Cybersecurity
Microsoft seeks security cooperation
The software vendor wants to create a community of governments to share information and conduct joint projects on security.
Cybersecurity
ITAA favors current smart card specs
The Information Technology Association of America wants feds to build upon smart card standards already in use in the Defense Department and other large agencies.
Cybersecurity
Clearance gets easier
A little-noticed provision in the new intelligence law provides reciprocity for contractors who have clearances at one agency.
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Critics wary about biometric smart cards
Opponents worry about job loss and invasions of privacy
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Job goal: Make paper smarter, more secure
GPO's Larry Jellen pushes for e-passports, RFID and digital watermarks.
Cybersecurity
Clashing over cards
Questions arose about a directive that would force all feds and contractors in federal buildings to carry biometric cards.
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DHS, DOJ plan cybercrime survey
Officials plan to ask 36,000 businesses about computer security incidents.
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Cybersecurity czar call renewed
Congressional representatives are trying again to create a cybersecurity position within the Homeland Security Department's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate.
Cybersecurity
It's time for feds to share their ideas
For cybersecurity, information sharing must be a two-way street.
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Mind your own business
The best way to safeguard personal information? Don't collect it.
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Don't talk to strangers
Agencies can reduce spam by setting up e-mail registration databases.
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NASCIO faces authentication
Officials weigh privacy risks as they choose levels of E-Authentication, says the chairman of NASCIO's Privacy Committee.
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GAO calls for security strategy
Officials say the committee in charge of coordinating protection of fed facilities needs a strategic plan.
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New SmartBuy deals on the way
GSA plans to take an existing Defense agreement with IBM, extend it governmentwide and call for bids on a new antivirus contract.
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DHS buys information assurance
Homeland Security Department officials have awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman and Q1 Labs for software that analyzes and mitigates cyberthreats.
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Troops in Iraq buy own radios
Faced with a shortage of military radios, American troops in Iraq have resorted to buying their own inexpensive, insecure commercial radios to fill the gap.
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E-passports go down under
Cybertrust is developing PKI technology in a 10-month pilot that will test e-passports for Australia.
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Feds limited on digital signatures
OMB says agencies should stick to government-approved digital signature providers.
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Military taps NSA for security help
The National Security Agency will develop the Defense Department's information assurance policy
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