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The Federal government is a leader in NAC adoption

2008-04-09 10:53:43 by HASH0x8745d18 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...federal governments NAC adoption evolution based upon just speaking to Greg Stock over at Mirage Networks and some of the folks at Enterasys. Neither company has any real NAC presence in the federal government. So of course the perspective would be that the federal government has not been an early adopter of NAC. You know what they say, when...
 
Tags: nac, nac adoption, adoption, nac deployments, real nac presence, federal government, nac standards, federal space, federal space screams
 
 
 
 
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What impact will increased security budgets have on federal information security systems?

2008-02-26 10:44:08 by Geoffrey Turner in Security & Risk Management
 
...federal information security systems As noted, the DOT alone accounted for this lions share of this years increases, but that increase is not in any way explicitly related to the relative security posture of DOTs IT environment. It takes a search through the esoterica of DOTs budget line items to identify what security priorities are being...
 
Tags: federal, iss lob, federal iss lob, current federal security, assess federal security, mature federal strategy, federal security, iss lob portends, lob
 
 
 
 
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Federal Information Security and Management Act -- Five Years On

2007-12-18 02:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...federal information security: the Federal Information Security and Management Act (FISMA) just completed its fifth year on the books as a federal law As the follow up to the Government Information Security Act of 2000, FISMA established an updated legal framework for federal information security, including baseline security standards for...
 
Tags: federal information security, management act, fisma, baseline security standards, information security community, mixed bag, federal law, focus, legal framework
 
 
 
 
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White House issues updated guidance to federal agencies for safeguarding sensitive information

2007-05-30 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...federal agencies for both safeguarding sensitive data and responding to a data breach if one occurs. The memo, entitled Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information " was sent by Clay Johnson, Deputy Director of Management at OMB, to the heads of executive departments and federal agencies. The May...
 
Tags: federal agencies, federal agencies respond, guidance, data breach, profile data breaches, breach, executive departments, deputy director, omb
 
 
 
 
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Web 2.0 Adoption by the Federal Government Shouldnt be a Surprise

2008-06-24 11:33:34 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...federal IT projects. Youve heard the stories. Most of these tools are easy to get up and running and dont require extensive training to be an active user Basically, our expectation of low adoption was rooted in the idea that the federal government would have more policies, i.e., restrictions, around usage and tighter controls around content...
 
Tags: government, federal government, adoption, government cio summit, web, tools, public communications tools, federal, government agency management
 
 
 
 
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Federal Charges Filed Against Alleged Cyber Peeping Tom

2008-10-03 20:30:00 by Kevin Poulsen in Wired Security
 
A college student who allegedly rigged a woman's laptop to snap nude photos through her webcam faces federal charges this week, and tops Threat Level's roundup of cybercrime in the federal courts
 
Tags: federal charges, tops threat level, snap nude photos, federal courts, college student, laptop, week, roundup, cybercrime
 
 
 
 
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Like it or not, more federal workers telecommuting

2008-01-23 00:00:00 by Ann Bednarz in Network World on Security
 
Boosting the ranks of federal employees who telecommute is a slow, sometimes painful process, despite recent legislative efforts to speed up adoption, including the proposed Telework Enhancement Act, which was approved by the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in November
 
Tags: recent legislative efforts, telework enhancement act, governmental affairs committee, homeland security, painful process, federal employees, ranks, telecommute, speed
 
 
 
 
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Federal desktop security mandate set to kick in

2008-01-29 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
The Federal Desktop Core Configuration mandate kicks in
 
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Developing FIPS 140-validated Solutions for the Federal Government Using RSA BSAFE Software

2008-03-03 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
...Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) report card. Unfortunately, the news was not good. The 25 major government agencies reported 15% of the IT systems remained uncertified/unaccredited while 6 agencies lacked effective corrective action plans, illustrating little improvement in the level of information security for government...
 
Tags: major government agencies, agencies, diplomatic agencies, information, information security, government agencies, sensitive information, security, international security