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US red tape leaves Conficker on medical devices

...grid networks. US politicians introduced a bill on Thursday to give the Homeland Security Department and other federal agencies more authority over utilities in order... Read more

5 May, 2009 by Stephanie Condon
Weighing Bush's mixed technology legacy

Weighing Bush's mixed technology legacy

...without coming up with a coherent 'cybercrisis' plan. And in 2004, the Homeland Security Department was given a discretionary reserve fund of $5.6bn for... Read more

20 January, 2009 by Declan McCullagh

US Homeland Security CIO blamed for IT woes

...a subcommittee that deals with cybersecurity issues. He was referring to the Homeland Security department's revelation, as part of an ongoing subcommittee probe into... Read more

21 June, 2007 by Anne Broache

US Government to fund open source bug hunt

...three grant recipients told ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com. The Homeland Security Department grant will be paid over a three-year period, with... Read more

11 January, 2006 by Joris Evers

Microsoft AntiSpyware: Is it worth bothering with?

...vulnerabilities listed this week by Secunia. Federal Computer Week reports that the Homeland Security Department is going to build a baseline security database by surveying... Read more

24 January, 2005 by John McCormick

CIA looks online for WMDs

...the terrorist attacks of 11 September, 2001. In 2002 it announced the Homeland Security Department, which was the largest federal reorganisation since the Defense Department... Read more

13 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Q&A: A two-pronged approach to cybersecurity

...cyberspace. What do you hope to accomplish during your tenure at the Homeland Security Department? To have the United States and the cyberinfrastructure be in... Read more

8 December, 2003 by Rob Lemos

US names cybersecurity head

...s cybersecurity organisations have been reshuffled to concentrate the responsibility inside the Homeland Security Department. That department took over five agencies that previously divvied up... Read more

16 September, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Microsoft's site goes down

...stated. No worm code had been reported by Friday afternoon. But the Homeland Security Department said there is evidence to show an increase in searches... Read more

4 August, 2003 by Ina Fried

US warns on Windows attack plans

...weeks ago. No worm code has been reported so far. But the Homeland Security Department said there is evidence to show an increase in searches... Read more

1 August, 2003 by ZDNet UK

US govt to get early warning of Net attacks

The US Department of Homeland Security is setting up an early warning system for Internet security alerts Read more

1 August, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

US homeland security to police the Net

...the Net The overwhelming vote by the Senate on Tuesday approving a Homeland Security Department has cleared the way for massive reorganisation of the federal... Read more

21 November, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

Microsoft hires national security advisor

...business, which could provide a windfall to the tech sector. Any new homeland security department set up by the US government would need to purchase... Read more

14 November, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Bush security drive could include privacy czar

...Waters, Democrat-California, said she is concerned with the scope of a Homeland Security Department, which would combine 22 agencies including the Secret Service, the... Read more

11 July, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

Microsoft headhunts new security chief

...business, which could provide a windfall to the tech sector. Any new homeland security department set up by the US government will need to purchase... Read more

14 November, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

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