The serious side of GPS, where timing is everything
Although most widely known as a feature in consumer products, GPS timing and positioning is used in much of the nation's critical infrastructure, from managing air traffic to time-stamping financial transactions.
Can't the United States and China just get along in cyberspace?
A report from the EastWest Institute's recent summit on cooperation in cyberspace suggests a model for easing the poisonous relationship that is growing between two cyber superpowers.
A HealthCare.gov denial-of-service attack tool is found. Really.
As if it didn't have enough problems on its own, researchers at Arbor Networks have found a denial-of-service tool targeting the federal government's main health care exchange website.
Critical infrastructure not prepared for GPS disruption
Although GPS services are widely used in the nation's critical infrastructure, government and industry lack the information and technology to address the risk of disruption, according to a GAO study.
Audiobooks join the GPO catalog
The CIA-published book "Getting to Know the President" is available as an audio book on the Government Printing office's FDsys online system. Although GPO has other audio files available for download, this is the first audiobook format.
How can cybersecurity improve if the problem can't be measured?
A proposal for accurately measuring the scope of cybersecurity problems and charting progress is being presented at the EastWest Institute's international summit on cyberspace.
Training the cyber workforce to handle new threats
Guidance for providing role-based training to those with cybersecurity responsibilities is being updated to reflect growth in socially engineered threats.
NSA's reported tampering could change how crypto standards are made
NIST has begun a formal review of its processes for developing cryptographic standards in the wake of reports that the NSA, its partner in crypto development, inserted a backdoor into specs for generating crypto keys.
Alliance aims to develop spy-proof email
Three months after shuttering their respective encrypted email services, Silent Circle and Lavabit announced an industry coalition to develop an open-source protocol for truly secure email.
Lesson from HealthCare.gov: A launch is no time for a beta test
The past month of problems and de-bugging on the Affordable Care Act portal has not been so bad, if you think of it as a beta.
FCC clears way for field equipment to be used on FirstNet
FCC approves technical rules and directs its Office of Engineering and Technology to begin equipment certification process for the nationwide public safety broadband network.
Internet Explorer leads in tests against social engineering threats
Microsoft browsers perform the best overall in NSS tests of browser-based defenses against socially engineered malware and phishing, but educated users still are the best defense.
How quantum key distribution works
QKD uses a photon's polarization and spin to verify an unobserved key transmission.
Threats to privacy become a focus of Smart Grid planning
NIST's revised guidance for Smart Grid cybersecurity reflects changes in power grid technology, which will put a lot of personal information on the grid.
Can quantum cryptography work in the real world?
Battelle has implemented the first quantum-key distribution system for production use in the United States, but NIST researchers remain skeptical about moving it from the lab to large-scale use.
Reminder: The Web is not the only source of malware
A cloud-based Web filtering and policy enforcement service helped the city of Aspen sharply reduce browser infections, but it doesn't replace antivirus protection.
Security meets the enemy, and it's the users
A survey of federal security people and end users produces interesting -- but not surprising -- results: The rift between users and defenders is undermining cybersecurity.
8 areas for improvement in securing critical infrastructure
The Cybersecurity Framework will be a living document, and the current version identifies gaps and weaknesses that will be addressed in future iterations.
How Aspen's DNS services became more secure, reliable and cheaper
Outsourcing Domain Name Services and Web policy enforcement to OpenDNS saves the Colorado city and county money while improving security.
NIST offers first look at critical infrastructure security plan
A voluntary framework for improving cybersecurity of critical infrastructure is released for comment prior to formal release in February. Based in part on federal standards, it could change the way government regulates industry and procures services.
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