GSNMagazine IT Security Market Segments Feed http://www.gsnmagazine.com en SEC to survey execs on compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/it-security/858.html June 24, 2008 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is trying to determine if small publicly-traded companies must adhere to the costly auditing requirements spelled out in Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, plans to invite 10,000 company executives to answer a Web-based survey and 500 of those respondents to participate in follow-up interviews. R&D award in covert cyber communications to upstate New York firm http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/it-security/857.html June 24, 2008 The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY, has awarded a contract valued at $453,443 to Assured Information Security, Inc., also of Rome, NY, to provide what the Air Force calls ™concepts for advancing covert communications in computer network environments.™ NGA to hire sign language interpreters for its deaf employees http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/it-security/856.html June 24, 2008 The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency wants to hire about a dozen people with Top Secret security clearances who can serve as interpreters for the agencyâ€s full-time employees and visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing. GAO: Fed Reserve unit passes info security test http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/it-security/839.html June 17, 2008 The Government Accountability Office found that the Federal Reserve Bankâ€s Bureau of the Public Debt has maintained effective information security controls over key financial systems. However, GAO also identified 12 ™information security control deficiencies™ in its FY2007 analysis. San Diego computer hacker sentenced to five years in slammer http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/it-security/824.html June 12, 2008 A network engineer and technical services manager for a non-profit organization in San Diego, CA, which provides computer support services to local area health clinics, has been sentenced to more than five years in prison on federal computer hacking charges in what the prosecuting attorney called ™one of the longest sentences imposed for computer hacking in the United States.™ FCC gathering info on submarine cable systems http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/it-security/729.html May 30, 2008 The Federal Communications Commissions intends to ask about 25 operators of approximately 50 different submarine telecommunications cable systems to provide the Commission with information about the status of their cable systems and landing stations and any restoration plans they may have in place. More... Security risks seen in handheld computer devices http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/it-security/787.html May 20, 2008 New research commissioned by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) reveals that security challenges tied to the use of handheld devices and mobile and remote computing are growing at a rapid pace. Survey predicts possible dip in IT security investment http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/it-security/763.html May 15, 2008 A survey conducted by Astaro Corp., a leading IT security systems provider headquartered in Burlington, MA and Karlsruhe, Germany, revealed that recession fears could soon impact the IT security market.