Health IT group to offer security certification to vendors
The Health Information Trust Alliance will certify security products against its Common Security Framework as the government moves to establish an infrastructure, national standards and privacy requirements for the handling of electronic health care records.
Invasion of the botnets: Cyberattacks on the rise
In the past year, the threat landscape has been marked not by the emergence of a sexy new vulnerability or exploit but by the sheer number of attacks and the increasing professionalization of the bad guys behind them.
When bits and bytes replace bullets and bombs
Cyberattacks against government and news media during last year’s invasion of Georgia allowed the Russian military to win without blowing up critical infrastructure. Is this good news or bad news?
When planning for information assurance, factor in the people
Because people issues usually trump technology issues, executives need to establish an IT security program that considers the people and the organization's regulatory environment, writes Ben Apple of Telos Corp.
NIST releases new draft of Special Publication 800-81 on securing DNS
To ensure the availability and integrity of the Domain Name System, NIST is updating its security guidelines. A second draft of the proposed revision has been released for public comment.
Best practices being crafted to enable broader use of mobile biometric devices
The growth of mobile information technology is moving biometric identification into the field, but functionality often is restricted by a lack of interoperability between systems. NIST has published a set of best practices to improve interoperability.
Health care, pharmaceuticals e-mail fuel onslaught as spam rates climb
Health care is the most common topic in unsolicited e-mail ads, according to the most recent threat forecast from MX Logic; spam watchdog adds that phony pharmacies predominate in online advertising.
DOD updates IPv6 Standard Profile
The updated IPv6 Standard Profile provides a technical and standards based definition of interoperability requirements for IPv6-capable products to be used in DOD networks.
When systems are connected, can any be called low impact?
The new NIST recommendations for IT security controls raise the question of whether it still makes sense to implement security controls based on the sensitivity of an individual system when those systems' perimeters are becoming more ill-defined.
Better security boosts agencies' use of wireless devices
Defense Department policies, such as the 8100.2 directive, and guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have laid the foundation for using technologies that conform to the government’s stringent requirements.
Former officials object to NIST plan to redistribute security work
UPDATED: NIST says the reorganization would improve efficiencies by giving the chief cybersecurity adviser broader authority and strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration; but former NIST officials object that the move would diminish leadership and focus of a vital national resource.
Crowbar cracks SD cards and retrieves data without a trace
If law enforcement or the military needs to hack an MMC/SD card, the Crowbar is a perfect tool. It has a few minor flaws and limited usage, which we feel makes it too pricey in its current form. But within those parameters, it works well.
With Security Blanket 3.0, you won't lose sleep over Web-facing servers
Security Blanket will automatically lock down Web-facing servers that run Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS or Sun Solaris.
DISA tests security for amplified cellular signals, voice encryption
DISA is evaluating femtocell technology and how to more effectively encrypt unclassified but sensitive voice communications.
Joint Forces Command shares data across security levels
A project at the Joint Forces Command lets users exchange text messages and whiteboard-based graphics across varying levels of security classifications.
Forensics tools can help stop threats to ever-expanding networks
As threats have evolved, so have the tools for forensics investigations. Although forensics inspectors were once limited to conducting research only after an incident had taken place, they are now more likely to capture evidence in real time.
A sampling of IT forensics tools
More than 150 open-source and commercial computer forensics tools are available. Here is a sampling of some of them.
Aruba Networks new wireless LAN solution has FIPS 140-2 security
Aruba Networks says its ArubaOS Release 3 802.11n wireless LAN solution has been validated as being Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 compliant for cryptographic security.
Microsoft working to eliminate Internet anonymity
Microsoft researchers have unveiled an anti-hacking concept that can help track hackers or malicious content to origin servers.
NIST releases guidelines for interoperable ID management credentials
NIST explains the use of new international standard enabling client applications to access identity credentials from different issuers, including the federal PIV card, and releases a proof-of-concept tool for using PIV with some common applications.
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