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The Russian government has been cleared of any direct involvement in cyber attacks on Georgia. The Thai government has decided to close down and block over 1600 websites, purportedly in the name of national security. Warnings should have been flagged up to avoid the transfer of unencrypted .data Chinese hackers have been able to successfully attack the White House computer network and obtain email messages between United States'government officials, the Financial Times reported Friday, citing a senior U.S. official. A study has shown that Skype users in China are being spied upon, despite denials from the company that this is the case. Australia’s e-security framework is set to receive a major policy overhaul, the Attorney General Robert McClelland has announced. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a publication to help IT managers assess security controls. The Federal Government kicked-off National E-security week today with the launch of a new security alert service for internet users and small businesses. The security of data held by the CIA, the FBI and the US Department of Defense was compromised earlier this year after a partner agency allowed zone transfer access of its Domain Name Services. The Government has suspended a civil servant who left top secret documents regarding al-Qaeda on a train on Tuesday.
Most government IT workers believe identity management is critical to their organisations, but view cost as a major obstacle, a new survey from Quest Software concludes. A US court report on wiretapping shows that the phenomenon is up by 20 per cent on last year, reaching its highest ever level, with not even a single surveillance application turned down in the whole of 2007. The Rudd government has proposed legislation that will enable employers to view employee emails, justifying the move as a counterterrorism measure. The French government has decided that it would like to censor the Internet. A report from a top UK government defence body is calling into question the security of the basic internet protocol. Joint Committee on Human Rights criticises "lax standards" The public sector's ability to manage data has once again been called into question. Information security experts have given their overall thumbs-up to the ALRC’s mandatory data breach disclosure recommendations, but admit the course of action needs fine-tuning.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been found guilty of breaking data protection laws after a security lapse on a visa application website. The UK government has banned laptops leaving government buildings unless the contents are encrypted.