Cybersecurity
Union decries IRS for security weaknesses
The National Treasury Employees Union’s president today criticized the Internal Revenue Service for having weak information security controls.
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Video surveillance gets smart
Integrated systems are evolving from mere watchers to security enforcers.
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GAO: IRS security is weak
Taxpayers’ financial and personal information remains at risk, a report states.
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International body adopts network security standard
The ISO approved a comprehensive model that identifies critical requirements to ensure end-to-end network security.
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DOD removes missile defense system report from Web site
It details poor password security and a lack of audit trails.
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Missile defense network open to cyberattack
Lack of automated log audits and individual passwords could cripple network.
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Missile Defense Agency slows IG reviews
The Defense Department's inspector general charged the Missile Defense Agency with trying to delay investigative audits.
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Security flaws could cripple missile defense network
The IG report faults the network that stitches together radars, missile launch sites and command control centers for the Missile Defense Agency.
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Encrypt data or encrypt disk? You decide
Mobile computing and larger databases pose new risks for unprotected data.
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Minn. governor offers data privacy proposals
The proposed changes would protect personal data in public records.
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Risk management critical for FISMA success
Experts say IGs and execs must agree on common enforcement and audits.
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NIST seeks comments on digital signatures draft regulation
The draft standard would improve the security of digital signatures, which rely on cryptographic keys for their algorithms.
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UPDATED: ITAA: Background checks could overwhelm OPM
Industry group worries about commercial impact of mandatory background investigations of federal contractors.
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CIOs cite IT security, privacy as top issues
They are balancing securing information and giving people access to it, and that brings high stress and significant budget problems, an ITAA survey found.
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GAO assesses FIPS 201 challenges
A new GAO report questions whether the federal government can accomplish the major objective of the secure identity credentialing program.
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IG: Improve system for tracking radioactive material
The proposed Web-based system may not be robust enough to account for all risks such materials pose, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s inspector general said.
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E-passports to debut this summer
The State Department will start issuing e-passports that include a random number that makes the document harder to forge.
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