Spring forward, plan ahead
How severely will the change in daylight-saving time affect IT systems? Worse than you might think, according to one observer.
DHS taps reverse auction to buy scanner parts
DHS has chosen the online reverse auction service FedBid to purchase components for a model of two-finger scanners used in U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology system.
OMB reports modest FISMA improvements for agencies
Federal agencies are improving in their efforts to secure the nation's information technology framework ' but only moderately, according OMB's fiscal 2006 report.
Barrett succeeds Moss as passport technology boss
A key technology leadership job changed hands as the State Department tapped Ann Barrett to be acting deputy assistant secretary of State for passport services.
Compliance management
SecureInfo Corp. has released an extension to its Risk Management System software that lets users work on certification and accreditation documents while not connected to a network.
Common Criteria
Version 7.51 of the Network Node Manager Advanced Edition from Hewlett-Packard Co. has received EAL 2 Common Criteria certification.
Get well soon
Vendors at the RSA security conference last month offered various alternatives for defeating unwanted code on desktops and other endpoints.
GSA releases telework guidelines
In a continuing effort to promote teleworking, the General Services Administration released new guidelines for agencies as they oversee off-site work.
Real ID standards proposed
The proposal outlines measures that states will be required to implement for driver's licenses and other identification cards.
Davis seeks update on US-Visit
The ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee asked for a status report on DHS' move to 10-fingerprint biometric technology, as well as U.S.-Visit's strategic plan.
Unlocking access
Mississippi corrections department sets its employees free with a Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network.
William Jackson | At last, a move to put the 'I' in IT security
RSA president Art Coviello said something interesting in his keynote address to the annual RSA conference and trade show: Security must be linked to business strategy if it is to work, he said, and that is going to mean big changes in the IT security industry.
Wyatt Kash | The security conflict
Balancing the need to share data against requirements to maintain security standards has been a constant struggle for many who rely on government information systems.
Dan Lohrmann | Culture of security
GCN talked with Michigan's chief information security officer to find out how cybersecurity is playing out at both the national and state levels.
FOSE 2007 sessions to put IT's future in focus
Leaders in the federal technology community will present a comprehensive and detailed survey of IT opportunities and trends March 20-22 at FOSE 2007 in Washington.
Hashes could be only half the security recipe
Libraries of hash values for software could help define the good and the bad.
Diplomatic patches
The State Department undertakes an ambitious program to centralize software patching and improve its neglected IT security at posts around the globe.
Intruder alert
The only thing worse than having an IT system compromised is to have it compromised and not know it.
Vista insecurity
Presenters at the Black Hat briefings highlight weaknesses in Microsoft's Vista OS.
Firmware could be new frontier in hiding malicious code
John Heasman, a principal security consultant, spends his time looking for new and better ways to hide rootkits.
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