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Bush security drive could include privacy czar
News President Bush's proposed Department of Homeland Security is likely to get its own privacy czar. Maxine Waters, Democrat-California, said she is concerned with the scope of a Homeland Security Department, which would combine 22 agencies including...
[July 11, 2002, 10:08]
US Homeland Security CIO blamed for IT woes
News In response to reports of persistent cybersecurity flaws at the US Department of Homeland Security, a top congressional Democrat on Wednesday questioned whether the agency's chief information officer deserves to keep his job.
[June 21, 2007, 10:35]
US govt to get early warning of Net attacks
News A centralised early warning system for Internet security alerts should be working by this autumn, an official from the US Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday afternoon. Gewis is intended to act as a kind of central hub that monitors...
[August 1, 2003, 10:40]
US Homeland Security gives cyber-protection advice
News The US Department of Homeland Security is spearheading a month-long push to make public- and private-sector organisations more aware of online security risks, including publishing guidelines online. The Department of Homeland Security is...
[October 1, 2008, 16:39]
US budgets $1bn for homeland security IT
News That was the message from Jane Alexander, an official with the US Department of Homeland Security, to a group of about 200 technology executives who gathered on Thursday at Veritas Software's headquarters for tips on how to work with the new...
[August 1, 2003, 8:50]
Coverity reveals common open-source code flaws
News A project funded by the US Department of Homeland Security has praised improvements in open-source security, while outlining some common errors. Coverity, a commercial code-analysis company spun out of Stanford University, has been running its Scan...
[May 20, 2008, 17:35]
US considers jailing hackers for life
News A last-minute addition to a proposal for a Department of Homeland Security would punish malicious computer hackers with life in prison. Democratic members of Congress said during Wednesday evening's floor debate that the Department of Homeland...
[November 14, 2002, 15:16]
Sendmail flaw tests new security body
News A critical flaw in Sendmail, the Internet's most popular email server, has become the first test for the US' newly minted Department of Homeland Security and its cyberdefence arm. The Department of Homeland Security got high marks from the security...
[March 4, 2003, 7:36]
Homeland Security's high tech conundrum
News A preliminary report released by the Department of Homeland Security seems to scatter cybersecurity responsibilities across the government and the private sector, while sticking to generalities about future plans.
[November 8, 2005, 14:30]
RFID passports go live
News Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday. The passports "have critical security features which...
[October 27, 2006, 9:30]
'Confidential US security documents' flaunted online
News A Web site has published what it claims are confidential documents from the US Department of Homeland Security relating to possible terrorist activity. This document is to be controlled, handled, transmitted, distributed, and disposed of in...
[January 24, 2005, 15:45]
US head of cybersecurity quits to spend more time with his family
News The top cybersecurity official in the United States has resigned, a little more than a year after joining the Department of Homeland Security, the agency said on Friday. Amit Yoran, director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department...
[October 4, 2004, 11:45]
Obama urged to appoint cybersecurity chief
News The US Department of Homeland Security has failed to ensure the nation's cybersecurity, because the threat of cyberattacks is too vast for any one agency to tackle and must be addressed by a new White House office, as well as revised laws and...
[December 10, 2008, 8:35]
Experts: US cybersecurity needs fresh ideas
News The US Department of Homeland Security is too reactionary in terms of cybersecurity threats, and needs to develop stronger incentives for the private sector to take preventative measures against cyberthreats, policy experts said on Wednesday.
[December 4, 2008, 11:35]
Congress critical of Homeland Security's tech efforts
News The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday sustained more bashing of its cybersecurity efforts from politicians and government auditors. Then, at a sparsely attended afternoon hearing in Washington, members of the House of Representatives...
[September 14, 2006, 8:55]
Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats
News A document emphasising mobile-data security threats has appeared online after being leaked from the US Department of Homeland Security. A spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (US-DHS) confirmed that a memo with that title had...
[September 15, 2008, 17:47]
Homeland Security lacks 'open-source' intelligence
News The US Department of Homeland Security has not met requirements to provide 'open source' intelligence — that is, publicly available information — for state and local law enforcement, a new report claims.
[September 15, 2008, 12:48]
US homeland security to police the Net
News The overwhelming vote by the Senate on Tuesday approving a Homeland Security Department has cleared the way for massive reorganisation of the federal government that will have a dramatic impact on computer and network security in the US.
[November 21, 2002, 11:55]
US unveils terrorism readiness Web site
News The campaign was launched in response to the Department of Homeland Security's growing, perceived threat of terrorism in the United States. While this department and organisations around the country work hard every day to prevent terrorist attacks...
[February 20, 2003, 12:40]
US names cybersecurity head
News Since then, as the Homeland Security Act has taken effect, the US government's cybersecurity organisations have been reshuffled to concentrate the responsibility inside the Homeland Security Department.
[September 16, 2003, 9:05]
