Can mobile devices work as ID cards, thin clients on a secure net?
DISA wants software that would let DOD personnel securely use smart phones and tablets on DOD networks.
Cyber Security and IT support for Small Business
Cyber Security and IT support for Small Business
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Moving encryption to the enterprise edge involves trade-offs
DOE is using a cloud-based appliance to handle encryption of unclassified e-mail, but the solution is not for everybody.
Energy adapts its PKI to handle old and new technologies
Although PIV cards are intended to be a standard source for PKI certificates, legacy hardware and software and the emergence of mobile devices have led DOE to adopt a gateway encryption appliance for secure e-mail.
Cities expected to spend $4.8B on big data and cloud by 2017
Communication, data sharing and application development will play a key role for city governments over the next five years, according to Pike Research.
NASCIO offers states guidance on trusted digital identity
The group's report can help states use their digital infrastructure to securely conduct business with other states, organizations and the public.
Keys to mobile security: Consistent controls, user common sense
GAO report on mobile threats concludes that certain agencies, and all users, can help improve security.
Common IT security framework for government gets a step closer
NIST’s new risk assessment guidelines caps planned efforts of a multiagency task force, but federal cybersecurity is just entering its new phase.
CyberScope falls flat on improving IT security, feds say
Most federal officials questioned in a recent survey said that requirements for continuous monitoring of security status have not reduced risk in the IT systems.
Energy lab develops Sophia to help secure SCADA systems
A team at the Idaho National Laboratory spent three years developing the software sentry, which monitors industrial networks for any suspicious activity.
Microsoft delivering fix to counter zero-day IE exploits
The company said it will issue a cumulative patch Friday for a vulnerability that had prompted some security experts to urge IE users to switch browsers.