Tech giants, Federal Reserve eye digital currency
According to recent reports IBM and Intel – and possibly the Federal Reserve – are considering using the blockchain technology associated with bitcoin to create a new digital payments system.
How the Identity of Things will streamline the citizen experience
The Identity of Things creates a single, consistent, panoramic view of a citizen across every department in an organization, reducing the time to roll out new services from years to weeks.
IARPA preps insider threat monitoring projects
The intelligence community will brief firms on its plans for new insider threat detection and monitoring systems.
Next BlackBerry tablet is aimed at government
BlackBerry announced the SecuTablet, a new secure tablet outfitted with technology components from Samsung, IBM and Secusmart, a German encryption company acquired by BlackBerry last year.
Secure drone software evades hackers
Tech company Galois has developed a secure software solution that makes drones invulnerable to buffer overflow attacks, network sniffing, replay attacks and authentication attacks.
3 ways to combat threats from ‘device creep’
Government network managers do not need removable storage tools; secure managed file transfer systems can get the job done with less risk.
Massive OpenSSL audit hopes to squash Heartbleed-like bugs
The audit by Cryptography Services will cover a range of security concerns but will focus primarily on the Transport Layer Security stacks, protocol flow, state transitions and memory management.
DARPA to pursue 'revolutionary' privacy tools
DARPA’s Brandeis project aims to develop tools with “revolutionary” impact that could help bridge privacy gaps that hamper collaboration and technology development.
To fight insider threats, AF team models network protection layers
A team of researchers at the Hanscom Air Force Base has developed a process for delivering solutions that protect against insider threats.
Secure browsing, messaging skyrockets after high-profile hacks
Secure browsing topped a list of the most activated mobile applications in the last year, according to a report by enterprise mobile management firm Good Technology.
5 tools for improved identity management
While agency security challenges continue to unfold, IT managers will have to rely on existing technology solutions to help manage their ongoing and embryonic security threats.
Best sources of actionable threat intelligence
Sources of threat information can be found both inside and outside an organization – not just in network monitoring logs and intrusion prevention systems.
Senate, DSS eyeing threat scanning systems
The Defense Security Service and the U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms issued requests for information for services that scan and gather threat information from multiple sources.
Agencies navigate the identity-based security ecosystem
Identity systems – and the electronic formats for managing them – have become the top priority for safeguarding the government data attackers now target.
FAA leaves air traffic system open to security risk, says GAO
The FAA has taken steps to safeguard national airspace systems, says the Government Accountability Office, but significant vulnerability remains in authorizing user access to systems, maintaining good data encryption and security monitoring practices.
Array Networks introduces FIPS-compliant gateway
The AG1500FIPS provides enhanced security for SSL traffic by storing, processing and encrypting both the keys and data in a hardware-secured module.
DOD takes ISIL fight to the deep web
DARPA is using its Memex technology to search, trace and track illicit activity across the vast, hidden underbelly of the Internet.
Now that’s persistent: Equation’s firmware threat
An Equation Group threat that uses disk drive firmware to plant malware in systems points to the kind of sophisticated and hard-to-tackle menace that will increasingly be a part of black hat attacks.
Postal Service IG wants more analytics muscle
U.S. Postal Services is looking for advanced analytics technology to help it detect fraud and conduct sensitive audits.
NIST outlines guidance for security of copiers, scanners
The guidance covers protecting information processed, stored or transmitted on replication devices, which are those that copy, print or scan documents, images or objects.
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