Cybersecurity

Wireless detectives secure the airwaves

Monitoring tools can help agencies sniff out threats to wireless networks.

Cybersecurity

Indian Trust injunction removed

But an appeals court said the judge for the case does have the authority to tell Interior to disconnect from the Internet.

Cybersecurity

Dix leaves IT subcommittee

Citadel Security hired congressional staffer Bob Dix to be the company's vice president of government affairs and corporate development.

Cybersecurity

Stressing security training

Arlington County's chief information security officer says basic computer security training has become essential for all government employees.

Cybersecurity

NIST labs get $47M increase

The fiscal 2005 omnibus spending bill includes $378.4 million for research laboratories at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $47.3 million more than was in the 2004 budget.

Cybersecurity

Military clearance office moves to OPM

More than 1,800 civilian personnel security investigators from the Pentagon's Defense Security Service will become employees of the Office of Personnel Management.

Cybersecurity

Security bosses feel patch pain

A survey finds patch management is the top concern of chief information security officers.

Cybersecurity

TWIC goes to prototype

The Transportation Security Administration has entered a new phase of testing the Transportation Worker Identity Credential program.

Cybersecurity

Groups urge 911 improvements

Existing 911 system is woefully outdated, it cannot use new tech.

Cybersecurity

FTC considers its antispam options

Industry officials said they welcomed the FTC's role in urging the use of e-mail authentication technologies.

Cybersecurity

ACLU decries Secure Flight test

The ACLU opposes a Transportation Security Administration directive published today that says air carriers must provide personal data to TSA for testing Secure Flight.

Cybersecurity

DOD brass: Coalitions need info sharing

Some contend allies should have SIPRNET access

Cybersecurity

NIST releases ID standard

Its requirements will become the basis for mandatory ID cards for federal workers.

Cybersecurity

DHS plots security database

It will let those with clearances visit other facilities with no muss, no fuss and no paper, said DHS' chief security officer.

Cybersecurity

Admiral calls for improved protection for classified data

Vice Adm. Gary Roughead wants devices that will allocate access to different levels of classified information.

Cybersecurity

E-mail commerce vs. politics

Solving the nation's spam problem requires a balancing act, experts said at an FTC meeting.

Cybersecurity

Finding your weakest link

The Interceptors find public- and private-sector wireless vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity

Isolating cyberthreats

Officials at two security appliance vendors are stepping up efforts to help information technology managers identify and block cyberattacks as they occur.

Cybersecurity

National security concerns at issue

NRC officials take document library off-line for review and 'scrubbing'

Cybersecurity

Fixing the DHS cybersecurity gap

Management experts aren't surprised that an audit turns up cybersecurity struggles at DHS.