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University of Colorado announces first-in-nation PhD program
Degree to be offered as early as the fall, pending $1.9 million in federal funding; public policy program will focus on infrastructure threats
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Black Duck announces new encryption export compliance software
Backed by Fidelity Ventures, Flagship Ventures, and other leading VCs, company adds to its software compliance offerings; technology scans software for encryption algorithms and helps developers avoid DoC fines; Cuba and Iran among countries targeted by export restrictions
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Establishing product liability a smart way to confront IT security problems
IT companies use shrink wrap agreements to avoid responsibility, but costs are transferred to consumers with no guarenteed increase in security; shifting liability to software companies may push some out of the market, but some say that will all be for the best
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Indiana receives $1.2 million for lake and river security
Money will be used to purchase powerboats, the trucks to tow them, thermo-imaging devices, and side-scanning sonar units
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Experts say utilities need to do much more
Electricity and gas plants may be the first to suffer the consequences of disrupted service; alongside barriers and surveillance systems, companies should make sure to work with local authorities to develop emergency response plans
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NICE Systems to protect Eiffel Tower
NiceVision video analytics software will help authorities sort through the monument’s six million annual visitors; globetrotting company is also working in Philadelphia and Beijing
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Experts recommend vigilence in IT security pricing
Vendors do well in part because clients are afraid to switch due to cost concerns; savvy IT professionals should price out the market and not be afraid of playing one vendor against another; software packages can be a good deal, but be wary of pricing methods
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Keeping messages over the Internet secure by making them faint
Wireless and Internet communication is vulnerable to eavesdropping and theft; traditional methods of keeping messages secure — encryption and scrambling — may be expensive to implement; two Princeton researchers suggest a new technique to keep transmissions safe, a technique which relies on the properties optical-fiber networks
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Congress proposes new regulations on the sale of fertilizer
Bill would force buyers to provide identification and require sellers to register with DHS or an appropriate state agency; a number of states already have similar laws intended to stymie another Timothy McVeigh; Farm Bureau continues to resist federal intrusion
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Rising energy costs threaten IT expansion
Power-hungry security solutions may face dark days; energy costs projected to eat up 50 percent of future IT budgets; Internet and software-based approaches gain an edge
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Federal IT security spending to drop 50 percent in 2007
Government to spend only $118 billion in the face of congressional belt-tightening; major contracts still to come include: GSA’s Alliant, Treasury’s Project Support Solutions, and Agriculture’s Multiple Award Information Technology Support Services
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DHS IT auditing office criticizes its own security procedures
Failure by the inspector general’s office to implement a standard laptop configuration that meets required DHS and federal guidelines; the failure Inspector general’s office cited for having failed to implement procedure to identify relevent software patches and update; lost and stolen laptops a major issue
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University of Texas wins $3.1 million DHS training grant
Award follows the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security’s participation in Cyberstorm and Dark Screen cyberterrorism exercises; grant to support state and municipal cybersecurity training efforts
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Social networking sites create security risks
Viruses and spyware as much a threat as identity theft; 46 percent of using adults access sites from work, and many more download unknown files; log-in credentials at risk, experts say
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Two companies' products protect security by self-destructing
VaporStream offers a Web-based e-mail service that leaves no trace once the message is read; copying, archiving, and forwarding are impossible; Philips applies for a patent on a tamperproof MRAM chip that wipes itself out if opened
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The long view
Virtual Models Paving the Way for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Computer models predict how reactors will behave, helping operators make decisions in real time. The digital twin technology using graph-neural networks may boost nuclear reactor efficiency and reliability.