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Financial industry fears feds' security rules

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Federal regulators are developing information security rules for the financial services industry to protect customer data. But executives at affected banks, brokerages, and insurance companies say mandating stringent security requirements, such as encrypting stored or transferred data, will increase their costs . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 10, 2000

Security: Who should be in charge?

Should the Defense Department assume responsibility for safeguarding the countrys communications infrastructure? A retired Navy vice admiral now working in the private sector said the time has come for public debate on the question. . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 03, 2000

Carnivore review team rudely unmasked

When the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the winning Carnivore review proposal in Adobe .pdf format, they apparently failed to mask the names and other details of the review team adequately. According to Cryptome, the details can be unmasked by . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 30, 2000

Europeans Defining The Long Arm Of The Cyberlaw

European and U.S. officials are moving toward a final draft of the world's first international treaty on cybercrime, a broad effort that high-tech industry groups and privacy advocates fear could intrude on personal privacy and hamper e-commerce. . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 27, 2000

Ex-NSA expert warns of concealed backdoors

Former NSA (National Security Agency) analyst and representative of Internet rights watchdog EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Centre) Wayne Madison warned privacy groups Friday that a growing number of proprietary commercial software applications may have backdoors allowing the . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 25, 2000

Nations struggling to fight cybercrime

Anthony Pell
Sep 25, 2000

Survey reveals CIOs' top security concerns

Federal chief information officers are concerned that hackers will gain control of federal computers and damage Web sites or hurt the systems of other agencies, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by the System Administration, Networking, and Security (SANS) . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 19, 2000

A bug in the legal code?

Nearly four weeks after Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled in favor of the movie industry, ordering a hacker Web site not to post or link to DeCSS, copies of the DVD-decrytping code abound. There are offshore DeCSS posters and anonymous types running . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 15, 2000

E-Signature Act may drive demand for authentication technology

On Oct. 1, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or E-Sign, will take effect, giving electronic signatures the same legal standing as their paper-and-pen counterparts. This expansive federal legislation considers facsimiles of an original signature and recorded agreements . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 14, 2000

Close Enough for Government Work? A Brief History of Linux

Linux is up against some stern arguments against its use in secure government computing--arguments open source security experts are happily blowing apart. The open source development method itself came under fire in a recent article in Government Computer News titled "Linux . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 13, 2000

Federal report: Government computers pose security risks

The government's computer systems remain "fraught with weaknesses," posing security risks at a host of federal offices, including the Defense and Treasury departments, a report released Monday found. The report, prepared for Congress by the General Accounting Office, said that . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 13, 2000

Report: The Federal Government is a Hacker's Paradise

The report, from the General Accounting Office, the non-partisan investigative arm of Congress, gave the federal government a grade of D- for the way it places "a broad array of federal operations and assets at risk of fraud, misuse and disruption." . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 12, 2000

Senate debates FBI’s trustworthiness

Can the public trust the government to limit its use of the system to capturing spies, hackers and terrorists while protecting the privacy of law-abiding Americans? Or should that trust be given to another party that would administer the online taps? . . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 08, 2000

MP3.com ordered to pay up to $250 million in music copyright case

Wow. I'm sure this isn't the last of it. "A federal judge on Wednesday found that MP3.com willfully violated the copyrights of Universal Music Group, and ordered the Internet music sharing company to pay Universal $25,000 per compact disc, or as much as $250 million.. . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 06, 2000

Justice Dept. Urges Cops To Keep Up With Cybercrime

Criminals who perpetrate crimes using the latest gizmos and Internet technology could soon outfox authorities unless law enforcement agencies act quickly to control and contain cybercrime, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.. . .

Anthony Pell
Sep 05, 2000

SEC targets alleged Web pyramid scheme

For a $1,495 membership fee plus $149 a month, Le Club Prive offered investors a chance to earn commissions by recruiting new members to the club, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in its civil suit filed in federal court in . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 31, 2000

Horn to grade agencies' security practices

The lawmaker who, with his periodic report cards, shamed federal agencies into taking steps to rid their most critical computer systems of the Year 2000 computer bug plans to shed the same light on the government's computer security practices. Rep. Stephen . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 29, 2000

Is Government's Future Electronic?

The Web has forever changed the way governments at all levels interact with one another and with the citizens they serve. Widespread Internet access is expected to completely alter people's ability to tap into government resources in the next few years . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 29, 2000

Jersey taking hard look at computer crime

Two New Jersey agencies are calling for the state to strengthen its computer crime laws, enhance law enforcement training, and beef up education programs to combat computer-related crime. Concerned about the proliferation of child sexual abuse, fraud, identity theft, hacking, cyberstalking, . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 28, 2000

US to Detail Plans on Review of Web Wiretap

US Attorney General Janet Reno said on Wednesday that details for a planned review of the FBI computer program designed to capture email messages for criminal investigations will be released on Thursday. . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 25, 2000

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