Government implements DNSSEC on the .gov domain
Successful signing of the top level clears the way for agencies to sign second-level domains by end of the year.
FOSE's wall-to-wall floor show
From front-office tools to back-office storage and security, the FOSE show floor has something for everyone.
VeriSign offers PKI to non-federal clients
VeriSign is offering its PKI service to organizations that work closely with the federal government, such as first responders in state and local governments.
White House updates progress on cybersecurity review
Team will present its report and recommendations on the state of the nation’s cyber security efforts by the end of April.
Security through obscurity
GSA's list of 4,657 .gov domain names remains state secret.
Guidelines for securing DNS being updated
NIST is updating its recommendations for meeting the security challenges of the Domain Name System, which underpins the Internet by mapping user-friendly domain names to numerical IP addresses.
Major IT challenges remain the same, survey reports
Key challenges such as information technology security, infrastructure and management persist because they are complex, evolving and "difficult to fully resolve," the report states.
Change proves difficult @WhiteHouse.gov
WhiteHouse.gov has been overwhelmed by technological problems and other challenges that team Obama has been unable to solve.
Cybersecurity gets increased funding in Obama's first budget
Obama wants $355 million to support DHS’ National Cybersecurity Division and its role in the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative.
Napolitano updates Congress on DHS' IT programs
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said an initial review showed that a 2012 deadline for DHS to scan for radiation all U.S.-bound sea cargo was not going to work.
Zero-day exploits take fun out of functionality
Popular applications and increasing functionality equal a growing threat to unsuspecting users.
Microsoft issues advisory for Excel bug
Microsoft is looking into a newfound vulnerability in its Excel spreadsheet application that could enable a remote code execution attack by hackers.
NIST revises guidance for remote access and teleworking security
The revised guidance is intended to mitigate the risks of teleworking, emphasizing the importance of securing sensitive information stored on telework devices and transmitted across external networks.
Consensus Audit Guidelines no substitute for FISMA guidance
NIST is updating its comprehensive FISMA security control guidelines, which the CAG overlaps but does not duplicate.
Agreement reached on security controls for IT systems
Consensus Audit Guidelines are seen as the first step toward standardizing best practices for securing government, contractor and other critical IT systems.
Guidelines released for secure use of digital signatures, hashing
Two new publications from NIST provide guidance for randomizing message input for digital signatures and for using hash algorithms
Government data breaches on the decline
Government agencies catch a lot of flak for data breaches, but a new survey reports that although data breaches overall are increasing, the number involving agencies is falling.
An ID for all domains
Cross-domain authentication systems are difficult to implement, but they could be the only way to give some workers access to all the resources and data they need to do their jobs.
Hacker nation
Security companies getting caught with their Internet guard down should serve as a warning to agencies increasingly conducting business on the Web.
Windows 7 is a step in the right direction
The beta version of Windows 7 has attractive interface features, faster performance than Vista and security elements that will appeal to feds, such as the ability to require encryption on all key drives that connect to the network.
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