The top six of 2006
In 2006, the GCN Lab reviewed hundreds of products. Only 40 contenders received the coveted reviewer's choice designation. Of those, six really were the best of the best.
Idaho extends contract with Digimarc to include license security
The Idaho Transportation Department, in a move to beef up the security of its driver's license system, has awarded Digimarc Corp. a contract extension.
Report: Vendors don't get your hopes up about IPv6 spending
According to an analysis conducted by Government Insights, IT services vendors should not overestimate the government's planned spending on pure IPv6 hardware upgrades.
Access under control
Juniper Networks releases Version 2 of its Unified Access Control system.
Secure business processes
Metastorm receives EAL-2 Common Criteria Certification for Metastorm e-Work, v. 6.6.1.
William Jackson | Cybereye: And the worst security idea of 2006 was . . .
Time to take note of those security blunders from 2006 that have given us so many opportunities to learn from our mistakes.
Robert Gellman | @Info.Policy: Chief privacy officers stuck in the middle
CPOs face several institutional problems: little power, limited resources and no natural support base.
Need for automated fingerprinting increasing
Behind a spike in the demand for automated fingerprint identification systems are great strides in technology as well as the transition to fully digital processing, a new study has found.
DHS Buy American compliance limited by systems errors
According a report from the DHS Inspector General, IT system limitations and manual reporting errors are preventing it from determining whether it is fully complying with the Buy American Act.
Tom Pyke | A more secure IT environment
Tom Pyke was tapped to be the cowboy in the white hat for the Energy Department after a series of high-profile lapses in computer security at the department recently.
Romanian charged with hacking U.S. computers
A Romanian computer hacker is indicted for breaking into systems at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Goddard Space Flight Center, the Energy's Sandia National Laboratory and the U.S. Naval Observatory
Private-sector shared-services providers must be FISMA-compliant
Karen Evans, Office of Management and Budget's administrator for e-government and IT, says shared-services providers to the government for human resources or financial management services must comply with FISMA.
Interior moves to centralize security software management
The Interior Department has issued a blanket purchase agreement to Merlin International Inc. of Denver under which the agency will gradually centralize its acquisition of Symantec security software and services.
TSA gives Registered Traveler provider OK on rollout
A subsidiary of Verified Identity Pass Inc. has been authorized as the first entity eligible to offer Registered Traveler services at airports nationwide.
DHS floats proposal for 'Global Envelope' of terrorist info sharing
A senior Homeland Security Department official today sketched the outline of an ambitious plan for internationally sharing biometric identification information about individuals who pose terrorist threats.
DHS leaders mull biometrics, privacy with charmed circle of insiders
The conference sponsors'a group of DHS agencies'afforded access to the unclassified conference to select nonprofit organizations concerned with privacy issues from this country and Europe, but barred the media from most sessions of the meeting.
State re-signs Harris for visa work
The millions of Americans who request visas to work abroad each year are likely unaware that a Florida company plays a large role in processing the applications.
Resilience, recovery key to protecting nation's networks
According to a new report, plans for protecting the nation's critical information technology networks, systems are focused on developing resiliency and quick recovery.
Arrest made in DOT laptop theft
Law enforcement officials arrested a suspect in the theft of a laptop belonging to a Transportation Department's Office of Inspector General in the same restaurant parking lot near Miami from which the laptop was taken.
Next phase of White House communications system to begin
The transition of the White House's external communications system to an Internet protocol-based infrastructure will be completed by General Dynamics' IT business.
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