Cybersecurity
OMB says post-WikiLeaks assessments due Jan. 28
White House and national security officials want federal agencies to complete their post-WikiLeaks assessments of how they are handling classified information by Jan. 28.
Cybersecurity
GSA fails to follow through with IT security, IG says
Auditors found weaknesses in database and operating system software that wasn't patched or securely configured and lax password management for database administrator accounts.
Cybersecurity
U.S.-Qatar pact aims to strengthen aviation screening
Countries vow cooperation on security efforts, including measures to protect critical infrastructure and computer systems.
Cybersecurity
Report: WikiLeaks source exploited security flaw
A State Department program lacked a feature that might have alerted officials to the unauthorized download of diplomatic cables.
Cybersecurity
Defense bill calls on Pentagon to evaluate commercial cloud computing
Congress wants department to assess companies' ability to provide secure Internet-based services.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers say cybersecurity is a top priority in 2011
Revamping the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act is urgently needed, some say.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity provisions stripped from defense bill
Unsuccessful attempts to mandate federal IT security could open the door to potentially serious risks if cybersecurity legislation isn't revisited in 2011, some officials say.
Cybersecurity
After the spending bill: What now?
What will happen to the new insourcing policies, proposed federal pay freeze and agency IT budgets, now that the Senate omnibus funding bill has been withdrawn?
Cybersecurity
DHS left gaps in Quadrennial Review, says GAO
The Homeland Security Department completed its first Quadrennial Review earlier this year without fully addressing what Congress asked for, according to a GAO audit.
Cybersecurity