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"Digital Pearl Harbor" Results

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The results of the "Digital Pearl Harbor" conducted last month at the US Naval War College are now available. The goal of the simulation was to conduct an organized, well-funded electronic attack directed at various facets of national infrastructure: telecommunications, . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 14, 2002

New tools give agencies a leg up on security data management

The Federal Aviation Administration, like many organizations trying to secure large, complex networks, was in a quandary. Information technology operators at the FAA were overwhelmed by the vast amount of data being generated by the many security devices strategically deployed to . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 14, 2002

Homeland Insecurity

As was often the case, Bruce Schneier was thinking about a really terrible idea. We were driving around the suburban-industrial wasteland south of San Francisco, on our way to a corporate presentation, while Schneier looked for something to eat not purveyed . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 13, 2002

Researcher: Biometrics Unproven, Hard To Test

James Bond technologies like face recognition, fingerprint sensors, hand geometry, and other biometric security systems may be impossible to accurately evaluate, unless researchers also measure the performance of the testers and the demographics of the subjects, a key researcher said Wednesday. . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 08, 2002

Attack prompts U.S. Internet watch

The government was monitoring a series of electronic attacks launched early Tuesday against United States Internet providers, hours after European authorities passed warnings to the FBI predicting the attacks. The impact from the attacks appeared limited, and there were no . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 07, 2002

Copyright law has hackers on the defensive

When Adam Bresson showed how to make copies of copyright-protected videos in a speech at a hacker conference this weekend he realized he was risking arrest for violating U.S. copyright law that landed a Russian man behind bars after the same event last year.. . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 06, 2002

DOD focused on wireless security

As part of a governmentwide effort to overcome the security gaps in commercial wireless devices, Defense Department officials plan to issue stricter rules for how defense personnel use them, the department's top technology manager said last week. "We're going to put . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 06, 2002

Fed Plea: Stop Security Leaks

Security researchers and hackers who find vulnerabilities need to realize that discretion is more important than valor, several federal security experts said at the Defcon hacking conference here this weekend. . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 05, 2002

Government Against Full Disclosure of Vulnerabilities

The government is urging "white hat" hackers to search for security flaws in software, but also wants them to only pass information about those flaws on to software vendors and the government, not to the rest of the security community as . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 01, 2002

Bush adviser promotes 'responsible hacking'

A White House adviser is urging computer professionals and hackers to do more to help uncover software glitches.Computer security advisor Richard Clarke has told experts attending the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas they have an obligation to help. . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 01, 2002

Cybersecurity Czar Urges Better Standards

To avoid relying on future disasters to spur action and to drive proactive security measures, the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, created by President Bush, will release a federal strategy for cybersecurity in mid-September, he said. That strategy, and what recommendations . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 31, 2002

Defense Department to Impose Limits on Wireless Devices

The Defense Department, concerned that hackers or spies might eavesdrop on classified meetings or secretly track the locations of top U.S. officials, is imposing new limits on its workers' use of the latest generation of wireless devices inside military buildings. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 31, 2002

HSD Bill Would Give Companies FOIA Protection

Information about IT security threats volunteered by the private sector to the proposed Homeland Security Department would be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act under House and Senate versions of the HSD bill. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 29, 2002

Deal struck for security alerts

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers today announced it has signed an agreement with the primary federal infrastructure security analysis and warning center so that individual states can receive alerts on cyber and physical threats. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 26, 2002

Hollywood hacking bill hits House

Copyright owners would be able to legally hack into peer-to-peer networks, according to a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday. As previously reported by CNET News.com, the measure would dramatically rewrite federal law to permit. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 26, 2002

Congress blasts Feds on cyber-terror FOIA games

There was a fabulous explosion Wednesday during an otherwise typical cyberterror dog-and-pony show on the Hill when House Government Reform Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (Democrat, Illinois) lost her composure during. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 26, 2002

Executives Advised to Take Role in Internet Security

Internet security issues need to be addressed in boardrooms and executive suites, not just data centers and network storage closets. That's the message one industry organization is trying to convey by targeting the upper echelon of management with a guide on how to ward off potential threats.. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 25, 2002

Report urges states to organize against cyberterror

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) today issued a report urging government leaders in all 50 states to set aside political differences and make cybersecurity and critical-infrastructure protection a top priority. . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 25, 2002

Congress to turn hacks into hackers

If House Hollywood sock puppet Howard Berman (Democrat, California) gets his way, it will become legal to hack a network in efforts to impede the on-line illicit trade in copyrighted works. . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 24, 2002

Security Synergy

Can IT projects and government requirements be aligned to benefit both security and business goals? Executives usually don't look to the government for help with business-technology goals. But some have found surprising synergies between the Bush administration's homeland-defense strategy and their . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 24, 2002

Government - Page 57

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