Cybersecurity
HSPD-12 cards open new worlds
Feds’ smart cards offer multiple ways to securely manage online identities.
Cybersecurity
Air Force to create Cyber Command
The service intends to apply laws of war, including proportional response to attacks.
Cybersecurity
Agencies urged to focus first on policies to protect data
Several agencies faced with personal data leaks seek solutions.
Cybersecurity
Feds more confident in agency security
A new survey found that decision-makers, especially those in the defense sector, were spending more time on mandated security requirements than they did last year.
Cybersecurity
A career as a secrecy watchdog
Steven Aftergood condemns the abuses of overclassification, excessive secrecy.
Cybersecurity
NIST provides security guide for managers
A new handbook provides top agency officials with some pointers on planning and implementing an information security program.
Cybersecurity
DHS to test technologies on cargo at Seattle airport
The testing is part of the $30 million DHS Air Cargo Explosives Detection Pilot Program.
Cybersecurity
Agencies need to get creative to save money, meet security requirements
Although agencies will have to spend money to meet OMB security directives, officials say they can and should find ways to reduce the costs.
Cybersecurity
Voters are caught in an e-voting quandary
Are elections officials naive about e-voting, or are critics just pushing the wrong buttons?
Cybersecurity
A business case for cybersecurity spending
University of Maryland professors show how to conduct a security cost/benefit analysis.
Cybersecurity
GAO urges action on clearances
Davis cites new GAO report in a statement calling for better management of the security clearance process.
Cybersecurity
Should agencies have ‘unplug’ policies?
They must weigh the costs of disconnecting computers vs. potentially spreading attacks.
Cybersecurity
On the road to a better security blueprint
The linking of threat management and EA design could yield huge potential benefits.
Cybersecurity
GSA opens emergency response office
The new office will provide coordinated assistance to first responders and others needing to procure goods and services in emergency situations.
Cybersecurity
IceWeb buys True North Solutions' government business
IceWeb said True North's federal business is a profitable, government-focused information security solutions company with $28.2 million in federal sales in 2005.
Cybersecurity
Evans: 'People are losing data'
Between July and Sept. 30, agencies have reported 338 separate security incidents involving personally identifiable information, Karen Evans said.
Cybersecurity
Davis: Agencies may be underreporting data losses
The most recent report of data loss is the theft of an Army computer containing personal information on 4,600 ROTC scholarship applicants, he said.
Cybersecurity
BearingPoint's HSPD-12 contract to expire in January
GSA will not pursue option years with the company and will open competition for future Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 requirements.
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GAO: Feds still lack security research agenda
Numerous agencies are actively researching security issues, but they are not coordinating their work, according to GAO.
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