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Roles For The National Institute Of Standards And Technology (NIST) In Accelerating The Development Of Critical Biometric Consensus Standards For US Homeland Security And The Prevention Of ID Theft
White Papers Deploying new information technology systems for homeland security will require a comprehensive set of both national and international technically sound standards for biometrics that meet the U.S.needs.
[January 17, 2005, 4:24]
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]
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]
'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. Homeland Security officials have declined to comment on the matter.
[January 24, 2005, 15:45]
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]
US Government Failing On Cybersecurity
News The US Department of Homeland Security earned failing marks in an annual computer security report card released on Thursday by a congressional oversight committee. The Department of Homeland Security has proven itself a particular magnet for...
[March 17, 2006, 9:40]
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]
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 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]
Open-source Bug-hunting Effort To Grow
News The effort, supported by a research contract from the US Department of Homeland Security, is now scanning code of 150 open-source projects, up from the original 50. In January 2006, the US Department of Homeland Security awarded $1.24m to Stanford...
[March 28, 2007, 9:01]
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 Hits Legal Turbulence Over EU Passenger Data
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has issued a legal complaint against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to force it to comply with an earlier request for information on how European passenger data is secured, shared, used and...
[November 23, 2006, 16:26]
US Warns Of Increased Cybercrime Risks
News The more the technology industry becomes globalised through outsourcing and international expansion, the greater opportunity for flaws to be introduced, Greg Garcia, assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications at the Department...
[February 9, 2007, 8:47]
Biometrics Council Wants To Fill Standards Gap
News Announced on Tuesday, The International Biometric Council (IBAC) is made up of representatives from the US Department of Homeland Security, IBM and international security organisations. As reported earlier this month, Robert Mocny, deputy director...
[November 15, 2005, 17:35]
International Cyberattack Drill Tests Nations' Responses
News The exercise, which began on 10 March, 2008, was designed to test the readiness of the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to respond to information systems attacks, and was co-ordinated by the US Department of Homeland Security.
[April 10, 2008, 11:22]
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 Unveils Terrorism Readiness Web Site
News While this department and organisations around the country work hard every day to prevent terrorist attacks and strengthen our national protection, individual citizens can help too," Tom Ridge, US Department of Homeland Security secretary, said in...
[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]
