Onward and upward to new Reaper
The new Reaper model must be able to face emerging threats such as cyber warfare and surface-to-air missiles better than the current MQ-9 drone, says Col. James Gear, director of the Air Force's Remotely Piloted Aircraft Task Force.
Lego robot takes a shot at safe-cracking
The robot is designed to open combination locks by brute force by testing possible combinations.
Two years later, U.S. still not prepared to secure cyberspace, report warns
Two years after releasing its report on "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency," the Center for Strategic and International Studies warns that little progress has been made in improving the nation's cybersecurity.
Be sneaky – and secure – with MXI's portable Windows OS
The Lab reviews the MXI Stealth Zone, a secure version of Windows running from a flash drive.
Will feds trust nonfederal ID card for contractors and agency partners?
The CIO Council has established specifications for nonfederal credentials that are interoperable with PIV cards and can be accepted by agencies. The first commercial card vendors recently received certification to issue the cards.
DOD database would sift all network traffic for signs of attack
The vice commander of U.S. Cyber Command says participation in the joint database would be voluntary, but that it would produce a clearer view of cyber threats.
Egypt's Internet blackout reignites kill switch debate
Senators plan to reintroduce a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, but recent events in Egypt have reignited controversy over the potential for a presidential kill switch for the Internet.
WinMagic SecureDoc locks down your laptops
WinMagic's encryption software is easy to use and extraordinarily powerful -- making it well suited to protecting a large agency that has plenty of mobile employees.
Project aims to protect personal info online by requiring less of it
A European Research Consortium project, ABC4Trust, would enable identity verification with minimum disclosure.
Trusted Identities: Single sign-on or single point of failure?
Despite NIST's assurances of safeguards, critics say the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace could increase the risk to users' personal information.
New IE vulnerability affects all versions of Windows
In response, Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2501696 and is investigating the security flaw.
Is government the odd man out in cyber defense?
DHS studied what worked and what didn't in fighting the Conficker worm, and government collaboration did not fare well.
National competition puts high schoolers to the cyber warrior test
The Cyber Foundations Competition is an effort by the U.S. Cyber Challenge and the SANS Institute to identify talented high school students with interests in cybersecurity and help provide a career path for them.
Testing smart-phone security apps on a Droid X
Get your cell phone ready for the next outbreak. Antivirus companies are starting to make products to protect smart phones before hackers can get a foothold, and the GCN Lab checks out three of them.
Technology vs. experience: the changing workforce
Your employees just entering the workforce have grown up with technology and are not familiar with a physical workplace, let alone a world where their favorite technologies or services do not exist.
DHS' new approach to border surveillance looks similar to SBInet
The Homeland Security Department is seeking an open-systems approach for an Integrated Fixed Tower system at the border, which appears to have some similarities to the canceled SBInet system.
Data security: Why the usual solutions fall short
The public seems amazed by the type and amount of sensitive information that is available to people who should not have access to it, but security professionals are not, writes security consultant Shon Harris.
3 federal IT security predictions for 2011
Unisys' Patricia Titus says we can expect to see three important security trends this year in response to the growing number of employees who connect to government networks via mobile and/or personal devices.
Group finds a way to thwart Conficker (no thanks to government)
The efforts of the Conficker Working Group to combat the fast-spreading worm offer a model for cyber defense, but federal contributions proved of little value, according to a study of lessons learned commissioned by the Homeland Security Department.
Performance hit could be the price of DNS security
With the .com top-level domain about to come on board, the number of Internet zones signed with DNS Security Extensions is likely to take off, but there will be performance trade-offs.
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