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The FBI is creating a $3 million computer forensics lab in Silicon Valley, using the latest imaging software and high-end computers to sleuth for cyber-clues of child pornography, corruption, murder and more. . .
The federal government is pushing ahead with its agenda to improve the security of public and private networks, working to garner support for key components and developing plans to refocus the National Information Assurance Partnership. Specifically, the NIAP is crafting two . . .
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division has released three new draft guides for agencies on buying security technologies and services. . .
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 . . .
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. . .
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 . . .
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. . .
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. . .
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 . . .
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.. . .
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. . .
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. . .
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 . . .
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. . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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. . .
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 . . .
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. . .
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 . . .
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