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Narus 2010 RSA Conference


Greg Oslan, President and CEO of Narus corporation, say Narus’s software provides real-time traffic intelligence that helps carriers, service providers and governments around the world protect and manage large, complex networks. Although the Internet is still in its infancy,  Internet crime is a global issue, and it is time to set up a global ecosystem and  police force. Global criminal behavior and cyber warfare may be death by a thousand papercuts, he states, but it is still death.

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News

DHS seeks vendor with expertise in Internet and commercial network service providers
Fri, 2010-06-04 06:48 PM
The National Cyber Security Division at DHS, which is planning to buy hardware, software and components to assemble what it calls a “National Cybersecurity & Protection System,” or NCPS, is...
U.S. responds to threat of cyber-attacks with creation of the U.S. Cyber Command
Fri, 2010-06-04 04:35 PM
Cyber-attacks have been the new fear of the Department of Defense (DoD) for the past few years, as there is a necessity to protect DoD’s online data: up to 7 million DoD’s computers are in use every...
Government IT Leadership Forum to be held in mid-June
Thu, 2010-06-03 05:37 PM
The Government IT Leadership Forum will be held on June 15 at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The forum is billed as “a day-long venue where senior IT leadership in U.S. government comes together to...
GD can pay lawyers more than statutory limit, says GAO
Thu, 2010-05-27 03:31 PM
General Dynamics Corp., which recently prevailed in a bid protest against a TSA computer support contract awarded to Computer Sciences Corp., has just won a second round in the dispute, by gaining...
Telecommunications advisory panel to vote on new ‘secure online transaction’ strategy
Thu, 2010-05-27 03:26 PM
In what appears like it will be a rather quick meeting, the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Panel will hold a public, 20-minute session on June 10, via teleconference call,...
The military gets cyber-serious
Mon, 2010-05-24 04:05 PM
Alexander
The United States is taking cyber-security to the next level, and recent happenings within the government have illustrated just how serious they are.
Contractors must turn in CAC cards promptly or face payment delays
Mon, 2010-05-24 03:15 PM
Common Access Card
The two councils that govern the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs) have proposed regulatory changes that would require federal contractors to gather up all identification documents –...
Secret Service to procure hundreds of surveillance kits for Saber radios
Mon, 2010-05-24 02:53 PM
Two-wire surveillance kit
The U.S. Secret Service plans to purchase at least 300 – and perhaps as many as 5,000 – two-wire surveillance kits, which can work with Motorola Saber radios, handheld portable radios that were first...
Overseas advisory council to examine protection of commercial trade secrets
Fri, 2010-05-21 01:40 PM
The State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council will hold closed meetings at the department and at the Boeing Company in Arlington, VA, on June 16 and 17 to examine corporate security...
TSA awards huge IT infrastructure contract to CSC
Thu, 2010-05-20 02:19 PM
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on May 19 that it has awarded its Information Technology Infrastructure Program (ITIP) contract to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), of...
FCC to establish advisory panels for its new ERIC
Thu, 2010-05-20 02:04 PM
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has empowered the chief of its Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau to establish advisory bodies – and select the appropriate members of those bodies...
What’s the best approach to blocking federal prisoners’ use of concealed cell phones?
Fri, 2010-05-14 03:14 PM
Confiscated cell phones
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is considering three different technology-related approaches to preventing inmates in federal prisons from secretly making cell...

Commentary and Opinions

OPINION / With Malware, everything old is new again

By Andy Hayter

If you look back through the history of malware, you can expect the bad guys to use special occasions such as holidays or major world events to trick unsuspecting end-users into doing something with dangerous consequences.

OPINION / Mobile Communication: New weakest link to enterprise security

By Chris Herndon
 

OPINION / The support security bubble

By Nathan McNeil

If there is anything we should have learned from the economic debacle of the last two years, it is that the status quo is not safe. And yet we continue building upon it until right past the point of collapse. It has happened time and again in our markets, and it is happening in IT support as we speak.

