NIST releases info security documents
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published two new interagency reports designed to help auditors, inspectors general and senior management understand and evaluate information security programs.
Report: U.S. Visit's limited reporting keeps Congress in dark
The Homeland Security Department's U.S. Visit program is only half succeeding at justifying its expenditures to Congress, according to a new report.
EPA, auditors disagree over IT security risks
One of the EPA's mainframe systems possesses IT security risks, external auditors said.
Navy changes policy on contractors, encrypted communications
The Navy issued a new instruction revising policy and expanding the procedures to allow authorizing release of communications security material to contractors.
FBI tracks secret 'wiretaps' with multilevel security
The FBI has launched an application that monitors the preparation of requests for secret wiretaps by using several levels of classification, according to the security level of the user.
VA missing another hard drive
The hard drive that the Veterans Affairs Department reported missing may have data on 1.8 million people, including 1.3 million non-VA physicians, living and deceased.
DHS cancels RFID tags for U.S. Visit
The Homeland Security Department is abandoning the idea of using radio frequency identification tags to track foreign visitors leaving the country because the technology was not proven successful in testing
Collins wants delay in Real ID implementation
Sen. Susan Collins is introducing legislation to delay the May 2008 implementation deadline for states to comply with the Real ID Act.
TWIC contract award protested
TSA's $70 million contract to deploy the Transportation Worker's Identification Card is under protest.
HHS should lead on health IT privacy, security
The Health and Human Services Department needs to exert stronger leadership in determining how to apply privacy to health IT initiatives, according to the Government Accountability Office.
It's an 'exciting time' for authentication
Face it, authentication is a bear. Schemes simple enough to easily implement probably are too weak. More secure schemes inevitably lead to problems with scalability.
Real debate about Real ID
States saddled with the cost of implementing the Real ID act are forcing a public dialog on the question of a national ID.
New antivirus tools closing window of vulnerability
Vendors at the RSA security conference demonstrate alternatives for defeating unwanted code on desktops and other endpoints.
EPA audit finds weaknesses in computer security
EPA needs to better assure that its contractor systems and incident reporting follow agency security requirements, the agency's Office of the Inspector General said.
IT budget increase impacts most agencies
The fiscal 2008 IT budget request is more similar to the administration's plan for 2006 than this year's.
The name of the new game is data protection
As mobile devices, remote access and increasingly complex enterprises make the concept of a network perimeter obsolete, IT security is focusing more on protecting data.
Experts: It's time to fix FISMA
A pair of security experts gave a harsh critique Tuesday of FISMA as a well-intentioned but fundamentally flawed tool.
A new twist on familiar technologies
A number of exhibitors at this week's RSA security conference are showing off some new tricks they have taught to some familiar dogs.
The search for real-world data on voice authentication
Test results show need for more information on the impact of users' behavior and the type of phone being used.
VA missing hard drive
The Veterans Affairs Department is missing one of its portable hard drives used by an employee at a VA facility in Birmingham, Ala., and it may have been stolen.
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