Cybersecurity
NIST invites comment on draft standard
Minimum security requirements for information systems will become mandatory once signed by Commerce Department secretary.
Cybersecurity
No surprise: Security problems persist
Government Accountability Office auditors also criticize the Office of Management and Budget's security reporting guidance.
Cybersecurity
OMB seeks R&D on supercomputing, cybersecurity
The Bush administration makes high-end computing and cybersecurity priorities in a memo on fiscal 2007 research and development goals.
Cybersecurity
Fort Hood DOIM dons security award
Army IT office is one of 10 organizations to receive best practices security award.
Cybersecurity
DOD cyberwarriors in a war of attrition
New paper suggests policy changes and use of fake networks to better defend systems.
Cybersecurity
GAO: DHS lacks departmentwide information security
GAO says that the Homeland Security Department must protect its own information and information systems before it can effectively protect the country’s.
Cybersecurity
USPTO weighs options for work at home
USPTO's chief information officer has notified vendors of the agency’s interest in PC blade technology.
Cybersecurity
IAPP will certify government privacy officials
The association has developed educational and testing standards for the first time for federal, state and local employees.
Cybersecurity
Five steps to managing risk
Experts recommend going on the offensive to deal with vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
Military recruiting database draws scrutiny
Pentagon defends building a database with names of teenagers for military recruitment.
Cybersecurity
RFID privacy concerns are global
European and Asian officials want to ensure that radio frequency identitifcation technology is used properly.
Cybersecurity
Feds face mandatory security controls
Federal officials will soon be required to become experts in triage as they try to make their agencies comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Cybersecurity
FDIC employees' data stolen
An 'unauthorized release' of data let thieves get social security numbers, dates of birth and names of anyone with official FDIC pay status as of July 2002.
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GAO: Feds miss mark on security reporting
More instructions needed on which problems to report and to whom, auditors say.
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Cybersecurity plagues Fort Hood
A top Army warfighting IT official said it's a servicewide problem for the Army.
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Woodward grills cybersecurity vets
The federal government must become more proactive in finding and weeding out cyberthreats, panelists told the co-author of All the President's Men.
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Under attack in the states
Michigan portal helps workers e-learn cybersecurity awareness.
Cybersecurity