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White House Defends Web Security Plan

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Efforts to bolster Internet security will not lead to increased government scrutiny of individuals' online habits, the White House and industry sources said Friday. As it finalizes sweeping guidelines that aim to increase cybersecurity, the Bush administration said individual privacy . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 23, 2002

White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet

The Bush administration is planning to propose requiring Internet service providers to help build a centralized system to enable broad monitoring of the Internet and, potentially, surveillance of its users. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 20, 2002

Feds Delay Launch of Cyber-Security Plan

The White House's cyber-security arm will not release the next draft of its National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace by the end of the year, as it had originally planned. The President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, which produced the strategy, is . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 20, 2002

Why We Need an Anti-DMCA Law

Years could elapse before a successful challenge to the DMCA is mounted, and in that time, dozens -- maybe even hundreds -- of people will back down because they can't afford the legal bills and time required to take on Wal-Mart or the RIAA. When you're writing up your list of resolutions for 2003, put this near the top: Repeal the DMCA Latest News about DMCA. Yeah, I know most of us aren't members of Congress, but we can put pressure on our respective representatives to stick up for individuals' rights to enjoy unrestricted use of digital media and hardware.. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 19, 2002

Homeland Security Department Surfaces On Web

The White House's Homeland Security Office and the Office of Personnel Management have been rallying prospective federal homeland security workers via a Web site intended to answer their questions about the new department and transition matters, a senior transition official said. . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 19, 2002

ElcomSoft verdict: Not guilty

A jury on Tuesday acquitted a Russian software company of criminal copyright charges related to selling a program that can crack antipiracy protections on electronic books. The case against ElcomSoft is considered a crucial test of the criminal provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a controversial law designed to extend copyright protections into the digital age.. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 18, 2002

Gilmore Commission Raps Cybersecurity Policy

The Gilmore Commission has strongly criticized the administration's cybersecurity policy and called for a merger of cyber- and physical security policy work in the White House. The commission's fourth report, released in full today, repeated the recommendation of its third . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 17, 2002

Feds Invoked National Security To Speed Key Internet Change

The Bush administration sped approval for moving one of the Internet's 13 traffic-management computers after a prominent technology company urged the government to ``declare some kind of national security threat and blow past the process,'' according to federal officials' e-mails. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 16, 2002

All Eyes on Total Info Awareness

Perhaps no project being developed as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has caused such intense public scrutiny and debate as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Total Information Awareness (TIA) system. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 16, 2002

Homeland Security Will Consolidate Software Licenses

Speaking at a Spy Museum breakfast today, Secret Service assistant director Steve Colo said the new Homeland Security Department will consolidate all its component agencies' software licenses "for the greater good," looking first at large contracts with vendors such as Microsoft Corp. and Oracle. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 12, 2002

Law may be updated to cover DoS attacks

The government is considering amending the Computer Misuse Act (CMA), amid concern within the Internet industry that denial of service (DoS) attacks may not be covered by the law.The Home Office, in consultation with groups such as the police and industry representatives, is currently examining ways of updating the CMA, according to a Home Office spokeswoman. . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 11, 2002

Senate Closes Accidental Anonymizer

Never let it be said that the United States Senate has done nothing for Internet privacy. Network administrators for the U.S. government site www.senate.gov shut down an open proxy server over the weekend that for months had turned the site into a free Web anonymizer that could have allowed savvy surfers to launder their Internet connections so that efforts to trace them would lead to Capitol Hill. . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 11, 2002

White House Official Says CIOs Key To Homeland Security

Private-sector chief information officers will play a key role in the work of the new U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to Lee Holcomb, director of infrastructure at the White House Office of Homeland Security. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 10, 2002

Report Suggests ID Alternatives

A national identification system is one approach to strengthening identity security, but a white paper published by a coalition of government organizations also proposes a "confederated" system in which Americans could use multiple identifiers for clusters of agencies and/or businesses. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 10, 2002

Hotlink to Terror?

Federal agents have raided a Boston-area computer software firm looking for evidence that the company, which does business with key government agencies including the FBI, might have links to Osama bin Laden's terror network. The Quincy, Mass.-based firm, Ptech Inc., . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 06, 2002

U.S. Government Fails to Make Security Grade

The 24 major agencies of the U.S. government performed so poorly this year that lawmakers charged with overseeing government efficiency want to tie agencies' funding to network security procedures and force them to buy software only from a list of "qualified" . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 04, 2002

Industry/Government Group Issues Security Certification Standards

A group made up of representatives of the U.S. government and leading technology companies has released new certification standards for security professionals, according to a statement by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA. . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 03, 2002

Feds, Firms Unveil Test For Security Pros

A new certification program for entry-level computer-security professionals will officially get up and running Monday, said representatives of the combined industry-government group behind the exam. . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 29, 2002

Firms Team To Win Homeland Security Bid

In a deal involving the new Department of Homeland Security, two companies teamed up to win a multimillion-dollar contract to create a system for patching security flaws in software used by U.S. government agencies. . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 27, 2002

TSA Prepares Large-Scale Biometrics Tests At Airports

The Transportation Security Administration is readying a pilot to test several types of biometric devices at 20 U.S. airports. The agency plans to release a request for proposals as early as next week for systems integrators, pending a final legal . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 27, 2002

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Navigating Open-Source Security Risks: The Pursuit of Memory Safety in Open-Source Software

German State Abandons Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

White House Warns: Move to Memory-Safe Languages