The government should consider providing centralized patch management services to help agencies protect their IT systems, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
Federal government spending on information technology security products and services will increase in fiscal 2005 just 2 percent over fiscal 2004 spending.
It will take at least five years for government agencies to achieve even middling grades for compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act, a former White House official says.
The Homeland Security Department office set up to shield information about private sector vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure has been underwhelmed since opening.
MCI Inc., Ashburn, Va., has partnered with Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSign Inc. to deliver a new suite of security solutions for telecommunications.
Government is not paying enough attention to protecting the nation's IT infrastructure, even as threats continue to mount. But agencies are increasing their awareness of new security technologies and are creating a growing opportunity for vendors and systems integrators, said John Deutch, who was CIA director from 1995 to 1996.
MCI Inc., Ashburn, Va., has partnered with Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSign Inc. to deliver a new suite of security solutions for telecommunications customers, the company said.
The government hasn't paid enough attention to protecting the nation's IT infrastructure, even as threats continue to mount, a former CIA director said today.
A coalition of public- and private-sector organizations today called on hardware and software vendors to pay more attention to basic security in products for the public.<br>
A coalition of public- and private-sector organizations today released a set of guidelines to help nongovernmental organizations manage IT security issues.
All technology companies are now "permanently in the security business," Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.'s chief executive office, told a gathering today in Washington, adding that security is the one area of technology innovation where companies need to cooperate instead of compete.
Although the technology industry still insists that market forces will lead to more secure software products, it admits that the government may need to step in under certain circumstances.
