Cybersecurity
Senate hearing: VA data theft should be wake-up call
Panel criticizes agency for waiting three weeks before alerting veterans to security breach
Cybersecurity
NIST offers ID card, reader guidelines
Draft guidelines focus on establishing interoperability between personal identity verification cards and readers.
Cybersecurity
Americans want better data security laws
An April survey of 1,150 adults found that less than one in five believe that existing laws are sufficient to protect them on the Internet.
Cybersecurity
Cloakware recruits government resellers
Cloakware, which develops products and services to protect digital assets, seeks companies with strong security practices.
Cybersecurity
Few appeased by DOD’s clearance Band-Aid
Agency chiefs get marching orders to fix security processing this year.
Cybersecurity
The new face of biometric access control
Passfaces’ authentication tool relies on the brain’s ability to know faces
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard extends Deepwater to January 2011
Deepwater System is the Coast Guard's multiyear recapitalization program to modernize and replace its vessels, aircraft and electronic systems.
Cybersecurity
China computer deal could threaten State security
Rep. Wolf says the purchase of Lenovo computers also poses a risk to other departments' classified networks.
Cybersecurity
Gossip lands Education hacker in jail
Kenneth Kwak admitted he installed software on his supervisor’s computer that allowed him free access to his boss’ e-mail messages and Internet activity.
Cybersecurity
Study: Agencies compete with industry for service delivery
An Accenture study finds that agencies that lead in customer service are working to develop interactive capabilities on a par with the best of the commercial world.
Cybersecurity
Damming the data stream
Companies are offering technologies to block the disclosure of sensitive information.
Cybersecurity
Bill would prevent DOD from pulling clearances
The Davis measure would briefly relieve clearance crisis.
Cybersecurity
ManTech wins $130M to support national security
The services and solutions ManTech delivers will support intelligence missions that help fight the war on terrorism.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers berate NOAA's satellite program
Two House Science Committee Democrats called for the removal of agency leaders Conrad Lautenbacher Jr. and John Kelly Jr.
Cybersecurity
Curt Barker: The man who mastered deadlines
As a pro bono project manager at NIST, he unlocked the secrets of teamwork
Cybersecurity
House OKs security clearance Band-Aid
The measure would extend existing security credentials. DOD halted processing security updates and background investigations because of cost.
Cybersecurity
Web extra: Campfire stories of SCADA insecurity
As government and industry start taking the cybersecurity of industrial control systems more seriously, shocking and funny stories are emerging.
Cybersecurity