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California's secretary of state has decertified the voting machines of four companies, saying the security of their systems is "too flawed to be widely used." Just how rapidly the IT security market is expanding depends on who you ask. While one recent IT industry analyst report said it "has fast evolved into a high revenue-generating industry," another analyst questioned the report's findings. The White House has come under fire after losing a reported 5 million official emails, including several relating to the controversial firing of eight US attorneys.
The convergence of physical and IT security within organisations soon will become the norm - not the exception - but key challenges await those businesses and government agencies adopting the new business model, a panel of experts said today at InfoSecurity NY. Digital identity provider ActivIdentity announced this week that it won key, two-year contracts to provide identification card technology to two federal government agencies charged with safeguarding Americans. On the day of his boss' heated Democratic primary contest, the campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., accused supporters of opponent Ned Lamont a new political dirty trick: hacking into Lieberman's campaign website and disabling email distribution. Cross Match Technologies is one big winner in the White House's effort to standardize identification of federal employees. An election watchdog group issued a security alert on Thursday claiming Diebold touch-screen voting machines - widely deployed in a number of states to replace traditional paper ballots - are susceptible to hacker attacks that could "incurably compromise" the terminals. Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tom Ridge says that no matter if discussions are about cyberterrorist attacks launched at federal agencies or cash-driven assaults targeted at large enterprises, cooperation and collaboration of federal and corporate efforts is crucial to protecting the nation’s IT backbone. Despite attempts to strengthen network defenses, the vast majority of PC systems are in jeopardy of potential attack, a leading security analyst has said. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has approved a new smart-card based identification standard for federal agencies. A UK-based information sharing community is being created to combat the increasing threat of electronic attack on information systems. SC Magazine has a new Editorial Advisory Board. Illena Armstrong polled the members for their views on the trends facing IT security, taking in topics ranging from vendor consolidation to the impact of the Patriot Act The search has begun for the nation’s next infosec leader, and the successor has some big shoes to fill. Illena Armstrong reports Amit Yoran, director of the National Cyber Security Division, claims that progress is being made with the strategy to secure America’s cyberspace. However, the strategy just had its first birthday and not everyone celebrated. Marcia Savage reports The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was one of eight federal agencies that scored an F on the most recent Federal Computer Security report card. That's scary and funny all at once. At the end of 2001, it was widely reported that U.S. government agencies have earned failing grades for their efforts to improve information security. We in the U.S. have all learned a lot since September 11. Certification is just the start. Real professionals learn to share with others of like mind, says Mark Fischer