn, with relatively stable budgets, rising wages and growing employment, according to a survey by ISC2.
Malicious systems of a feather flock together
Statistical analysis of IP addresses associated with spam and phishing can identify clusters of malicious activity on the Internet and could be used to cut off networks and ISPs engaged in criminal behavior, a researcher from Oak Ridge National Laboratory says.
NIST out to ensure security products comply with vulnerability assessment language
NIST draft publication sets out the requirements for laboratories testing products for compliance with the Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language, a part of the SCAP protocols.
Cybersecurity program has serious defects, GAO says
The administration has declassified much of the Bush-era Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, but it suffers from fundamental problems that must be remedied.
Can we get ahead of security needs for the Next Big Thing?
If predictions are correct that cloud computing is the Next Big Thing on the Internet, now is the time to ensure its security with software assurance and platforms based on best practices.
Industry coalition plans interoperability program
The Initiative for Open Authentication intends to introduce an interoperability program for member vendors using its open architecture for online identity verification.
Flash media vendors eye DOD market despite strict rules
The Defense Department has eased its blanket ban on removable devices such as USB drives, and vendors are responding with tamper-proof hardware, FIPS 140-2 validated encryption engines and on-board antivirus
The next Secure Hash Algorithm had better be a good one
The new Secure Hash Algorithm might have to last for 20 years, so there is consderable pressure for NIST to do the current competition for SHA-3 right.
Interoperability is key to securing data at rest
Companies that enable managed file transfers between enterprises and their partners are expanding capabilities to include security for data at rest as well as in transit. But new standards are needed to ensure the interoperability of these schemes.
Updated crypto standards will have an impact on security products
With new standards in the works for a Secure Hashing Algorithm and cryptographic modules, vendors of security products will have a new set of requirements they will have to meet to sell to government agencies. Some are already planning for the changes.
FISMA's future may lie in State Department security model
With some reworking of the Federal Information Security Management Act likely, the State Department's program of continuous monitoring and assessment proints the way for what can be done with IT security.
Nation's cybersecurity suffers from a lack of information sharing
Lack of trust between the government and private sectors still inhibits information sharing needed to defend against rapidly evolving cyberthreats.
Verizon releases framework for reporting security incidents
There is a trend toward standardizing language used to identify vulnerabilities and threats, but so far the trend has not extended to the reporting of security incidents.
Cloud computing's future depends on securing it, industry execs say
The potential of cloud computing and the need to secure it were the main themes of executives from RSA and Microsoft as they opened the annual RSA Security Conference.
White House lifts the veil on Bush cybersecurity initiative
National cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt announced at the RSA Security Conference that, beginning today, newly declassified portions of the CNCI will be available online.
Microsoft unplugs spammer botnet with legal strategy
The lawsuit filed last week my Microsoft against the bot-herders of the Waledac botnet used existing laws to disconnect the malicious domains from the Internet — at least for now.
Salvation from the 7 deadly sins of cloud computing
The Cloud Security Alliance released the first version of its "Top Threats to Cloud Computing" report today at the RSA Security Conference.
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