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Department of Homeland Security wisdom
Blog From the Department of Useful Lists at Infosec comes a short anecdote originating in Washington State, where 64 national monuments and icons are listed as being potential targets to be blown up by terrorists.
[April 24, 2007, 15:24]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Dept of Homeland Security caused 'mini-DDoS'
News A contractor for the US Department of Homeland Security has initiated "a mini denial of service" against thousands of security professionals, according to Marcus H Sachs, the director of the SANS Internet Storm Center, a community that monitors...
[October 5, 2007, 16:24]
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]
No spat here says US cybersecurity investigator
Blog In an earlier post, I flagged up the fact that the head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just happens to be at the same IT security show in London as someone who appeared to have made negative comments about his...
[October 29, 2008, 18:17]
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]
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]
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]
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]
'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]
