Microsoft tries to clean up COFEE spill
Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, a computer forensics solution that Microsoft provides for free to law enforcement agencies, has been pirated.
Hefty November patch adds to IT woes
Microsoft rolled out six security fixes in its November patch on Tuesday, including three critical and three important bulletins.
E-mail 'biggest' security risk, Microsoft says
An organization's security has a lot to do with its e-mail system, a top security official at Microsoft suggests.
Microsoft releases Exchange 2010 and Forefront Protection
Microsoft officials on Monday announced the public release of Exchange 2010 and described the rollout of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server, an enterprise security tool.
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report released
Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report details growing threats.
Senate plan is a step forward for cybersecurity
The Oct. 31 announcement by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is drafting new cybersecurity legislation comes as a constructive, though somewhat overdue, gesture.
Criminals stay ahead of data breach laws, experts warn
The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved two new security laws, but threats are evolving too fast, experts say.
Automated tools take sweat out of security compliance
New automated tools can help agencies get some of the voluminous security configuration data required under the Federal Information Security Management Act. But the tools aren't a cure-all.
With encryption effort, Education built on others' work
The Education Department is the first to integrate full-disk encryption with PIV cards for laptop access, but the department did not try to reinvent the wheel.
Education chases Holy Grail of security
The Education Department shoots for a trifecta of PIV access control, simplified sign-on and data encryption for laptop computers.
Has secure software development reached its limits?
One security vendor suggests there's a limit to how much software developers can improve the security of the programs they create, and some of the larger vendors are reaching that limit.
Survey reinforces growing insecurity about IT security
A survey by out-of-band authentication provider PhoneFactor finds a growing percentage of IT security and authentication professionals are worried about the security of their data.
DOD approves new credentials for security professionals
The Defense Department approved the (ISC) 2 Certification and Accreditation Professional, which requires that all DOD information assurance workers obtain a professional certification accredited under the global ANSI/ISO/IEC Standard 17024.
ArcSight Logger 4 offers protection from cybercrime
ArcSight unveils the fourth generation of its log management tool, ArcSight Logger.
New cybersecurity role for NIST?
NIST would be responsible for developing a plan to coordinate the government's work with international organizations developing cybersecurity standards under a bill approved by the House Science and Technology’s Innovation Subcommittee.
International cooperation to shape common policies for cybersecurity and data protection
The United States and the European Union pledge to extend their cooperation on security and human rights issues, including cybersecurity, fighting cyber crime, and data protection. The next step is negotiating a binding agreement.
Senate poised to pass national breach-notification law -- or maybe not
A Senate Judiciary Committee staffer says the odds look good for passing a comprehensive data protection act. Then we can move on to updating FISMA.
DHS opens national cybersecurity operations center
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano debuts new command center that integrates US-CERT, cybersecurity and telecommunications units.
Microsoft offers mitigation security tool for vendors
Microsoft announced a new mitigation security utility for application developers and information technology professionals. The Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit (EMET), currently at Version 1.0.2, is conceived as an "extensible framework" that will include future mitigation technologies as they are released, according to a Microsoft blog.
Compliance reporting bogs down cybersecurity, officials say
A senate panel was told that too much effort is spent on reporting compliance with cybersecurity requirements, and not enough on how effective those security controls are.
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