Cybersecurity

Report: Federal spending on info security will outpace overall IT spending

Increase in cyberattacks is driving government's continued investment in cybersecurity, says tech research firm.

Cybersecurity

Secret Service doesn't keep IT needs secret

The Secret Service wants industry to help it shape procurement plans for the first phase of a wide-ranging information technology overhaul.

Cybersecurity

Pointers

Federal URL shortener makes sense; Browser wars heat up; Is there any pie Google doesn't have its fingers in?; Stupid spammer tricks.

Cybersecurity

E-Verify would get three-year extension in spending bill

The House and Senate have both approved a three-year extension for the E-Verify employment verification system in the Homeland Security Department's spending legislation.

Cybersecurity

Exit system for foreign travelers stands at a crossroads

The Obama administration is poised to decide whether to proceed with a program to use biometrics to keep track of foreign visitors' departures.

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Lawmakers press for automated exit system

Some lawmakers are looking for the Obama administration to deploy an automated system that would use biometrics to verify the departure of noncitizens from the United States.

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President Obama on cybersecurity awareness

The Washington Post

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Senate passes biil that would increase DHS' IT funding

The Senate has passed legislation to fund the Homeland Security Department that would increase spending for major information technology programs. The House also approved the measure.

Cybersecurity

Federal student aid data isn't secure, IG says

The Education Department's student aid program risks unauthorized data loss or access problems if the department doesn't improve its information security, a new report says.

Cybersecurity

Wireless medical records system comes to Indianapolis

Emergency medical workers in Indianapolis and its suburbs now have access to electronic health records.

Cybersecurity

Bill would make fraud-detection available for TARP

Technology the credit card industry uses to detect fraud could be applied to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, according to an expert who helped draft a House bill that calls for the use of such technology.

Cybersecurity

Napolitano asks public's help with cybersecurity

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano said today cybersecurity is a shared responsibility and urged private persons to get involved.

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Secret Service plans IT reboot

Federal Computer Week

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Secret Service plans IT reboot

The Secret Service seeks information from companies as it prepares to modernize its information technology infrastructure.

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SSA needs more planning for data systems upgrades, GAO says

The SSA is exchanging data more than one billion times a year and needs to do more to prepare for an increasing data exchange caseload, the GAO says.

Cybersecurity

Commerce aide: Cybersecurity bill moving

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Cybersecurity

Army cooks up new technology in AKO lab

A new test lab for the Army Knowledge Online and Defense Knowledge Online (AKO/DKO) Web portal gives service officials a safe and efficient way to test new applications and technologies for the site.

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What you can do on AKO

Here are some of the features on the Army Knowledge Online and Defense Knowledge Online (AKO/DKO) Web portals.

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Finding common cause

The global terrorist threat, brought to U.S. soil on 9/11, has not gone away. And it now includes the ever looming war in cyberspace.