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In a move that raises questions about the security of governmental domains, the Bush administration has pulled the plug on a .gov Web site pending an investigation into the authenticity of the organization that controlled it. . .
President Bush is requesting $379.9 billion in the fiscal 2004 budget for the Defense Department, including more than $24 billion focused on the DOD's information technology-laden transformation systems and initiatives. The fiscal 2004 request is more than $15 billion greater . . .
President Bush has approved the White House's long-awaited national cybersecurity strategy, a landmark document intended to guide government and industry efforts to protect the nation's most critical information systems from cyberattack. . .
The Defense Department already is considering how to protect information in a network-centric environment, according to the department's deputy chief information officer. Priscilla Guthrie, DOD's deputy CIO, said a white paper is circulating within the department that attempts to lay . . .
President Bush in his State of the Union address last night reiterated how much his administration will depend upon technology for homeland defense. Among his list of domestic proposals, Bush said he is instructing the CIA, FBI, Defense Department and Homeland Security Department to develop a Terrorist Threat Integration Center to merge and analyze all threat information in a single location. . .
The United States Department of Homeland Security (www.dhs.gov) changed its servers over to Oracle on Linux last week, after running on Windows 2000 for several months. Experts say that it is unlikely the change is a reaction to "Slammer," the MS . . .
Cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke will step down next month after he finishes a comprehensive Internet-security plan, industry and government sources said Tuesday. Clarke, a longtime White House aide who has led efforts to combat terrorism and bolster the security of the nation's computer systems. . .
Technology applications, intelligence information analysis and greater coordination with other nations will help to protect U.S. borders and waterways as well as facilitate better commercial trade, said Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary-designate for border and transportation for the Homeland Security Department. . .
A forthcoming Pentagon directive will shed light on how Defense Department organizations are expected to ensure information is stored on DOD systems adequately. The Pentagon initially issued a directive last October that gave a basic framework for providing information assurance . . .
President Bush will ask Congress to boost federal spending on information technology by $5 billion next year to continue fighting terrorism and to begin combining the computer systems of 22 government agencies under the Department of Homeland Security. . .
U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld this week directed the armed service to strip military Web sites of information that could benefit adversaries, citing a terrorist training manual and a year-long review of the Department of Defense's 700-gigabyte Web presence. . .
The U.S. government spent at least $2.9 billion in 2002 on information technology related to homeland security and will spend at least that amount again this year, Congress' auditing arm said. In a report released Tuesday, the General Accounting Office . . .
Wireless security is a major concern for agencies that deal with ever-more tech-savvy employees bringing to work handheld devices that don't mesh with federal security guidelines, said CDW Government Inc. president James R. Shanks. As agencies are working to bolster . . .
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minihan, former director of the National Security Agency, may have left government work a few years ago, but he is still focused on "toughening" the nation's critical infrastructure. . .
If wireless users can endure one more round of debates about security standards, they may soon be able to buy actual products. It's no secret that built-in security functions lack current wireless local-area network products, a situation due largely to . . .
The White House is planning to nominate a former intelligence agency chairman and a high-ranking Commerce Department official to shape the way information technology is used in the fight against terrorism, according to government and technology industry sources. . .
As the Bush Administration prepares to release the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the IT industry continues to resist efforts to include technology mandates or regulations. Not all members of the nation's critical infrastructure sectors are equally resistant to the federal . . .
The National Infrastructure Advisory Council today approved its recommendations for the National Strategy to Secure Cyber Space. The recommendations will be forwarded to the president, who could meet with the council this month. . .
The Bush administration has reduced by nearly half its initiatives to tighten security for vital computer networks, giving more responsibility to the new Homeland Security Department and eliminating an earlier plan to consult regularly with privacy experts. . .
The designers of the Federal Government's National Security Web site, which was set up to educate people about the dangers which the Government claims the country faces, apparently do read what's been written about their site. . .
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