Cybersecurity
Feds need to fund more IT research
Additional money should be allocated to cybersecurity R&D, lawmakers say
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Putnam: Amending Clinger-Cohen
Security must be a key element of decisions on buying IT goods and services.
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The outsourcing hole
As more software development is shifted overseas, concerns grow about security
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NIST helps on security budgets
NIST Special Publication 800-65 presents seven steps to ensure that IT budget requests comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002.
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Two more from NIST
A pair of new publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology provide technical help for government agencies and businesses that are required to protect information systems.
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Lieberman rips DHS wireless
The Democratic senator and frequent critic of the administration's homeland security policy blasts DHS about its wireless security holes.
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NIST aims to ease XP security setup
The draft of SP 800-68 has recommendations and checklists for Windows XP security.
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Malicious server halted
A Russian site that had been downloading code to steal information from users has apparently been shut down.
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Putnam: Clinger-Cohen needs a cybersecurity boost
Proposed amendment would make security an essential part of IT buys
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Wireless worm appears
Security firm F-Secure warns of a worm that spreads through Bluetooth.
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Putnam, Davis, propose Clinger-Cohen amendment
The House chairmen say their bill would strengthen federal IT security.
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Security officials play nice
They have no choice, since they can't force network users to plug holes.
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Congress antsy about TSA tech tests
Lawmakers: Agency needs to test less, implement more
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Hackers target government holes
Symantec officials concluded that ports typically used by peer-to-peer sharing networks were targeted more often by attacks against government systems than for others.
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NIST keeps publishing
NIST has to finish a report on recommended security controls by December 2005.
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GAO: Feds can improve critical cybersecurity
A framework that describes assets, responsibilities and standards would help, GAO says.
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Back to central patching?
OMB agrees with auditors' suggestion to reconsider a central patch-management service.
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