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Q&A: A two-pronged approach to cybersecurity

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The head of the US government's cybersecurity programme explains why he feels that the public and private sectors are making progress towards achieving security Against a backdrop of new challenges from increasingly sophisticated hackers, Yoran is responsible for preparing the government's . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 09, 2003

A Case of Internet Security Anxiety

This was the message from yesterday's National Cyber Security Summit in Santa Clara, Calif. The summit, backed by technology trade groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, brought together power players from the tech industry and high-ranking officials from the Department . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 05, 2003

US challenges IT industry on cybersecurity

Speaking to more than 300 IT executives at the first National Cyber Security Summit in California, Ridge said everything from electricity grids to banking transactions and telecommunications depends on secure, reliable cyber networks, and terrorist groups "know, as do we, that . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 04, 2003

Tech Executives Try to Slow Government rules For Computer Security

Technology executives are trying to convince the Homeland Security Department that costly new computer security rules aren't needed, arguing their companies are already taking aggressive steps to defend against hackers. The behind-the-scenes lobbying is paying dividends. The administration is reconsidering . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 03, 2003

Tech industry aims to stem security rules

America's largest technology companies are working to persuade the Department of Homeland Security against consideration of costly new computer-security rules, arguing that companies already are taking aggressive steps to defend against hackers. So far, industry has found a receptive audience. Homeland . . .

Anthony Pell
Dec 03, 2003

U.S. House Passes Controversial Antispam Bill

Capping six years of federal legislative wrangling, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed antispam legislation intended to create extensive regulations for commercial e-mail.. . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 25, 2003

Feds' Cybercrime Crackdown Yields 125 Arrests

A crackdown on Internet fraud schemes dubbed Operation Cyber Sweep has netted 125 arrests or convictions and more than 70 indictments, federal law-enforcement officials say.. . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 21, 2003

EU Hi-Tech Crime Agency Created

The European Union is setting up an agency to co-ordinate work to combat the rising tide of cybercrime.. . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 21, 2003

Bush pushes for cybercrime treaty

Even though the United States is a nonvoting member of the Council of Europe, it has pressed hard for the cybercrime treaty as a way to establish international criminal standards related to copyright infringement, online fraud, child pornography and network intrusions. . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 19, 2003

US Congress' role in IT security debated

A U.S. House of Representatives member proposed last Thursday that the U.S. Congress require every computer to have antivirus software installed, but IT security experts disagreed with that suggestion and other ways for the government to encourage cybersecurity among private companies . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 10, 2003

NIST releases security controls proposal

The National Institute for Standards and Technology today released the first draft of a publication describing mandated security controls for federal information systems. NIST officials want agencies to experiment with the initial public draft, "Special Publication 800-53: Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems.". . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 04, 2003

UK must get ready for Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Companies are being offered a range of products to help them prepare for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley (Sox) Act, as lawyers warn that not all will be ready in time.. . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 03, 2003

E-authentication architecture due in December

Look for draft architecture by mid-December to replace the original concept of a gateway to secure agencies' electronic transactions, the person overseeing the administration's E-Authentication initiative said this week. Officials recently convened a technology advisory council to look at the state . . .

Anthony Pell
Nov 03, 2003

NSA Buys License for Certicom's Encryption Technology

In an extraordinary move, the National Security Agency has purchased a license for Certicom Corp.'s elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) system, and plans to make the technology a standard means of securing classified communications.. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 27, 2003

Former Coca-Cola Cyber-Security Chief Now in Charge of Nation's Infrastructure

There are days when Robert Liscouski wonders why he left a lucrative job as head of cybersecurity at Coca-Cola to face the daunting task of protecting the nation's "critical infrastructure. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 24, 2003

U.S. Gov't Plans Internet Security Ads

Consumers who ignore advice about how to protect themselves against hackers, viruses and fraudsters online will soon find it harder to tune out thanks to a nationwide media blitz being crafted by the Department of Homeland Security and a group of . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 24, 2003

US corporate security disclosure plan won't help

In an effort to shore up the security of the US' critical infrastructures, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security recently proposed that all publicly-traded companies disclose in their filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission precisely what they are . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 21, 2003

Spies Attack White House Secrecy

There's a "total meltdown" in America's intelligence services -- and the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy is one of the major reasons why, current and former top U.S. spooks charged Tuesday. George W. Bush's White House has pushed like few . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 17, 2003

Defense Department To Boost RFID Adoption

The Department of Defense issued a mandate early this month requiring all of its suppliers to use passive RFID tags on the cases and pallets they deliver to its various branches by January 2005. The Defense Department isn't the first to require that suppliers support RFID--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has told its top 100 suppliers to use RFID tags on cases and pallets by the same date and will require all its suppliers to use the technology in 2006.. . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 13, 2003

Security: A Federal Case

The department of energy has done something unusual for a federal agency. It has become an example of excellent cyber-security practice. It has done this by pressuring Oracle to elevate security in its 9i database product--in the process, taking software out . . .

Anthony Pell
Oct 07, 2003

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