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Study Reveals DHS E-Verify Misidentifies 54% Of Unauthorized Workers

The Department of Homeland Security's online verification system wrongly identifies unauthorized workers more than half the time, study says. Government system employers can use to check a potential hire's eligibility to work in the U.S. accurately flags unauthorized workers less than half the time, according to a research report.. A report from Westat found that the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify system inaccurately identifies workers unauthorized for employment in the U.S. as authorized 54 percent of the time. E-Verify is an online system that compares employee status with more than 444 million records in the Social Security Administration database and more than 60 million records in DHS immigration databases. Only 6.2 percent of all E-Verify queries related to unauthorized workers, however, and the system is matching up legal workers with the proper status with 99 percent accuracy, according to the report. The Westat report is based on research from two years ago but was just released in late January on the DHS Web site. Its findings were not widely reported until earlier this week. The link for this article located at Information Week is no longer available. . A report from Westat found that the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify system inaccurately i. department, homeland, security's, online, verification, system, wrongly, identifies, unauthorized. . Alex

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Assessing the Limitations of Federal Cyber Initiatives for IDS

The initiative is a long-range plan to upgrade the security of the federal government's networks and comprises a number of separate proposals, most notably an overhaul and expansion of the government's intrusion detection system, known as Einstein. Currently, Einstein is simply a passive traffic-monitoring system that records basic data such as the originating IP address of a packet, its size and where the packet came from and where it is headed. But the data that the system captures is not analyzed in real time, so attacks and other anomalies aren't caught until well after the fact. And, Einstein is a voluntary program and is not in place at all of the federal agencies right now. If there was one place where you'd think that security would be state-of-the-art and cutting edge, it would be our own federal government networks. I really don't see any necessary trade-off between "security" and "convenience" when it comes down to national security. What do you think a government IDS should have to set the benchmark for security?. The link for this article located at SearchSecurity.com is no longer available. . The link for this article located at SearchSecurity.com is no longer available.. initiative, long-range, upgrade, security, federal, government's, networks. . Brittany Day

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Deceptive Duo National Security Exposures Through Hacking

A pair of hackers who have been penetrating U.S. government computer systems across the country say they're trying to call attention to vulnerabilities in national security. But analysts say they're probably nothing more than publicity seekers. . . .. A pair of hackers who have been penetrating U.S. government computer systems across the country say they're trying to call attention to vulnerabilities in national security. But analysts say they're probably nothing more than publicity seekers. On April 24, the hackers, who call themselves the Deceptive Duo, say they "started their mission" of breaking into both government and private-sector computer systems. In an e-mail interview with Computerworld, they say their purpose is "to expose the lack of security within our government and other critical cyber components." They say they have hacked into classified and nonclassified systems, including those operated by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, the Defense Logistics Agency, Sandia National Laboratories, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Midwest Express Airlines and a number of banks. The link for this article located at CNN is no longer available. . A pair of hackers who have been penetrating U.S. government computer systems across the country say . hackers, penetrating, government, computer, systems, across, country. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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