Cybersecurity
NIST updates guidelines for measuring information security
New document advises agencies in ensuring secure processes for individual programs.
Cybersecurity
Observers recommend moving security efforts from network perimeter to data
The shift in cybersecurity strategies will help agencies focus more on information sharing.
Cybersecurity
New legislation would give security chiefs more power
Bill also would set up a forum for discussing cybersecurity issues, and a unit to test government's cyber defenses.
Cybersecurity
National Cyber Security Initiative will have a dozen parts
DHS official provides a glimpse at the components of the multi-billion-dollar effort.
Cybersecurity
Only 30 percent of mobile computers found to be encrypted
Report recommends that OMB clarify its policies on encryption to help agencies comply with a 2007 directive.
Cybersecurity
Security analysts praise Obama's pledge for a cyber chief
Position's direct line to the president would give cybersecurity more clout, but how much is unclear.
Cybersecurity
DHS behind schedule in developing biosurveillance programs
Two programs to detect and prevent naturally occurring diseases or those caused by a terrorist attack are months behind schedule.
Cybersecurity
GAO: DHS should complete integration of cyber operations
Department counters that merging "may not be practical or efficient."
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Phishing attacks becoming more sophisticated
Targeted attacks, usually through e-mail messages, are “getting scarier and scarier,” former FBI computer crime investigator says.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Look To Strike Right Balance With Spyware Bill
Senate Commerce Committee members Wednesday stressed the importance of striking the right balance with legislation to help fight secretly installed computer spyware and provide the FTC with the tools the agency needs to prosecute high-tech hackers.
Cybersecurity
Appropriator lists grants, cybersecurity among priorities
The Department of Homeland Security has requested nearly $300 million for its role in the administration's Cyber Security Initiative.
Cybersecurity
Federal IT managers give themselves high marks in information security
But survey shows feds are less likely to have secured systems compared with states, local governments and industry.
Cybersecurity
OMB touts progress in e-government
Agencies are meeting milestones for cybersecurity, project management and reducing costs, but IT managers’ skills still a concern.
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Hill: Regulatory groups fail to protect power grid from cyberattacks
Federal regulatory commission says it needs more authority to force plants to tighten security for computer networks.
Cybersecurity
Federal computer security grade improves slightly in '07
But some say the report card’s finding means little in light of its shortcomings.
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Cost of cybersecurity initiative to triple, panel reports
The development of the National Cybersecurity Initiative also is too secretive, removing a deterrence to attack U.S. networks, Senate committee charges.
Cybersecurity
FBI partially blames procurement rules for fake IT products
Pursuit of lowest price and multiple subcontractors makes it easier for counterfeit hardware to end up on agency systems, increasing security threats.
Cybersecurity
Bill lays out stricter info security requirements for DHS
Conducting vulnerability tests against known cyberattacks and setting requirements for the CIO post would be part of a bill that fixes shortcomings in a federal security law.
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