IBM opens SOA Institute for agencies

IBM today launched a SOA center devoted to helping agencies adopt and benefit from SOA information technology initiatives.

DHS taps General Dynamics for CIS tech support

DHS' central acquisition office today said General Dynamics One Source has won a task order valued at up to $227 million to support technology at Citizenship and Immigration Services.

FISMA grades: What do they mean?

The new federal computer security report card is out, and once again the grades are pretty bad.

USDA has data breach

The Agriculture Department has announced it has publicly exposed the personal information of up to 63,000 citizens. This was the agency's second potential breach.

ZIP it up

Inventor of ZIP protocol will unveil a product offers enterprise-grade data security ' at no cost.

This is a test

The SANS Institute says it has first test to assess programmers' ability to write secure code.

Paint it ... sandy brown

A conductive coating could be the key to securing wireless LANs.

RFQ to help government meet mobile encryption requirements

Last week, DOD and GSA issued a request for quotations for full-disk encryption or a file/folder encryption system under the SmartBuy enterprise software management program.

JWSD awards L-3 $94M contract

The Joint Warfare Support Division has awarded L-3 Communications Corp. a contract to provide services, including integration, production and maintenance.

William Jackson | For virus detection, don't write off signatures

Heuristics may be all the rage, but signature detection is still the key antivirus tool.

DARPA seeks strategic collaboration ideas

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking innovative ideas and concepts that can advance the area of strategic collaboration, according to a request for information.

House committee targets RNC e-mail records

The House Judiciary Committee late Thursday sent a detailed request to the Republican National Committee asking for all e-mails that can be found on its servers generated by federal employees relating to the firing of several U.S. attorneys.

Army's Space Program Office signs biometrics deal

DOD has awarded a contract worth up to $71 million to SecuriMetrics for the sale of biometric recognition devices.

GAO: Despite advances, TWIC problems remain

TSA has improved management of TWIC in the last six months, but problems remain in ensuring effectiveness and compatibility of the cards and readers.

Government will benefit from critical mass in smart ID cards

With more than 10 million Common Access Cards issued and currently in the hands of DOD personnel and contractors, DOD has learned how make use of smart ID cards.

State comes up short on information security

Despite some improvements, the State Department still falls short in its information security efforts, according to a new Inspector General report.

NSA awards IT security training deal

National Security Agency and the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium will continue their partnership on the Certification and Accreditation Professional and Systems Security Certified Professional certificates.

Cybereye | Should DHS get the keys to the kingdom?

DHS has stirred up online controversy with its suggestion that the government should hold a master key for digitally signing the root zone of the Domain Name System under the DNS Security scheme.

Software AG to acquire WebMethods

Service-oriented architecture software provider Software AG is planning to acquire integration software provider WebMethods Inc. for approximately $546 million.

GAO: DHS' watch centers need more collaboration, coordination

DHS' 25 national and regional operations centers suffer from poor collaboration and coordination, auditors said in a report issued Thursday.

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