IT Security
Even as the government cracks down on illegal hackers, enhances its own network security and encourages the public and private sectors to beef up their own computer security, threats from a malicious virus, spam, worms and other malware continue to challenge an organization's firewall and its other IT security protections.
Global debut for "Twenty-Five Triple Nine"
November 5th, 2007
For years, executives in charge of their company’s disaster preparedness -- known to the trendier folks among us as "business continuity planning" -- have had no specific guidelines on what, precisely, they were expected to do to get ready for the next crisis.
Security in software needs careful scrutiny
October 25th, 2007
In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued executive order 10450, empowering the U.S. Government to strengthen national security through checks that employees of our government were "reliable, trustworthy, of good conduct and character, and of complete and unswerving loyalty to the United States…" Those background checks illustrated the government’s recognition of a few basic facts: you can’t trust everyone, and even somebody that you can trust today may have underlying weaknesses that can turn him or her tomorrow.
Miss America "models" cyber security
October 24th, 2007
When Tallahassee Mayor John Marks declared October 23 National Cyber Security Awareness Day, he shared the stage with an unlikely booster: Miss America 2007, Lauren Nelson, was on hand to help educate the public and provide Internet users with cyber safety and security tips.
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Survey forecasts IT security spending increase
October 22nd, 2007
A new survey of IT managers finds that more than 70 percent plan to increase their budget for security tools and hardware during the next 12 months.
NIST issues guide to securing Web servers
October 12th, 2007
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a report that outlines ways in which federal agencies -- and other organizations -- can protect their Web servers from malicious attacks.
Even your encrypted SSL circuit may not be secure
October 11th, 2007
Dozens of federal departments and agencies have bought "proxy" devices that give them the capability to monitor and log all of their employees’ Web browsing. This includes instances when those employees are dealing with banks, financial institutions and online retailers using encrypted connections, known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) transmissions.
What should we make of those runaway e-mails?
October 8th, 2007
Like thousands of other subscribers involved in homeland security matters, I receive a regular daily e-mail bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security, called the DHS Daily Report, which recapitulates news from across the country about various terrorism-related activities.
Fed IT security spending set to soar
October 4th, 2007
Federal government spending on IT security is expected to rise sharply over the next five years, according to forecasts recently released by both government and private sector analysts. The Office of Management and Budget, the executive department which oversees federal spending, now forecasts FY 2008 IT spending at $66.4 billion. Security spending within government IT budgets will total $5.4 billion.
