Imagine if the federal, state and local agencies tasked with protecting citizens could share information as easily as music pirates swap illegal recordings online. In the days surrounding New Year's 2004, they did.
Human error is the primary cause of IT security breaches, not technology, according to an annual survey published today by the Computing Technology Industry Association.
A group of IT vendors, government agencies and academic institutions today released specifications for a system that could help federal, state and local governments share sensitive homeland security data.
Private-sector cybersecurity experts are calling for creation of an early warning alert network to generate and share information needed to dispel cyberattacks.
The departments of Defense and Homeland Security are preparing four new communications and network projects that will generate billions of dollars in business for IT, wireless and telecom companies.
California is facing a $15 billion budget shortfall, and it doesn't have a lot of money to throw at new information technology initiatives. So state CIO Clark Kelso said government agencies will aggressively pursue share-in-savings contracts with their vendors.
The White House has identified 18 agencies that will not receive funding to upgrade their information technology systems until they fix security problems. "Agencies need to secure what they have," not layer new projects on top of vulnerable IT infrastructures, said <b>Karen Evans</b>, administrator for IT and e-government in the Office of Management and Budget.
<b>Michael Maggio</b> knew his company's wireless security product could be a winner if it caught the interest of a prime contractor in government IT. So the Newbury Networks Inc. president and chief executive officer trumpeted the ability of his company's WiFi Watchdog product to track wireless users. Maggio's marketing signals were picked up by no less than the second largest integrator, Northop Grumman. In a special report, Washington Technology found that Newbury's courting of Northrop Grumman is typical of how large integrators and smaller, specialized cybersecurity companies form partnerships.
The federal government needs to take four steps to dramatically speed and improve the security clearance process, a coalition of technology trade groups said today.
It is impossible to eliminate attacks such as the recent MyDoom worm and others, but the government has taken significant steps to keep federal systems safe, the head of cybersecurity at the Homeland Security Department says.
A subsidiary of San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp. won a contract to develop a prototype system that will protect military networks from malicious software, such as the recent MyDoom worm.
