Cybersecurity
Board: DHS system doesn't guarantee privacy
The department’s privacy policy for its intrusion-detection system does not safeguard the privacy of the information collected, advisory panel says.
Cybersecurity
Intelligence official urges common cybersecurity standards
Defense and civilian agencies should adopt the same requirements, head of the National Security Agency says.
Cybersecurity
GAO: FEMA tiptoes into fixing problems
The emergency management agency says it plans to upgrade IT systems.
Cybersecurity
Chertoff: Hands off FEMA; upgrade IT
The outgoing secretary opposes carving FEMA out of DHS and wants continued progress on IT programs.
Cybersecurity
Letter: Proactive is better than reactive
A reader writes about the consequences should employee, vendor and customer information is allowed to be breached.
Cybersecurity
Chertoff: Cyber defense must be wider
The nation must protect against a full spectrum of cyberattacks, secretary says.
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DHS secretary warns against White House oversight of cybersecurity
Taking over management of information security opens top administration officials to legal issues, Chertoff said.
Cybersecurity
Transition Watch Chertoff says wait on DHS revamp
Secretary Michael Chertoff has urged his successor to wait on any reorganization that could increase fear and doubt across the sprawling Homeland Security Department.
Cybersecurity
Letter: Airport employees are not beyond temptation
A reader writes to say that it took 13 years after the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the 2001 terrorist attacks to address airport security.
Cybersecurity
CISOs ponder new FISMA requirements
Chief information security officers discussed potential problems with proposed changes to the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Cybersecurity
House-Senate dispute looms over cybersecurity authority
Aides in the Senate criticize idea of moving responsibility for cybersecurity to a new White House Office that has yet to be created.
Cybersecurity
Experts: Enterprise architecture key to IT security
The availability of malware on the Web is creating new security challenges, they say.
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Letter: Article should have mentioned FFRDCs
A reader says the Homeland Security Institute will be replaced with the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute.
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Audit finds DHS weak in balance sheet reporting
The weaknesses cover financial reporting, general financial and application controls, and budget accounting, the audit states.
Cybersecurity
Group urges White House to lead on cybersecurity
The next president should deal with the growing cybersecurity threat by creating a new White House cybersecurity office and National Security Council directorate, commission says.
Cybersecurity