AT&T's chairman predicts another two years of turbulence, shakeouts and consolidation before the telecom industry gets back on an even keel. Government is a growing customer.
Thirteen senior government information security professionals have agreed to serve on an advisory board to help define certification needs for IT security professionals.
Because of commercial interest in developing a telecommunications infrastructure in Iraq, the State Department says a telecom pact will not be among the postwar reconstruction contracts it is awarding.
The House Science Committee has approved a bill establishing a National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program, authorizing $2.4 billion over the next three years.
The National Communications System has expanded coverage for its Wireless Priority Service for cellular phone users into the western and northeastern continental United States and Hawaii.
The keys to good IT security are doing your homework early and being prepared, Keith Young, security manager for Maryland's Montgomery County, said today at the FOSE conference.
Microsoft Corp. has released a patch for the rare zero-day exploit of a weakness in its Windows 2000 operating systems, but some security experts say a broader attack could be in the offing.
Patches to fix what is being called a critical vulnerability in the world's most popular e-mail transfer agent, open-source and commercial versions of Sendmail Mail Transfer Agent, are available.
The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace details dozens of steps for industry and government to take to fend off and recover from assaults on the nation's critical systems.<br>
