Sentry duty

Vista view: Andrew Norris sees security as a selling point.

Pointing talk

Unisys/TSA deal shows how tough the blame game is.

Meyerrose to head new intelligence committee

The intelligence community has launched a new steering committee to guide its information sharing activities, under the leadership of associate director for national intelligence and CIO Lt. Gen. Dale Meyerrose (USAF-Ret.).

StreamBase fills sails with In-Q-Tel investment

In-Q-Tel, the private venture capital firm created by the CIA, made a strategic investment this month in StreamBase Systems, a provider of high-performance complex event processing software.

Cancelled hacking demo raises RFID red flag

An incident that may have exposed new security risks inherent in radio frequency identification technology has gained the attention of the Computer Emergency Response Team within DHS.

OMB: Agencies show moderate progress on IT security

Federal agencies are improving in their efforts to secure the nation's information technology framework ? but only moderately so, according to OMB's fiscal 2006 report.

Davis wants answers on US-VISIT

Rep. Tom Davis has asked for information on the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program's technological changeovers, along with the latest strategic plans.

Committee: TWIC encryption ill-advised

DHS should reverse course and not encrypt the TWIC computer chip and reader, a federally chartered maritime advisory group has recommended.

Think your network is secure? Think again

The truism that there is no such thing as perfect security was demonstrated at the Black Hat Federal Briefings being held in Arlington, Va.

L-1 to deliver criminal booking systems to Texas

L-1 Identity Solutions will provide more than 100 criminal booking systems to the Texas Public Safety Department through an existing five-year contract.

Waxman: Online 'no-fly' list endangers privacy

TSA's recent attempt to fix problems with its "no-fly" list may have put at risk of theft personal information provided by travelers.

Common language

First responders find software well-suited to their interoperable communications needs.

Mixed signals for RFID

Despite Chertoff's rejection, PASS card project moves ahead.

Skinner: DHS needs to shield personal information

DHS is not doing enough to protect personal identifying information within its computer systems, according to a new report.

AT&T to assist Marines with secure network

AT&T Government Solutions won a contract from the Marine Corps to support the Secret IP Router Network, which ensures secure communications among the Marine Corps commands.

Companion Data wins $200M Medicare data center deal

Companion Data Services has been awarded a task order valued at more than $200 million from CMS for data center operations that support Medicare claims processing across the nation.

Unknowns remain in move to IPv6

For the Air Force, the killer application for IPv6 might literally be a killer app.

BAE Systems gets Slovak army communications deal

BAE Systems Inc. will continue to develop for Slovakia an interoperable mobile military communications system through a $30 million contract.

Mocny: U.S. Visit move will improve oversight

Management oversight over DHS' U.S. Visit program will be strengthened as it moves to a new directorate on March 31, said Bob Mocny, the program's acting director.