Portable security
Data on mobile computers is always at risk of being lost or stolen. Encrypting an entire disk, rather than individual files, could be the best way to ensure security. There are both hardware and software encryption methods.
A touch of security
Test Drive | Iogear's small biometric mouse gives you an alterative to passwords and adds a partial layer of security.
Army beefs up PDA data security
The Army will install security software from SMobile Systems on mobile data devices used by soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Certifications for secure coding
Twenty-three certificates for secure programming have been awarded in the first round of GIAC Secure Software Programmers exams.
Dell offers on-demand desktop streaming
New computing approach is designed to simplify IT deployment and management.
Report: IT security spending on the rise
A typical government agency or company now spends 20 percent of its IT budget on security, according to a survey released today by CompTIA.
Adobe PDF bug jeopardizes desktop security
The Adobe PDF could be used to compromise a system running on Microsoft Windows XP, Adobe confirmed this week.
Auditors give FBI tech fixes mixed marks
The Justice Department's Inspector General Office concluded that the FBI has improved its system security since the Robert Hanssen spy debacle but pointed out areas where improvements are incomplete or lacking.
Motorola challenges BlackBerry with secure messaging platform
Motorola is challenging Research in Motion's dominance of secure handheld messaging in the federal sector with the introduction today of its Good S/MIME platform.
Agency Award'Coast Guard and DHS | A touch of a finger stems the tide
2007 GCN Award: Coast Guard links biometric handhelds with US-VISIT database to slow the flow of illegal immigrants.
Agency Award'Federal Aviation Administration | Protect and serve
2007 GCN Award: FAA takes network security to the next level, in more ways than one.
ERM and document security
Enterprise rights management does more than just control access to your network. It also can help protect the data inside.
William Jackson | When the price for protection is too high
Cybereye | Commentary: Security can be a good thing, but it comes at a price that must be considered.
Protect your portables
GCN tech brief: HP is moving against thieves by bundling Computrace Data Protection with three new laptops.
Digital Defense offers secure ID platform
GCN tech brief: An open, standards-based product suite for achieving enterprise security convergence.
C5 manages content
GCN tech brief: A solution for managing Extensible Markup Language documents.
Right on Q
GCN Lab Review: Qradar's appliance sifts through network logs, surveys network traffic and gives you visual displays of potential problems.
Mary Ann Davidson | In defense of common criteria
GCN Interview: Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle Corp.'s chief security officer, comes to the defense of the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme. In Davidson's opinion, Common Criteria has a number of strengths.
New technology for IDs?
Ferroelectric RAM chips promise to outperform contactless chips now used in smart ID cards.
A surfeit of RFPs?
GCN Insider | Only seven products were submitted to TSA for evaluation for the agency's qualified products list. Why?
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