Sony: Hacker group Anonymous played a part in PlayStation records breach
Sony's chairman tells Congress that, whether they knew it or not, those taking part in a denial-of-service attack on the PlayStation network provided cover for the theft of personal information.
Government's best role in an ID ecosystem: consumer
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace envisions an industry-led ecosystem to securely manage identities in cyberspace; the test of its success might well be government's willingness to adopt it.
Sony says PlayStation users' data protected, but take precautions anyway
Sony says credit card information for 77 million users was encrypted and appears not to have been taken, but the investigation is continuing.
Next PIV card could include iris recognition
The new draft biometric data specifications for Personal Identity Verification cards include requirements for optional iris recognition and updated on-card fingerprint comparisons.
Texas comptroller exposes personal data on millions
Unencrypted data was left exposed in the office of the Texas Comptroller for more than a year.
Trusted Identities plan a 'major step' toward securing online transactions
The private sector will take the lead in the Obama administration's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, with government playing merely a supporting role.
New cyber threats put government in the cross hairs
Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report details a shift toward online attacks that draw on social media information and target high-value victims, such as those in government.
EPA to move e-mail, help desk, security services to the cloud
Agency's chief information officer looks to establish standards for using external and internal cloud services.
Need a way to control network access? Government already has it.
Role-based access control, first formally proposed by NIST scientists in 1992, has become the standard for managing access to IT resources and has saved the U.S. economy billions of dollars.
Do user awareness campaigns lower IT security risks?
Primary metrics for measuring success of user awareness campaigns include training completion and reduction in specific types of incidents an an annual basis, according to research by the Corporate Executive Board's Information Risk Executive Council.
'Minority Report' technology is just a game -- for now
Advances in human interface technologies, evident in Microsoft's Kinect, have a lot of potential in public safety and health care.
Google submits to privacy audits in Buzz settlement
After being charged with using deceptive tactics and violating its own privacy rules with its social network, Google becomes the first company required by the Federal Trade Commission to implement a comprehensive privacy program.
Advanced persistent threats are a new way of life
The recent discovery of an advanced persistent threat inside RSA proves what the company had been saying for weeks: This new breed of threat against high-value targets is probably inevitable.
If security is too complex for blacklists, what's next?
More complex security environments require the use of whitelists to effectively combat attacks such as advanced persistent threats, one vendor says.
9 fraudulent digital certificates on the loose, Microsoft warns
The certificates, seemingly associated with popular websites, could be used for spoofing, phishing or man-in-the-middle attacks.
After hack, security of RSA SecurID tokens in the hands of customers
In the wake of a breach of RSA’s authentication product, the company has temporarily halted distribution of tokens and warned customers to take additional steps to secure information about tokens in use.
Apple patches 56 bugs in Mac OS X
Apple 56 fixes vulnerabilities in Mac OS, most of which were termed "critical" and susceptible to being hijacked.
Hackers gain access to RSA's SecurID security tokens
RSA announced late Thursday that it was the victim of an "extremely sophisticated" ongoing attack that has harvested data about the company's popular SecurID two-factor authentication product.
Telework on the sly: How many feds really work outside the office?
Studies show the number of federal employees unofficially working remotely is outpacing the official estimates.
Can Android take BlackBerry's government job?
Android has overtaken the BlackBerry in the mobile-phone sweepstakes, but Google must fix security and device management before taking up residence in government.
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