A sense permeates across the capital that major changes will soon occur on how the federal government secures its information systems.
As Congress revs up to reform information security processes for the first time in seven years, and the Obama administration is weeks into a 60-day review of cybersecurity policy,...
The down economy pressures organizations to reduce operational expenses and discard many capital-intensive IT and security projects. What gets left behind often is a skeletal staff dealing with very basic day-to-day IT functions, with no time or resources to dedicate toward compliance, audit and core security...
Two companies that provide the federal government with information security services have become one. ManTech International has closed the deal to acquire DDK Technology Group, a contractor servicing the Defense Department's Naval Criminal Investigative Service. ManTech did not disclose the purchase price.
Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) has been removed from Visa's list of compliant service providers, and banking institutions affected by the Heartland data breach have until May 19 to file their fraud claims with Visa.
This news emerged late last week from a public statement by Visa, as well as from a letter sent by...
Vivek Kundra's action that might cost him his job as the federal chief information officer isn't that he necessarily did anything illegal indeed, no such allegations have been made but his association with a subordinate who was arrested last week on bribery charges.
Reform legislation is expected to be introduced this spring to update the Federal Information Security and Management Act, known as FISMA. A major complaint about FISMA is that complying with its rules does not necessarily guarantee departmental and agency information systems are secure.
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This week's arrest of 11 alleged hackers accused of stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers may be only the "tip of the iceberg," security experts say.
In the largest identity theft case ever prosecuted by the US Department of Justice, 11 alleged hackers from around the globe face up to life in...
Was it the largest synchronized security update in the history of the Internet?
On Tuesday, a coordinated patch was released by security researcher Dan Kaminsky of IO Active, fixing a vulnerability that exists in all Domain Name System (DNS) servers.
What does that mean for financial institutions? Patches are...
Eighty-seven percent of major data breaches could have been avoided through reasonable security measures.
This is the conclusion of a new report from Verizon Business Security Solutions, analyzing 500 forensic investigations of data breaches. Financial institutions made up 14 percent of all companies included in...
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