New malware sneaks by most antivirus protection
Tests conducted for Imperva found that 40 antivirus products struck out in detecting new malware files. But does that mean antivirus is useless?
Truly unbreakable encryption trips the light fantastic
Scientists from Toshiba and Cambridge University use quantum physics to create completely secure communications over fiber optic cable.
The key to crypto? It's in the key
Cryptography is only as secure as the keys used to encrypt and decrypt data. NIST shows agencies how to make them strong.
Narilam database malware found in Iran strictly business
Iran's CERT refutes early speculation that the worm could be linked to Stuxnet, Flame and Duqu.
After theft, NASA orders laptops encrypted, but is that enough?
Software encryption of laptop hard drives containing sensitive information certainly raises the bar on security, but for hackers, it's just one more password to crack.
Mobile devices show low rate of malware infections
Despite the growing number of malicious apps for Android devices, researchers at Georgia Tech found a surprisingly low rate of infections on phones in the United States.
Help is available for effective continuous monitoring
Continuous monitoring of IT systems can help maintain and improve security, but it is not necessarily easy to do. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published guidance to help with the job.
Continuous monitoring: A piece of the IT security puzzle
Continuous monitoring of IT systems is changing the way agencies approach federal security regs, but it can only be effective on fundamentally sound systems, say government security pros.
Supply chain threats 'hard to detect, expensive to fix'
A House panel is worried about the intrusion of Chinese manufacturers into the U.S. telecom market, but despite growing concerns over the security of the nation's IT supply chain, remedies remain difficult to find.
Fake tech: What can agencies do to protect themselves?
The spread of counterfeit or tampered-with technology could force agencies to take formal steps to ensure a product's integrity.
Still at the starting line in the cyberdefense race
DOD wants a baseline of security standards for defending civilian critical infrastructure and clear lines of authority for sharing information across sector boundaries.
7 elements of a self healing power grid
The ability to automatically anticipate, respond to and isolate damage to the Smart Grid could mitigate the impact of power outages.
Security gets short shrift in mobile apps
A lack of attention from developers and users to the security of mobile applications has troubling implications for those who would bring mobile devices into the workplace.
Agency programs show outlines of future cyber ecosystem
Plans to develop automated systems for cybersecurity will build on models like DOE's Smart Grid and FAA's Next Generation air traffic control system.
How to build an immune system for cybersecurity attacks
Government researchers are using the human immune system as a model for building a cybersecurity ecosystem, whose features would include automation, interoperability and authentication technologies.
NIST spells out baseline security requirements for next-gen mobile devices
Mobile devices lack the hardware-based security needed to make them trusted tools in the workplace; a draft NIST publication identifies the requirements for making them secure enterprise devices.
N.J. voting extension exposes email can of worms
New Jersey's election day voting extension will challenge network administrators to scale up email resources to the limit.
Could a cyber ecosystem automatically defend government networks?
A multiagency group hopes to create a cyber ecosystem that could learn to automatically assess and respond to threats. Where would humans fit in the loop?
As hacker forums breed recruits, government stages cyber education counterattack
Hacker forums are an incubator of future cyber criminals, according to a recent Imperva report, but government is expanding educational tools of its own by sponsoring university cyber training programs and beefing up cyber force development.
Putting cybersecurity on the diplomatic agenda
The EastWest Institute is holding its third cybersecurity summit in India next week, part of an effort to bring nations together in this strange new world called cyberspace.
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