Threats Imperil the Entire U.S. Infostructure
Threats Imperil the Entire U.S. Infostructure
Cybercrime is leading the way among threats to networks, but cyberespionage is increasing in both number and effect.
Who's Watching Your Six in Cyberspace?
Who's Watching Your Six in Cyberspace?
Some risks attend all travel in the domains of land, sea, air and outer space, but in those realms the voyager is afforded a patently acceptable measure of protection by laws, rules, sa
Government Information Security Officers Express Their Views
Government Information Security Officers Express Their Views
Federal chief information security officers (CISOs) feel more empowered today because their organizations’ leaders are listening to them and heeding their advice.
Online Community Promotes Government Information Sharing
Online Community Promotes Government Information Sharing
Social networking and other Web 2.0 applications have caught on with business and personal users, but while new media has many potential uses in the government sector, implementation has been
Future Budget Does Not Bode Well for Network Centricity
Future Budget Does Not Bode Well for Network Centricity
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Report on Information Technology Spending for the Federal Government for Fiscal Years 200
Information Security Rises to the Top
Information Security Rises to the Top
Information security ceased being merely a desirable option long ago. But even its long-extant status as a requisite pales in comparison to its current situation.
She Said/He Said: So Much for Building Trust
She Said/He Said: So Much for Building Trust
North Korea is testing nuclear weapons, fighting is intensifying in Pakistan's Swat Valley, and the White House 60 Cyber Review has been released, but the political brawl over whether Speaker Nancy Pelosi was or was not mislead by the CIA regarding the use of waterboarding seems to be confirming the point I was making in these pages last month about the lack of trust between the Intelligence Community (IC) and Congress.
The First Step Toward Collaboration Is to Stop E-Mailing
The First Step Toward Collaboration Is to Stop E-Mailing
Many of us remember when we first got an e-mail account. If you were anything like me, you received a personal e-mail address and then later an AOL account—well before you had e-mail access at work. In a way, it was a very early indication of the world to come, where the consumer market truly leads the enterprise market. Today, most people will admit that they can do much more on their home computers than they can on their “clunky machines” at work.
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Our Seed Corn
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Our Seed Corn
In the wake of the global economic downturn that began late last year, responsible governments and businesses established budget priorities to make sharp spending cuts. These efforts extended across a large spectrum of budgetary activities, and they were—and still are—necessary.
Space Now a Contested Venue
Space Now a Contested Venue
The proliferation of international space systems and an increase in the number of technologies that can physically threaten satellites has led the U.S. Defense Department to redefine space as a contested environment. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has issued a special area of emphasis, or SAE, applying this designation to space for the military community. The result will be a change in the way military personnel view space and incorporate its role in their training regimens.