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Federal agencies have made only small improvements in securing government networks and IT systems from hackers and terrorists. A House panel on Tuesday issued a scorecard, giving the federal government an overall grade of D.. . .
Washington, Dec 9 - Today, the Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census released the 2003 Federal Computer Security Report Card.. . .
Chinese government agencies are prohibiting the import, manufacture and sale of Wi-Fi gear that does not use China's new security specification, which is incompatible with standards technology industry groups developed.. . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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.. . .
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.. . .
The European Union is setting up an agency to co-ordinate work to combat the rising tide of cybercrime.. . .
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. . . .
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 . . .
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.". . .
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.. . .
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 . . .
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.. . .
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. . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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