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US Homeland Security continues laptop seizures
News When the US Department of Homeland Security announced last summer that it could seize anyone's laptop, mobile phone or camera at the border to analyse them for an indefinite period, the criticism was immediate.
[August 28, 2009, 13:11]
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]
'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]
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]
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 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]
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 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]
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]
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. In the future, the Department of Homeland Security will be the US...
[March 4, 2003, 7:36]
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]
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]
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]
Bush beefs up cybercrime spending
News The Defense Department takes a large portion, with a proposed $27.4bn, followed by the Department of Health and Human Services with $5bn and the Department of Homeland Security at $4.4bn. While funding for most federal agencies would only grow by a...
[February 3, 2004, 9:10]
CIA looks online for WMDs
News In 2002 it announced the Homeland Security Department, which was the largest federal reorganisation since the Defense Department was formed in 1947. The new department gave the government a major role in securing operating systems, hardware and the...
[February 13, 2004, 16:55]
Tech pros: Cyberbomb is ready to go off
News Together, the reports form a core part of a BSA initiative supporting the passage of legislation to create, among other things, the Department of Homeland Security proposed by US president Bush and an exemption from the Freedom of Information Act...
[July 25, 2002, 8:19]
