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Seagate's Momentus 5400 FDE: Insights From NSA Assessment on Security

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The US National Security Agency (NSA) and Treasure Department have expressed interest in a secure storage device that hard drive manufacturer Seagate is developing. Seagate spokesperson Michael Hall told vnunet.com that the company has met with the two US government agencies over its Momentus 5400 FDE technology. He said that the agencies are investigating the device's implications on their ability to fight organised crime, but stressed that so far they are only gathering information.

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House Committee Passes Data Security Bill for Consumer Protection

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A House committee this week unanimously approved a data security law that would establish federal standards for protecting personal information and would supersede state laws. The Data Accountability and Trust Act, (HR 4127), is one of a spate of bills introduced last year in the wake of publicity about the theft or loss of data that could lead to identity theft. The incidents came to light as a result of state laws requiring consumer notification of security breaches and spurred a consumer demand for tighter regulation.

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GAO Report Findings on NIAP Security Accreditation Challenges

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The federal government's program for testing and accrediting the security of commercial technology has not been proven a success, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. The National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), which is sponsored by the National Security Agency and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, was created to make it easier for agencies to find products that meet basic industry standards for security.

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Data Breach Analysis On Identity Theft And Security Failures

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The issues of personal data security and identity theft broke into the national consciousness a year ago, when Choice-Point reported that thieves had established accounts with the data broker to obtain sensitive information on 145,000 people. Outrage was immediate, but the problem has persisted. Despite congressional hearings, a plethora of federal bills and the passage of laws in at least 22 states, data on more than 53 million people was stolen, lost or exposed in 121 more incidents over the next year, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. By far the largest exposure was at payment processor CardSystems Solutions Inc., which effectively was put out of business after data on 40 million people was hacked.

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Enhancing Airport Security With DHS Initiatives for Explosives Detection

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Airport screeners are using new technology to find explosives instead of hunting for tweezers, Department of Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff said on Friday. Locked and armoured cockpit doors and air marshals on planes are part of a switch in main security concern from hijackers to people who might want to blow up airplanes, Chertoff said in a speech at an event in San Francisco hosted by the Commonwealth Club. He said: "The things we're really worried about are explosives." Airport screeners are being retrained "to move them away from looking for things like nail clippers to more sophisticated chemicals and detonating devices".

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2023 FISMA Scorecard Results: Agencies Maintain D+ Security Rating

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The latest FISMA scorecards are out, with the grades for different agencies' efforts in the computer security arena. Amazingly, the overall grade--for all 24 major agencies in the federal government--has moved not a notch. Last year's D+ remains intact. For those who may be new to FISMA Fun, it works more or less like this: the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ask each major agency's Inspector General (IG) to submit an independent report about computer security based on numerous guidelines and scoring criteria.

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Final NIST Guidelines for Federal IT System Security Compliance

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the final standard for securing agency computer systems under the Federal Information Security Management Act. Federal Information Processing Standard 200 [1] sets minimum security requirements for federal systems in 17 security areas. It is the third of three publications required from NIST under FISMA, which requires executive branch agencies to establish consistent, manageable IT security programs for non-national security systems. The intent of FISMA is to implement risk-based processes for selecting and implementing security controls.

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2007 DHS Budget: Enhancing Cybersecurity Through New Partnerships

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Although President Bush's proposed budget for fiscal 2007 (starting Oct. 1, 2006) increases spending for key cybersecurity programs, it is not clear how that money would be spent, raising concerns in the information security industry. One of the biggest security-related boosts would be a $35 million infusion to the "critical infrastructure outreach and partnerships" initiative within the Department of Homeland Security. The goal of that effort is to increase cooperation and information sharing among DHS, state and local governments and infrastructure providers. Thirty million dollars of that allocation would go toward implementing partnership plans for private industry verticals like information technology, finance and electrical utilities.

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NSA: Communication Failures In Surveillance Technology Programs

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Two technology programs at the heart of the National Security Agency's drive to combat 21st-century threats are stumbling badly, hampering the agency's ability to fight terrorism and other emerging threats, current and former government officials say. One is Cryptologic Mission Management, a computer software program with an estimated cost of $300 million that was designed to help the NSA track the implementation of new projects but is so flawed that the agency is trying to pull the plug. The other, code-named Groundbreaker, is a multibillion-dollar computer systems upgrade that frequently gets its wires crossed.

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State Department E-Passport Launch Amid Security Concerns

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The State Department started pilot production of electronic passports earlier this month and plans to roll out e-passports for the general public this summer, officials said. The senior official in charge of the project also said that technical issues raised recently about e-passport security would not prevent the general distribution of the documents.

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Enhancing Public Access with Federated Identity in e-Government

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Leading public sector IT bosses have told silicon.com they would welcome moves by the UK government to adopt federated identity in order to provide the public with faster, more efficient access to online services. But one expert believes the government has been too preoccupied with the controversial ID cards project to consider such as solution.

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RFID Adoption Strategies Amid Security Regulation Changes

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You manage a heterogeneous network and want to provide different Quality of Service agreements and network restrictions based on the client operating system. With pf and altq, you can now limit the amount of bandwidth available to users of different operating systems, or force outbound web traffic through a transparent filtering proxy. This article describes how to install pf, altq, and Squid on your FreeBSD router and web proxy to achieve these goals.

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Evaluating America's Defenses: Cyber Storm Exercise Insights

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We'll soon find out, says Andy Purdy, acting director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security. Last week, Purdy oversaw the first large-scale mock cyberattack, aimed at gauging the nation's readiness to handle computer-based threats to critical infrastructure. The weeklong exercise, dubbed "Cyber Storm," came three years after the Bush administration signed off on the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Results of the exercise will be made public this summer.

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