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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 . . .
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.. . .
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 . . .
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity division is spearheading an aggressive new project to create a real-time cybersituation-awareness system, a senior DHS official said this week.. . .
A principal adviser to the new head of the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) has reiterated that the division and its industry outreach program remain key players at the DHS and that it has a direct line . . .
A poll of corporate executives published Monday found that companies are increasing spending on security to satisfy legislation--not necessarily because their CEOs have seen the light.. . .
Citing a provision of the Patriot Act, the FBI is sending letters to journalists telling them to secretly prepare to turn over their notes, e-mails and sources to the bureau. Should we throw out the First Amendment to nail a hacker, writes SecurityFocus columnist Mark Rasch.. . .
Legislation to ban or limit spam is proliferating almost as rapidly as the e-mails that promise to provide a slim, wealthy, well-endowed, sexually satisfied life. But antispam advocates disagree over whether legislation such as the recently passed United Kingdom and California . . .
In what prosecutors say was the first jury conviction ever under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a Florida man was convicted in Los Angeles of selling hardware used to pirate DirecTV broadcasts.. . .
Five federal agencies, in collaboration with the Center for Internet Security and Oracle Corp., tomorrow will announce a broad federal procurement initiative to improve software security.. . .
Two of the most influential figures in the open-source software community are arguing that the EU's proposed directive would reduce competition and push jobs out of the region.. . .
If civilian agencies join the national security community in limiting technology purchases to items that have gone through independent evaluation, it could spur vendors to submit more products for certification, officials testified today before a House subcommittee. . .
The Homeland Security Department now has the foundation for addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities and response, but the details will be filled in at a summit later this year, Robert Liscouski, assistant secretary of infrastructure protection, testified before a House subcommittee today. . .
Hundreds of government laptops with potentially sensitive information are being lost or stolen, a study shows. One in 17 key public sector workers, like government or defence officials, say they have either lost theirs or had them stolen, said security firm Thales. . .
Public-key infrastructure technology was once so cool. Its combination of encryption, digital certificates and other technologies appeared to be a foolproof way to ensure the security of electronic transactions. It gave agencies the tools they needed to replace paper documents with . . .
The Department of Homeland Security has tapped Amit Yoran, formerly vice president for Managed Security Services at Symantec Corp., to lead the agency's cyber-security division. Yoran, whose appointment will be formally announced tomorrow, will be charged with implementing the Administration's . . .
A House of Representatives subcommittee on technology, reacting to the overwhelming worm activity of last month, picked the brains of leading security experts and executives Wednesday during a hearing. Testimony was heard on the need for legislation, cleaning up the software development process, full disclosure, public-private information sharing, education programs within the enterprise and the dissemination of information to home users.. . .
The technology exists to create a governmentwide smart card program, but cultural issues and a lack of top-level management support stand in the way of implementation, experts testified today. A single government smart card is possible, but managerial and policy . . .
A new law to require accurate customer data might be necessary because the U.S. Department of Commerce and other oversight bodies have not been doing their job, lawmakers on the House of Representatives intellectual-property subcommittee said.. . .
The Homeland Security Department is planning a public presentation on cybersecurity for mid-September, at which time a new cybersecurity director will be announced, government sources told Technology Daily. The department formally has submitted a nominee to the White House and is . . .
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