OPINION / Flexible modernization of government wireless communication system

By Dr. Jeffrey Harris

Introduction

Wireless communication systems, like anything else, need updating from time to time.  But, unlike a house that can be remodeled by having a wall painted here or a carpet replaced there, land mobile radio (LMR) systems were not designed to have individual pieces updated.

Telecommuting: A data security perspective on the risks and rewards

By Brian Lapidus
 
Telecommuting, whether full-time or part-time, is becoming increasingly popular in the United States. According to a 2008 survey from the Society for Human Resource Management, 57 percent of HR professionals indicate that their organization offers some form of telecommuting. The potential rewards are many – from increased productivity and cost savings to happier employees and greater appeal among potential recruits.
 

Company News

ActivIdentity introduces PKI secure mobile solution for smart phones

ActivIdentity Corp., a supplier of strong authentication and credential management, has introduced a new solution to provision public key infrastructure (PKI) and Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201-compliant credentials onto BlackBerry smart phones.

Using a secure microSD card, ActivIdentity enables BlackBerry users to sign secure e-mails digitally or provide two-factor authentication when remotely accessing protected network (Web) portals.

Fidelis Security Systems teams with Backbone Security

Fidelis Security Systems, a supplier of comprehensive information protection solutions for the prevention of data breaches, has announced a partnership with Backbone Security, a digital steganography research and development company, to give Fidelis’ customers the ability to detect the applications used to create steganography on their networks.  

 
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Altor Networks Winner, Most Innovative Company RSA 2010 Conference “Sandbox Competition”

According to Amir Ben-Efraim, Founder and CEO, Altor Networks focuses on securing virtual environments in clouds by securing the virtual machines that are the underlying atoms in cloud computing. Federal government clients to date include the U.S. Army, Brookhaven National Institute and the National Renewable Energy Labs. 

L-1 Identity Systems

Rob Douglas, President of the Enterprise Access Division of L-1 Identity Systems, explains how the company has introduced more new biometric access control products in 2009 than in the last eight years combined, by using a common architecture hardware and software platform. These “next generation” products include the first-ever Very Rugged Access Control device, a Rugged Enough indoor/outdoor access control device that can operate in 158-degree Fahrenheit temperatures and the Robust Outdoor commercial reader.

Upcoming Webinars

Diebold Leveraging FICAM to Modernize Your Physical and Logical Access Control
Wed, 10/06/2010 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Leveraging FICAM to Modernize Your Physical and Logical Access Control

Is your agency prepared to meet the government''s Federal Identity, Credential and...

White Papers

The Right Kind of Microcontroller for Contactless Smart ICs

Electronic credentials, such as ePassports, national ID and payment cards, are on the rise along with the expectation of higher performance. The needs for faster write-speed in personalization, functionality for extended biometric data and quicker read times require faster processing, better memory access and lower power requirements. The result is quicker transactions that positively impact the user experience. To learn more about how TI’s advanced microcontrollers can increase processing performance and data handling for government contactless identification, download the whitepaper.

Recent Webinars

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SIMPLIFY MAC SMART CARD SUPPORT
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Use the resources you already have to easily deploy MACS with CAC and...

A Holistic Approach to Cybersecurity Using Dynamic Traffic Intelligence
Thu, 06/10/2010 - 1:00pm

GSN Webinar - A Holistic Approach to Cybersecurity Using Dynamic Traffic Intelligence

No vendor can solve the entire problem. Learn how to use...

Five Ways to Maximize Perimeter Security
Wed, 06/09/2010 - 11:00am

 This webinar is available to you at any time--on any day.

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New Products

Kanguru adds USB device control to its KRMC

Millis, MA-based Kanguru Solutions, a manufacturer of secure IT storage solutions, has announced the ad...

Input forecasts emerging tech markets for state and local governments

Reston, VA-based Input, which specializes in government business, has unveiled new research detailing adoption trends for cloud computing, virtualization, service-oriented archi...

Telvent in DHS SCADA testing project

Rockville, MD-based Telvent reports that it is the first vendor selected to participate in a DHS superv...