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NSA Will Test A High-Level Access Card

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The National Security Agency is planning to test its own version of the Common Access Card at the end of next year. While most Defense Department employees will use the Common Access Card, top NSA officials will use the Universal . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 10, 2002

Clarke Stumps for National Internet Operations Center

Presidential adviser Richard Clarke today asked the IT industry to support a proposed Internet Operations Center that could provide advance warning of cyberthreats as they spread. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 09, 2002

A Spending Tug Of War

Working from its fiscal 2002 spending account, DOE's NNSA had $555 million for safeguards and security. Of that, $58 million was earmarked for information security, according to the official, who asked to remain anonymous. But some of that money was reallocated . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 08, 2002

NIST-NSA Team Readies Systems Security Guidance

The National Information Assurance Partnership in the next month will release two draft guides to create standards for systems security certification and accreditation and for minimum security controls for IT. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 08, 2002

Senate Delay Muddles Security Reporting

As the bill authorizing the proposed Department of Homeland Security languishes in the Senate, government officials are discussing the possibility of informally consolidating federal information security agencies, according to sources familiar with the plan. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 08, 2002

DOD's wireless safety net

A Defense Department policy released late last month provides what security experts describe as a workable strategy for eventually allowing the use of wireless communications within the Pentagon without compromising security. The policy calls for development of a Pentagon-wide wireless network . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 08, 2002

FBI official: Biometrics not ready for large-scale uses

Agencies are not yet ready to deploy biometrics on a large scale, an FBI IT official said, and projects like the agency's own U.S. Border Control Entry and Exit System have a long way to go."Biometric identification is not a technology that is applicable on an agencywide basis," Selena Hutchinson, the FBI's acting deputy CIO, said in an interview.. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 07, 2002

Security Benchmark Tools Available

All federal agencies can now freely distribute and use the security configuration tools developed by the independent Center for Internet Security (CIS) and endorsed by federal security experts. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 04, 2002

SA Successfully Tests E-Authentication Gateway Prototype

The General Services Administration's prototype of the E-Authentication gateway last week passed its initial test and is being geared up to handle transactions for five or six other projects by Dec. 31. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 04, 2002

Federal Proposal Tells Only Part of Cybercrime Story

In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Canadian government hurriedly introduced a series of new anti-terror measures. Quietly included was a seemingly innocuous announcement -- Canada, alongside other countries such as the United States, would implement the . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 03, 2002

Bush cybersecurity plan: Now is the time for commenting on it

Crypto software developer Bob Crowley suggests the Open Source community may want to take a hard look at the Bush administration's draft document for the "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace" and send some comments to the White House in the next six weeks. . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 03, 2002

Wireless, Classified Data Don't Mix

The U.S. Defense Department's new security policy prohibits its use of wireless devices, such as cell phones and PDAs, for accessing classified data. The new policy is actually an elaboration of a moratorium the Pentagon put in place in July . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 03, 2002

America's National Cybersecurity Strategy: Same Stuff, Different Administration

Today the White House releases its long-awaited "National Strategy To Secure Cyberspace." This high-level blueprint document (black/white or color), in-development for over a year by Richard Clarke's Cybersecurity team, is the latest US government plan to address the many issues associated . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 01, 2002

FBI To Release Computer-Security Updates

The FBI and a prestigious computer-security research group are set to announce new initiatives to keep companies up to date on the most threatening software vulnerabilities, CNET News.com has learned. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 01, 2002

GSA to unveil top 20 security flaws

The focus will be on fixes this week when the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) unveils its list of the top 20 Internet security vulnerabilities to a gathering of about 350 government CIOs and IT professionals. The meeting takes place Wednesday . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 01, 2002

Secret Service Patrolling for Unsecured Wireless Networks

Secret Service agents are putting a high-tech twist on the idea of a cop walking the beat. Using a laptop computer and an antenna fashioned from a Pringles potato chip can, they are looking for security holes in wireless networks in the nation's capital. . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 30, 2002

Hacker groups declare war on US.gov

A record number of malicious hacking attempts were made this month, and anti-American groups are responsible. So says Mi2g, the London-based security consultancy, which notes that US government on-line computers belonging to the House of Representatives, Department of Agriculture, Department . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 27, 2002

Agencies Tie IT Security To Budgets

With a little prodding from the Office of Management and Budget, agency IT managers are tying system security to their enterprise infrastructures through the budget process. Some said today that securing their infrastructures ranks just as high as e-government for fiscal . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 27, 2002

NCS Prepping 'gee-whiz' Pilot

The National Communications System is in the early stages of a Global Early Warning Information System (GEWIS) pilot project in which government and industry will examine the health and topology of the Internet. . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 27, 2002

Biometrics Finds its Niche

The rage was post-9/11 when facial recognition vendors started promoting a media frenzy about the use of biometrics to inhibit terrorism. That promise has never been fulfilled...a lot of folks thought, 'Biometrics are a solution against terrorism.' From that false assumption, . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 25, 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