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Michael Arnone
Digital Government
A new direction for open source
Software vendors consider switch to fee-based model.
Digital Government
Symantec combines threat intell feeds, consulting
Symantec Corp. has created a real-time risk-management suite to help its customers thwart cyberattacks faster and more effectively, company officials announced today.
Digital Government
Move to extend wiretap law to VOIP criticized
Skeptics: Old law doesn't fit new technology.
Digital Government
IWN moves to second phase
General Dynamics, Lockheed will vie for $3B wireless contract
Digital Government
Justice picks General Dynamics, Lockheed for wireless work
The two integrators, picked from a field of five, will compete to design the wireless network, which will serve 80,000 users in law enforcement.
Digital Government
COOP policies lack leadership
Policy-makers push telework to the center of business continuity planning.
Digital Government
The 24 effect
Fans say the show is most realistic when it portrays technology's inconsistent performance.
Digital Government
UPDATED: White hats don Red Hat
U.S. Marshals' move to Linux OS saves money, adds security
Digital Government
In-Q-Tel head resigns
Amit Yoran resigned last weekend as CEO of In-Q-Tel, the CIA's independent venture-capital group, according to press reports today.
Digital Government
UPDATED: Beaming across the border
DHS and State disagree on which security technology to use for border protection
Digital Government
Military branches can now IM
The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force now have secure enterprisewide instant messaging (IM) between the three branches, officials from the company providing the technology said today.
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Digital Government
Pentium computers vulnerable to cyberattack
Security experts warn of that and other risks at CanSecWest/core 06
Digital Government
Accidental publicist
Agencies are risking the unwitting release of sensitive information using popular office software.
Digital Government
GAO: Common Criteria is not common enough
Auditors say the process takes too long and its effectiveness is not well-understood.
Digital Government
Interoperability still plagues DHS
New report expected to hit agency for foot-dragging on communications
Digital Government
Industry group announces new animal ID database
The U.S. Animal Identification Organization will run a Web-based system that can track animals and help avert crises.
Digital Government
Expert: Wireless security is all about location
Wireless security can benefit from old real estate mantra ' location, location, location, a wireless security expert said yesterday.
Digital Government
SPI Dynamics takes aim at Web vulnerabilities
SPI Dynamics Incorporated has released two new products that automatically protect Web applications that use Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), a popular new technology found in Google Maps and other applications.
Digital Government
New targets, new threats emerge
Attackers focus on unpatched client applications, network operating systems
Digital Government
Symantec targets spam, boosts archiving
The company's four new products are intended to give users more control over e-mail entering, leaving and residing on their systems.
