Better to be secure, or to feel secure?
GCN Insider | Survey says 99 percent of CIOs, CISOs feel more secure this year than last.
Under attack
Common Criteria has loads of critics, but is it getting a bum rap?
Neophyte malware
Computer virus alerts of old can leave one with a nostalgic feeling, particularly when considered against the virulent varmints now lurking in cyberspace
Gary Griffiths | Federal compliance rules blunt new tools
Another View | Guest commentary: The advent of software-as-a-service applications, where government pays to use software instead of paying to own it, has raised new questions about security and compliance.
Wyatt Kash | Faulty criteria
Editor's Desk | Commentary: By focusing more on form than on content, Common Criteria proves too rigid to keep up with changing technology
Craig Schmugar | Vulnerabilities 2.0
Since becoming a threat researcher for McAfee's Avert Labs, Craig Schmugar has analyzed malicious software and potentially unwanted programs, developed virus definition files, created virus descriptions, and invented antivirus-related technologies.
NSA develops cross-domain for the masses
Government-developed technology for accessing and sharing data across classification levels could soon spread to many users as agencies adopt systems based on the National Security Agency's NetTop architecture.
NetTop technology keeps users in mind
The National Security Agency's eight-year project to bring NetTop into wide use developed as a result of rapid commercial technology advances in the frenzied closing days of the dot-com boom and their progressive eclipse of federally developed systems.
Citrix Password Manager achieves EAL 2 Certification
Citrix Password Manager received Common Criteria Certification Evaluation Assurance Level 2 certification from Britain's Information Technology Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme.
Run time vs. static analysis: They're both good
'You can't say one technique is superior to another,' said Brian Chess, chief scientist and founder of Fortify Software. 'They have strengths in different places.'
Master of the guards
NitroView Enterprise Security Manager provides an effective way to control all the security devices on your network.
Safe Travels
PGP's Whole Disk Encryption adds encryption and a lot more to secure data on your mobile devices.
Tinker, tailor ... antibot
GCN tech brief | Symantec has announced the release of Norton AntiBot
SAP on Red Hat
GCN tech brief | SAP has certified the SAP NetWeaver platform on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform.
Illinois crosses the bridge
Illinois gets a grip on authentication, with one of the first statewide public-key infrastructures.
It was ever thus (security edition)
A gander at a June 1984 edition of GCN takes the idea of building security into software back to the future.
William Jackson | Another day, another layer of defense
Commentary: Each new layer of security serves a useful function, but how many layers is too much?
Encrypting the future
SPECIAL REPORT | NSA pushes for adoption of elliptic-curve encryption, whose greater security and shorter key lengths will help secure small, mobile devices.
Tools to get desktops in line
OMB releases a set of tools to help with establishing standard Windows desktops.
Perception vs. reality in security
As computers go, the human brain is not a very good one, says security researcher and consultant Bruce Schneier.
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