Access control: Feds search for scalable solution
There are many practical technologies for verifying identity online. But tailoring them to meet the varied and growing demands for identity management and access control remains a challenge.
Need to crack someone else's password?
Tool lets investigators harness the power of distributed computing to search for and crack passwords and crypto keys.
Training security personnel remains a challenge
Agencies are required under FISMA to provide training for IT security personnel, and the need to husband limited resources puts a high priority on matching appropriate levels of training with personnel. NIST offers some suggestions on meeting the challenge.
Researchers bypass Microsoft to report Windows flaws
Researchers last week described some issues that possibly affect the security of Windows systems and their components.
Agencies' big security weakness: Lack of money and people
The problem with government IT security is not so much a lack of adequate regulations but a lack of resources to ensure that agencies practice good security, says former Interior CIO Hord Tipton.
Let’s kill the kill-switch debate
Hype and hysteria over the supposed “kill switch” in Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s proposed cybersecurity bill has a lot more to do with politics than with cybersecurity.
Spymasters in search of forecasting software to enhance intell analysis
The research organization for intelligence agencies wants organizations to propose research to develop methods that provide more accurate, precise and timely intelligence forecasts.
Were alleged Russian spies undone by technology problems?
The alleged Russian spy ring that the FBI recently busted might still be operating covertly if they had had better tech support.
Spy case shines light on steganography
Russian spies used ancient and modern means of secret message transmission
New IT security guidelines focus on real-time risk management
Guidance for assessing IT security controls required under FISMA has been revised by NIST to emphasize real-time risk management and to harmonize security requirements across government.
How safe will you be with Obama's 'trusted' identity solution?
Readers aren't sold on the administration's plan to abandon passwords for trusted digital identities, citing fears of identity theft or government snooping.
AT&T-iPad breach could be serious after all
The information exposed in a recent breach of iPad users' information on AT&T’s Web site could put victims at serious risk after all, experts now say.
President has had 'kill switch' for communications since 1934
Lobbyists are scaring up concerns that a Senate cybersecurity bill would give the president new powers to shut down private sector networks in an emergency. But the claims are wrong, argues Alan Paller, director of research for the SANS Institute. The president has had those powers since 1934.
Challenges from all sides beset CISOs
Federal chief information security officers must balance a bewildering array of competing needs.
Best defense against hackers: Know your enemy
Absolute security is impossible, but NSA analyst Tony Sager says an understanding of your opponent’s craft can help you to put him out of the game – at least temporarily.
'Identity ecosystem' to replace passwords, draft strategy suggests
Obama administration releases a draft plan that would radically change the standard approach to online identity authentication -- if it works.
Security-cleared job seekers have new social network
The Cleared Network gives people with security clearances a chance to take advantage of social networking's perks.
Another domain adopts added DNS security
The Public Interest Registry on Wednesday announced that it has become the first generic top-level domain in the Internet to go live with Domain Name System Security Extensions, joining other TLDs such as .gov in deploying the extra layer of security.
White House plans strategy for better cyber authentication
White House Cyber Coordinator Howard Schmidt says the Obama administration will release a draft of its national strategy to improve the identification of people and systems in cyberspace.
Billions expected for cybersecurity research
The deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology told a recent cybersecurity connference that her office and the White House Office of Science and Technology plan a multibillion dollar research project on cybersecurity.
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