Homeland Security Drops Data-Mining Tool
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The Department of Homeland Security has given up on one of its broadest anti-terrorism data-mining tools after investigators found it was tested with information about real people without the required privacy safeguards.
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Security service was discontinued because of compatibility problems with Windows.
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday lowered the heightened terror threat level for financial institutions in New York City, northern New Jersey and
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The U.S. government's drive for homeland security has produced a boom in antiterror technologies--as well as industry confusion and privacy concerns.
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(InfoWorld) - IT systems integrator Unisys Corp. is under fire for allegedly failing to detect the hacking of U.S. Department of Homeland Security computers, an incident that resulted in data being sent to a Chinese-language Web site. Unisys is now under investigation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to an aide for the House of Representatives' Committee on Homeland Security, which started investigating the DHS and Unisys in April. The committee sent a letter to the DHS on Friday asking for its inspector general to open an investigation, the aide said. The letter said DHS had 844 "cybersecurity incidents" during fiscal 2005 and 2006, which the committee called "high and unacceptable." The data breach adds to the growing chorus of complaints from countries such as France, Germany and the U.K. thatÂ hackers in China have stepped up their game, hunting for sensitive information on government computer systems. In 2002, Unisys won a US$1 billion contract to manage computer systems belonging to the DHS and the Transportation Security Administration, which were created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to shore up the nation's defense. Unisys received a $750 million contract in early 2006 to continue the work. Under the contracts, Unisys installed six intrusion-protection devices, said Lisa Meyer, Unisys spokeswoman. Those devices, which can detect unauthorized activity on a network, were not installed properly, alleges the committee. Three months passed before clues emerged that malicious software capable of copying and transferring files had been installed on 150 DHS computers. The data, although unclassified, was transferred late at night or early in the morning to a Chinese-language Web site, according to committee evidence and testimony. Two U.S. representatives also accused the DHS and Unisys of ignoring warning signs of the hacking. In a statement , Unisys denied the intrusion protection devices were improperly installed and that the company reported security incidents. Meyer said Unisys has not been notified by either the FBI or the committee of an investigation. She said she could not comment further on specific security incidents. The FBI referred questions to DHS officials, who could not immediately be reached. Â
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The United States' top  computer-security official has resigned after a little more  than a year on the job, the U.S. Department of Homeland  Security said on Friday.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally named a leader for its cybersecurity efforts on Monday, fulfilling a promise made last July by an agency that has drawn poor marks for digital security.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has taken down a Web site it operated that included gay rights and antiwar organizations in a list of groups that could include terrorists.
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The director of cyber security for the Homeland Security Department, Amit Yoran, has resigned his post. The issue of whether cybersecurity was receiving sufficient attention at DHS created
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WASHINGTON - After the Pentagon&#39;s national missile defense system failed a key test this week, the Bush administration has dropped its plans to activate the system by the end of the year.
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A planned Black Hat demo of a technique for undermining Trusted Platform Module hardware-based security has been abruptly withdrawn from the schedule. Nitin and Vipin Kumar had provided an abstract for their talk, but they're not saying why they've withdrawn.
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Columbus Secure Shredding announced that it has changed its name from National Data Guard to better reflect its mission to provide secure document destruction services while employing people with disabilities.  The company's new Web site is www.columbussecureshredding.com.
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InfoWorld - September&#39;s batch of Microsoft security patches was trimmed Friday as Microsoft announced that a planned update to its SharePoint collaboration software would not be released this month.
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The FBI said on Thursday it may have to scrap a new &#36;170 million computer program designed to allow agents to share information instantly and fix a main problem identified after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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The Homeland Security Department could access data stored in the electronic container seal, but failure rates must be below 5%. By Larry Greenemeier.
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Windows Security Center may not know when your antivirus definitions are out of date.
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OCTOBER 01, 2004  - WASHINGTON -- Amit Yoran, the government&#39;s cybersecurity chief, abruptly resigned yesterday after one year with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a move that raised serious questions about the Bush