FRAMINGHAM (10/03/2003) - Dan Geer was fired from his job as chief technology officer at @stake Inc. on Sept. 25, one day after he and six other security researchers released a report that criticized Microsoft Corp.'s dominance of the software industry as a fundamental cause of IT security problems.
FRAMINGHAM (10/02/2003) - Despite the government's recent efforts to integrate dozens of terrorist watch list databases, terrorists may still be slipping through major cracks in homeland defenses by stealing identities and using computers to create fraudulent travel documents, officials told Congress Wednesday.
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN (10/01/2003) - A principal adviser to the new head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) has reiterated that the division and its industry outreach program remain key players at the DHS and that it has a direct line to senior officials, including Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and President Bush.
FRAMINGHAM (10/01/2003) - Dan Geer, the former chief technology officer at @stake Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was fired last week as a result of his participation in an independent study of the security implications of Microsoft Corp.'s monopoly hold on the software industry. He spoke to Computerworld's Dan Verton yesterday in an exclusive interview from his home in Massachusetts.
FRAMINGHAM (09/26/2003) - This week's announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy that it will require Oracle Corp. to deliver software that's configured for optimal security and then provide immediate postdeployment support for security patches may signal the beginning of a dramatically different security model for the government and industry, security experts said.
WASHINGTON (09/26/2003) - A report that might have been a valuable contribution to the study of the security ramifications of monolithic IT infrastructures has instead become a pawn in the unending political battle between pro- and anti-Microsoft factions. And it has cost one of the co-authors his job.
FRAMINGHAM (09/25/2003) - A group of seven prominent IT security researchers Wednesday released a report harshly critical of Microsoft Corp.'s "monopoly" in the software industry, arguing that a reliance by "nearly everyone" on Microsoft products has created monolithic IT infrastructures that are less secure than enterprises relying on multiple operating systems.
FRAMINGHAM (09/25/2003) - A group of seven prominent IT security researchers Wednesday released a report harshly critical of Microsoft Corp.'s "monopoly" in the software industry, arguing that a reliance by "nearly everyone" on Microsoft products has created monolithic IT infrastructures that are less secure than enterprises relying on multiple operating systems.
WASHINGTON (09/24/2003) - A computer virus yesterday disabled a portion of the State Department's domestic enterprise network, forcing the agency to halt overseas screenings of visa applicants for criminal histories and links to terrorism, a department official confirmed Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (09/24/2003) - A computer virus Tuesday disabled a portion of the U.S. State Department's domestic enterprise network, forcing the agency to halt overseas screenings of visa applicants for criminal histories and links to terrorism, a department official confirmed today.
FRAMINGHAM (09/24/2003) - WASHINGTON -- A computer virus yesterday disabled the U.S. State Department system used to screen visa applicants overseas for criminal histories and links to terrorism, a department official confirmed this morning.
WASHINGTON (09/22/2003) - On Sept. 16, two years and five days after one of the worst intelligence failure in U.S. history led to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the White House directed that a multitude of federal terrorist watch lists be integrated into a single master list that will be maintained by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Amid tight security and the pall of Manhattan's 9/11 remembrance ceremonies, 13 countries from the United Nations gathered here Thursday along with hundreds of US high-tech executives in an effort to foster greater cooperation on the global information security war front.
When Vance Hitch took over as CIO at the US Department of Justice 18 months ago, he found a variety of applications running on different systems that were hampered by little or no integration.
The Blackout of 2003, which remains under investigation this week, not only highlighted the vulnerable nature of the nation's critical infrastructure systems, but also reinvigorated the debate over government regulation of security in the private sector.