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Under pressure from Congress to better coordinate the government's response to computer viruses and other cyberattacks, the National Security Council has developed a plan outlining roles and responsibilities for federal cybersecurity organizations.
Oscar S. Cisneros writes: "A new government-approved standard for telecommunications equipment violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures, critics say. The standard, released in updated form last week by the Telecommunication Industry Association, instructs telecommunications hardware manufacturers on . . .
A report to be published this year by one of the nation's top educators in information systems and security warns that the current system of higher education cannot support the demand for information assurance professionals and calls for a revolutionary change . . .
As unlikely as it may sound, lawyers and computer security experts agree on one thing: When it comes to determining what's legal and what's not on the information superhighway, there are more questions than answers. And the shortage of clear-cut legal . . .
Do you think there should be network security standards set by the government? According to MSNBC "insurance companies and the security industry are considering quasi-government regulation to try to compel Internet firms to take basic security steps." This was . . .
U.S. Defense Department pleas to computer hackers to quit mischief-making appear to be falling largely on deaf ears, making spotting potential national security threats more difficult, a top Pentagon expert says.. . .
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has informed a U.S. congressman who is seeking information about an e-mail sniffer program known as Carnivore that the agency is not ready to release details about the system.. . .
Attempting to expand a system that allows disaster-relief agencies to place prioritized phone calls in times of emergency, a US government agency earlier this month asked engineers to build similar capabilities into the technology that runs the Internet. At an Aug. . . .
Despite crying "uncle" and appealing to hackers to leave their locales alone, US Defense Department officials said that mischief-making cyber vandals continue to target Pentagon Web sites. The ongoing acts, or "events," as described in a Reuters report, include probes, scans, . . .
Hundreds of would-be satellite TV thieves who logged onto the Web to buy counterfeit satellite access cards instead bought themselves a whole lot of trouble, because the site was operated by the U.S. Customs Service as part of a sting operation.. . .
US Representative James Traficant accused Attorney General Janet Reno of treason, sexual improprieties and ties to the mob Monday night on a Fox television news show. Supporters of Traficant say that the Congressman has been targeted by the Clinton White House . . .
The Office of Management and Budget is looking for comments on draft guidance that will help agencies understand and use the new electronic signature legislation passed by Congress in June. . . .
fThe former Director of the Office of Intelligence for the U.S. Department of Energy and Chief of Counter Intelligence from 1994 to 1998, Notra Trulock, is sueing FBI director Louis Freeh and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for harassment. Mr. Trulock . . .
Recently, the FBI has become embroiled into the controversy surrounding its latest attempt to bring law enforcement into the Information Age. The "Carnivore'" project is the Bureau's attempt to collect information on electronic suspects and computer criminals in the dark reaches . . .
Computer hackers suspected of working for a Chinese research institute in Beijing stole large amounts of sensitive, but unclassified data, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, The Washington Times reported.
By the third day of the Republican National Convention, the desultory crews manning the much hyped Internet Alley are as bored and shiftless as the rest of the thousands of reporters swarming over the convention site in an attempt to report . . .
The Clinton administration formally waded into the cybercrime debate this week by forwarding a proposal to Capitol Hill that calls for enhancing law enforcement's ability to conduct wiretaps while creating new privacy protections. Justice Department officials sent what they call the . . .
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno vowed on Thursday to check on why it has taken so long to begin the review of the FBI's Internet-wiretap system called Carnivore, a programme that has raised privacy concerns. Reno said she has asked Justice . . .
The FBI agrees at the last minute to comply with a demand for more information about its Carnivore e-mail snooping system. A judge gives the agency 10 days. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the FBI to set a timetable for . . .
It wasn't exactly John Hancock signing in a new era of American independence in a room full of colonial separatists. But when President Bill Clinton used a smart card last month to sign the digital signatures bill into law, he just . . .
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