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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 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 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]
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]
Homeland Security bill becomes US law
News When President Bush signed a bill on Monday creating the Department of Homeland Security, he started a process that will reshuffle bureaucracies, permit greater Internet surveillance and refocus the government's computer security efforts.
[November 26, 2002, 11:41]
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]
Hacker joins US Homeland Security in advisory role
News Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the US Homeland Security Advisory Council. The HSAC members will provide recommendations and advice directly to secretary of...
[June 8, 2009, 8:57]
US homeland security to police the Net
Talkback It's the only way were going to be able to stop hackers.and outher things that could happen later on down the road.so all i can say is homeland security keep up the good work the Cyber Security Enhancement Act sounds good to me and it's about time.
[August 11, 2003, 18:18]
US Homeland Security spat comes to London
Blog You get away from Washington for a few days and escape the criticism that your division of Homeland Security has been getting for not doing its job, only to find that one of your main critics is at the same event that you are at in London.
[October 28, 2008, 15:21]
US government wants firms' security secrets
News The US Department of Homeland Security is hoping to convince technology and telecommunications firms that it's safe to share information about infrastructure vulnerabilities with the federal government.
[April 17, 2003, 7:58]
US agencies demand tighter software security
News The other federal agencies leading the initiative are the Department of Homeland Security, the National Security Agency, the Department of Defense, and the General Services Administration, CIS said. The Department of Energy on Tuesday will show off...
[September 23, 2003, 11:14]
Microsoft domination 'threatens US security'
News Last month, after the Department of Homeland Security announced that Microsoft would supply the software for the agency's 140,000 desktops, the organisation sent an open letter asking the DHS to reconsider.
[September 24, 2003, 14:30]
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]
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]
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]
US on hunt for 1,000 cybersecurity experts
News The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that it had been given the authority to hire the staff on Thursday, at the start of US National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. As part of its efforts to improve its response, the US government set up...
[October 5, 2009, 16:42]
'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]
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]
Homeland Security gives cyber 'early warning system' details
Blog The US is to develop an 'early warning system' to warn of cyber attacks, US secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said on Tuesday. Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk after a separate session at the RSA Conference, Greg Garcia, assistant secretary...
[April 8, 2008, 22:35]
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]
