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- Friday federal headlines - May 24, 2013
NIST looks to define the cloud
Draft explanation kicks off effort to develop special publication for government architecture, strategies and security.
Usability, human behavior and security systems
Mary Theofanos,
NIST computer scientist,
May 14, 2009
Cyber review heads to final deliberations
CIO Council offers advice on improving agency input on IT security
New security initiatives for a new IT model
Dr. Ron Ross
Project Leader, FISMA Implementation Project
NIST
March 31st, 2009
Aware of Awareness
Louis Numkin
Gretchen Morris
FISSEA
February 23rd, 2009
NIST offers help to secure wireless networks
From cell phones to Blackberrys to wireless cards in laptops, nearly every federal worker and contractor connects to the Internet wirelessly these days. But there is no federal standard for securing these connections.
OMB names four new shared service providers
Four agencies to provide IT security certification and accreditation services
OMB names four new shared service providers
Four agencies to provide IT security certification and accreditation services
Software bugs still leaving agencies vulnerable
Higher stage of maturity is necessary to secure systems
NIST says secure those mobile devices
New guidance offers steps agencies can take address risks in cell phones, PDAs
Employee Identity Verification Cards
All federal employees and contractors will soon need to use Employee Identity Verification Cards. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has now released updated technical specifications for the cards. Hildy Ferraiolo, a computer scientist for NIST, discusses what the update means for federal agencies.
