Census struggles to solve IT problems in time for 2010 count
With time running out before the decennial head count gets fully under way, key IT systems the Census Bureau is relying on still have performance problems, the Government Accountability Office told Congress.
NIST takes on risk management and PIV card security
NIST has finalized three publications that give guidelines for using a risk management framework and for securing certificates and data on PIV cards.
NSF plans grants for researchers to use cloud platforms
Agreements with commercial cloud service providers let researchers extend the power of desktop applications by moving them into the cloud and help NSF learn how scientific research can take advantage of a new computing environment.
Report outlines IPv6 security challenges
The first draft of NIST Guidelines for Secure Deployment of IPv6 compares and contrasts the new Internet Protocols with IPv4 and identifies security risks likely to be faced in deploying the new protocols on the network.
Blizzard shows infrastructure's hidden strength — it fails
Our critical infrastructure is not a finely tuned, well-oiled machine. And for that, we can be grateful. We are so used to patching it up and finding workarounds that shutting it down proves difficult.
NIST laying the groundwork for more advanced cryptography
Two publications released by NIST outline the results of a workshop on cryptographic key management and provide an approach for agencies transitioning to new crypto algorithms and key sizes.
Security agencies release Top 25 programming errors
Developers of the Top 25 list of programming errors include DHS, NSA, MITRE and the SANS Institute, and they hope to have the list included in standard contract language that would help make software developers accountable for the security of their products.
Lack of trust still hinders public/private security efforts
Although the private and public sectors agree on the need to share information for the security of the nation’s critical infrastructure, each believes the other is holding out.
Which country is most feared as a cyber threat? Guess again.
The United States is the most feared nation in the world as the source of potential cyberattacks, according to an international study.
NOAA launches online climate portal
The prototype Climate.gov Web portal would serve as a tool for the proposed NOAA Climate Service, a new line office that would bring together expertise and data from other NOAA offices already observing and modeling the Earth’s atmospheric and oceanic systems.
Old hacks never die, they just attack new systems
Security geeks from a dozen countries gathering in Washington for the Black Hat Federal Briefings found out that old hacks don't go out of style — 50-year-old vulnerabilities still plague applications, and the latest security technology will yield its secrets to a determined attacker.
Lawful wiretap interfaces are vulnerable to unlawful exploits
A security researcher says a series of small vulnerabilities could allow hackers to use interfaces designed for lawful Internet wiretaps.
NASA readies modeling and simulation for launch in browsers
The space agency has awarded a two-year contract to Parabon Computation to develop a software service that will allow browser-based collaboration on modeling and simulation programs through the Web.
NASA explores the cloud with Nebula
NASA is fielding a home-grown cloud computing environment to increase the ability of scientists and researchers to collaborate with the agency.
Oak Ridge turbocharges intrusion detection systems
Working in an advanced attack analysis program sponsored by Lockheed Martin, Oak Ridge researchers have developed a tool that sits on top of an intrusion detection system and uses machine learning to filter noise and increase effectiveness.
Network security suffers from lack of innovation, IPS pioneer says
Dennis Cox, co-founder of BreakingPoint and formerly with TippingPoint, says IDS and IPS have become commodities and have gone stale while threats against the network continue to evolve.
Google-NSA partnership should be more public, less private
We need better public-private partnerships to secure cyberspace, but if these partnerships are to serve the public interest, they must be as public as they are private.
First accreditation issued for testing to US IPv6 product specs
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory has been accredited to test networking products for compliance with the USGv6 profile that will be required for government procurements this year.
Second draft of Smart Grid security architecture released for public comment
The second draft of a Smart Grid security architecture expands on the earlier version released in September, with expanded sections on privacy, vulnerability categories, potential security issues, and an overall approach to Smart Grid cyber security.
Engineer shows how to crack a 'secure' TPM chip
A security engineer shared at the Black Hat Federal Briefings how he cracked the Infineon chip family that includes the supposedly secure TPM chips.
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