The U.S. Labor Department should try to make the regulations governing the security of information at retirement plans and health benefits plans as similar as possible, and leave room for technology changes. The panel, better known as the ERISA Advisory Council, advises the U.S. Labor Department and...
via Government Computer News IT managers with The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have extra data center space and want to get into the business of offering cloud-based or shared services to other federal agencies. But here’s the problem: The IT and data center staff curr...
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 My Company PR Recently, cyber-attack group Lulz Sec released sensitive documents associated with Arizona Department of Public Safety. Experts are investigating the security breach incident and have disabled external access to mitigate vulnerabilities. The latest disclosure comes amidst arrests o...
via Reuters Canada Each week brings word of another cyber attack on a major U.S. institution, sending law enforcement scrambling and raising new questions about whether it has the ability or resources to track down cyber criminals. The FBI says it is working to bulk up its cyber division as hackers ...
via The Hillicon Valley The Senate Judiciary Committee will wade into the cybersecurity debate Tuesday with a hearing on the Obama administration’s legislative proposal in front of the subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, chaired by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). The Judiciary Committee is ...
via The New York Times WASHINGTON — A former spy agency employee agreed late Thursday to plead guilty to a minor charge in a highly publicized leak prosecution, undercutting the Obama administration’s unusual campaign to prosecute government officials who disclose classified information to t...
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,&...