How to avoid a Stuxnet of your own
As industrial control systems that underlie the nation’s critical infrastructure become standardized and networked, securing them from attack has become a pressing issue. NIST offers a guide to protecting them.
E-mail security as a (not-so-simple) service
As the Veterans Affairs Department steps up efforts to control sensitive data, it adopts a third-party front end to simplify the use of Microsoft Rights Management Services and make it more effective.
Plan would help agencies control sensitive data
The National Archives and Records Administration is creating a governmentwide policy for handling Controlled Unclassified Information that would replace the current patchwork of ad hoc agency-specific policies.
New Jersey mashes up to keep traffic moving
The New Jersey Department of Transportation is making traffic data from a variety of sources available to drivers through multiple channels, including interactive voice response systems for phones and a new website.
How 511 got its digits
After the Federal Communications Commission was given jurisdiction over the N11 dialing codes by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Transportation Department petitioned to assign 511 for automated travel information services.
What did we learn from World IPv6 Day?
A 24-hour test flight of IPv6 demonstrated the Internet’s ability to handle traffic using the new protocols. The next challenge is to bring IPv6 to end users.
To defeat phishing, Energy learns to phish
Filters won't catch every threat, so Energy and other agencies have gone phishing themselves, using training and penetration tests to beef up employees' knowledge of attacks.
New Chinese targets put phishing on the rise
Phishing attacks are down from the all-time high seen in 2009 but were on the rise again in late 2010, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
Task force wants voluntary cybersecurity code for online businesses
A Commerce Department task force recommends establishing codes of responsible behavior for noncritical companies doing business online, along with economic and other incentives for adopting best practices and standards for cybersecurity.
Are agencies getting on board with telework?
More than three-quarters of federal agencies have completed telework policies, according to a Telework Exchange survey in May, although about one-third of employees are actually participating.
RSA confirms its tokens used in Lockheed hack
The complicated attack might have used log-in data obtained via a phishing attack along with algorithm seed numbers taken from RSA to generate new passcodes.
Will phishing kill e-mail as we know it?
The recent spate of successful targeted phishing attacks demonstrates that e-mail cannot be trusted and any attachment or link, from any source on any subject, must be treated as suspect.
Agencies get a tool for measuring their security
The Homeland Security Department has released FISMA reporting metrics for fiscal 2011 that include assessments of agencies' ability to use automated tools to monitor and secure assets, part of an evolving emphasis on real-time understanding and risk management.
The top cyber threats of 2011, so far
Spam is dropping in volume, but what remains is becoming better targeted, McAfee says. And mobile malware, particularly for Android phones, looms as an emerging threat.
How to counter sophisticated cyberattacks: Focus on the basics
A series of high-profile network breaches illustrate the need for agencies to do the simple things consistently and well; you can't completely stop the breaches, but you can mitigate them, a DHS official says.
University projects to secure cyberspace could soon bear fruit
A five-year program funded by Northrop Grumman to advance cybersecurity research is nearing fruition, participants say.
Another major defense contractor hacked; RSA tokens likely involved
Information that could enable attackers to break the RSA SecurID token is believed to have been used in attacks against major defense contractor L-3 Communications, which followed a similar breach against Lockheed Martin.
World IPv6 Day: Will users feel the stress of the test?
VA, FAA and Commerce are among the agencies that will be leading the way June 8 in a worldwide test of the next-generation Internet Protocols. If all goes right, you won't notice. But what happens if it doesn't?
21 agency sites will take the challenge on IPv6 Day
Organizations in the .gov domain will be taking part in the global stress test of the new Internet protocols on June 8.
White House's cyber plan is weak on enforcement
The president's proposed cybersecurity legislation does not include strong enforcement for securing privately owned critical infrastructure.
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