Frank Libutti today tendered his resignation as undersecretary for information assurance and infrastructure protection at the Homeland Security Department.
The Office of Management and Budget is requiring agencies to use one of three approved shared-service providers for public-key infrastructure and electronic-signature services.
Complying with increased government regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is taking up the time of computer security professionals, leaving them with less time to secure networks, according to a survey released by Pittsburgh-based RedSiren Inc.
It takes collaboration to create a collaborative security program. Excuse the tautology, but quick implementation of tools and talents goes beyond typical integration skills ? especially when collaboration itself is one of the three primary objectives of a project.
Viisage Technology Inc., Billerica, Mass., won a contract from the National Database and Registration Authority in Pakistan to provide facial recognition technology to the nation's smart passport and national ID program. The contract value was not disclosed.
The Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board is reworking the National Institute of Standards and Technology's draft standard for governmentwide identification cards.
The new 9/11 Intelligence bill requires agencies to do a better job of including cybersecurity in the planning and acquisition phases of systems development.
An IT industry association has offered 12 recommendations it said President Bush should take on in his second term to improve the nation's cybersecurity.
A Trojan program called Skulls has appeared, disabling many of the functions of Internet-enabled cell phones that use the operating system from the Symbian Ltd. consortium.
Robert Taylor needs eyes in the back of his head to manage network security for Fulton County, Ga., home of the state capital Atlanta. The sprawling, 530-square-mile county, which includes an airport and a jail that rank among the busiest in the nation, has a similarly sprawling IT infrastructure.
Akonix Systems Inc. launched a new system to block unmanaged access to instant messages and peer-to-peer file sharing. Akonix Enforcer v4.0 protects against risks from the unauthorized use of IM and P2P protocols such as eDonkey and BitTorrent.
A provider of satellite-based tracking, tracing, messaging and security services for ships, trucks and utilities received Coast Guard approval for its Ocean Alert Ship Security Alert System.
New London, Conn.-based Ortronics Inc. has designed a wireless solution to integrate with cabling to provide security and centralized management, company officials said.
