National strategy for identity management nearly done
The administration’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is expected to be finalized this winter, and the standards-making process to support it already is under way.
Don't panic: IPv4 address depletion is not a crisis
Hype is beginning to appear about the impending crisis of IPv4 address depletion and the need to adopt IPv6. Yes, we do need to prepare, but the Internet will still be with us.
Agencies hard hit by shortage of cybersecurity pros
Programs are under way to identify, educate and provide career paths for potential cybersecurity professionals demanded by government and private industry, a panel of experts said, but it will be years before the pipeline is producing.
4G public safety network to undergo first tests
Telecom industry partners are being signed up for the public safety demonstration network being established by the Commerce Department to test LTE equipment for a 700 MHz nationwide public safety network.
Government takes the lead on IPv6 adoption
OMB's recent mandate for enabling IPv6 on public-facing government Web servers and internal agency networks is a welcome and much-needed step toward future-proofing the Internet.
Why the need for IPv6? Blame Vint Cerf.
The godfather of the Internet says it's his fault that we're running out of IP addresses.
Lightweight Portable Security: It's not just for the Pentagon
LPS-Public is available to anyone as a free download and can serve a variety of personal applications.
Air Force lab finds a simple way to support telework
The open-source Lightweight Portable Security tool provides trusted endpoints for remotely accessing DOD IT resources from untrusted environments, enabling secure Internet browsing and telework on sensitive systems.
First set of Smart Grid standards submitted to energy regulators
The first standards for Smart Grid interoperability and security have completed a cybersecurity review by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and have been forwarded to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for adoption. The Energy Department also is funding research on Smart Grid security.
5 countries gain DNS Security Extensions
Five Latin American and Caribbean country code top-level domains have been digitally signed, expanding the number of domains protected with DNS Security Extensions protocols.
Can a public health approach cure the Internet?
A plan for international cybersecurity has attractive features, but there are serious real-world challenges that would stand in the way.
NIST reorganizes laboratory programs
The NIST IT Lab, which includes the Computer Security Division, is in for some changes in NIST's reorganization.
GAO debuts new online report technology
GAO is piloting a new online E-Report to accompany its familiar PDF products with the release of a study on slippages in NOAA's next-generation weather satellite program.
The cure is known, but the cyber disease persists
Even though the number of new vulnerabilities seems to be flattening, the persistence of known vulnerabilities in IT systems means that increasingly sophisticated attackers still have a target-rich environment. Patch and configuration management can help.
Time for U.S. to assert itself on the Internet, report says
A new report from the Council on Foreign Relations says the Internet has become essential to the nation’s security and economic well-being, and the United States needs to protect those interests in defining how the Internet is governed.
The value of access control is easy to demonstrate
Conduct due diligence and know each product's strengths and weaknesses before choosing one, Albany County's network engineer says.
Telework tool: A DOD innovation goes wide
As legislation requiring agencies to move more aggressively to allow telework comes closer to passage, managers worry about security. A tool the Air Force developed could ease their minds.
Radio interoperability effort is old enough to drink
Delays in finalizing the P25 suite of interoperability standards for public safety radios force agencies to use expensive, proprietary equipment, House panel is told.
Should public safety network be public/private?
A piece of the 700 MHz spectrum is earmarked to support a national public safety network. But public safety agencies and the telecom industry differ about whether it can and should support both of them.
Stuxnet reveals vulnerabilities in industrial controls
Stuxnet apparently is the first malware to cross the line from cyberspace to the physical world with the intent to do physical damage.
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