Cybersecurity
Feds get D+ on 2005 cybersecurity
The federal government earned a barely passing grade in enacting meaningful improvements in cybersecurity during the past year.
Cybersecurity
GSA gears up for HSPD 12 buys
Companies have until Jan. 9, 2006, to submit information about components of a security identity card system.
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ManTech Nabs $10.5 million TSA Contract
Company will provide analytical services to help TSA evaluate non-U.S. citizens' requests for flight instruction in the United States.
Cybersecurity
Feds to use faster, safer fingerprint standard
The government is expected to announce that federal ID cards will use a mathematical, minutiae-based template of fingerprint images of cardholders' two index fingers.
Cybersecurity
'E-ZPass' coming to military stations
Starting in January, vendors that work with the U.S. military will have a faster way to enter military installations.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Little federal data on "offshoring" of services
Watchdog agency says more information needed to assess impact of "offshoring" services on the U.S. economy.
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Expert: Feds, industry must team to fight vulnerabilities
Government and industry must cooperate to keep new vulnerabilities from entering computer systems, an information security expert recommends.
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Internet security 'back to the Stone Age'
Emerging targets of attacks -- clients applications and network operating systems -- typically are not protected by automated patching, experts warn.
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Expert: Internet growth complicates security risks
New Internet technologies are complicating information security risks, according to a top British official.
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SANS: Cybercriminals targeted popular applications, network systems in 2005
In the past 12 months, those new types of attacks represented 65 percent of the worst threats, up from none in 2004, according to the institute.
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Interior secretary downplays FISMA flaws
Inspector general's report states testing repeatedly revealed systems were susceptible to cyberattacks.
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Cartwright: DOD should focus on security measures, training
The head of Strategic Command issued goals for the department's upcoming security stand-down.
Cybersecurity
RSA to release smart card management system
RSA Card Manager handles the entire life cycle of smart card credentials, from issuance to replacement to cancellation, RSA officials said.
Cybersecurity
Los Alamos enters market with worm defense
The laboratory created the Network Automated Response and Quarantine to target self-replicating intrusion threats.
Cybersecurity
CipherTrust guards against data leaks
Its IronNet device monitors instant messaging, blogs, e-mail and other outgoing traffic for possible violations of data policies.
Cybersecurity
IT exec: Apply patches on schedule, not demand
Regular schedules for updating patches help organizations apply them faster than those installing patches as needed.
Cybersecurity
Panelists discuss path to top IT security job
“Think crisply, and write well,” said Jane Scott Norris, the State Department’s chief security official at the Computer Security Institute conference.
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NIST to tweak mandatory security controls
NIST is accepting suggestions for minor revisions to a federal standards document describing mandatory security controls.
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Firm leverages unique qualifications
Founder of atsec wrote the book on IT security standard -- literally.
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