Cybersecurity
GAO to seek FISMA changes
Should agencies spend less time reporting on security and more time monitoring it?
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Army stumbles on blogging policy
Federal agencies just starting to grasp how to manage social networking technologies.
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USDA will take years to clean SSNs from systems
The department is responding to last month's discovery that it had inadvertently made public the Social Security and/or employer ID numbers of 38,700 grant and loan recipients.
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Lawmakers act on data security bills
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) proposed legislation governing data security and breach notification, and a Senate committee approved two other data privacy bills.
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Lawmakers to DHS: Have your networks been breached?
House Homeland Security Committee members question DHS' CIO about the security of the department's networks.
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Theft task force: Stop SSN use
Policy experts point to deficiencies in how government manages citizen identification.
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Port security measures delayed — again
TSA pushes back TWIC card distribution to work on infrastructure and standards.
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Evans: Standards are us
OMB says standard configurations will bring savings and greater information security.
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GSA jump-starts HSPD-12
Retooled Managed Services Office to begin issuing cards under new contract by July.
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Weak spots in the fortress
Vulnerabilities in Web-based software put agencies and citizens at risk.
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OMB still at work on standard Windows configuration
The Office of Management and Budget told agencies the standard configurations will be available April 30.
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GSA taps EDS to run its HSPD-12 office
The General Services Administration awarded a $66.3 million contract to EDS to help agencies meet the federal smart card mandate.
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Unclogging the clearance pipeline
Facing a shortage of workers with security clearances, agencies have been forced to find new ways to deal with the backlog.
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USDA exposes citizen data
Up to 63,000 citizens social security and tax identification numbers may be at risk, Agriculture officials said Friday.
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Lawmakers press State, Commerce on cyber break-ins
The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee confronted a State Department official about whether the department had responded appropriately to a computer system intrusion last year.
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Agencies taking enterprisewide approach to IT security
Departments are addressing their cybersecurity problems across the entire agency instead of one piece at a time.
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GAO: Tighten voting system standards
Among other shortcomings, existing guidelines do not address the use of commercial hardware and software products that are often used in voting systems.
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NASCIO: Employees are biggest IT threat
A new report suggests training and access audits to help curb insider threats.
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IT security, budget top feds' concerns, survey shows
Eighty-two percent of respondents cited security and 75 percent cited budget restrictions as their top concerns, according to a study by ScienceLogic.
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