The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is backing a controversial component of an existing computer fraud law that makes it a crime to use a fake name on Facebook or embellish your weight on an online dating profile such as eHarmony. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 25-year-old law that main...
via Dark Reading Federal agencies must begin reporting security data to an online compliance tool as part of fiscal year 2011 requirements for the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlined new requirements for FISMA, the National Institut...
via InformationWeek Government Federal agencies must begin reporting security data to an online compliance tool as part of fiscal year 2011 requirements for the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlined new requirements for FISMA, the Nat...
via Security News Daily In mid-May, the Obama administration called on Congress to expand the definition of computer crime and to stiffen federal penalties for hacking into computer systems, doubling the maximum prison sentences for first-time offenses. The proposals were timely. They came soon afte...
via infoTECH News The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final version of its Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security (SP 800-82), in...
via Nextgov The Homeland Security Department has released new information security guidance that, for the first time, requires agencies to report on progress installing tools that continuously monitor threats to computer networks. Agencies annually are required to document their compliance with tech...
via InformationWeek Government The Department of Defense (DOD) has released a landmark guide for using open-source and open-standards technology to develop software in the U.S. military. The 68-page guide, “Open Technology Development: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Military Software,&...
via Info Security The Obama administration’s proposal on cybersecurity transmitted to Congress this week makes long-needed changes to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), judges to Alan Paller, research director at the SANS Institute. The White House proposal, which is a compre...