Department of homeland security calls for employment of ethical hackers 

Department of homeland security calls for employment of ethical hackers

In Hackers - 23 October 2009 1:25 PM
International collaboration and recruitment of experienced people is needed to win the battle against cybercrime.
Australia looks to US for infrastructure security training 

Australia looks to US for infrastructure security training

In Risk - By Ben Grubb, 8 September 2009 12:05 PM
Australian Government funds cyber-security field trip.
White House turns to hacker for security advice 

White House turns to hacker for security advice

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 9 June 2009 12:16 PM
Jeff Moss, aka Dark Tangent, the white hat hacker who set up the Black Hat and DEFCON computer conferences, has been picked as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s ...
Australia shares very little biometric data 

Australia shares very little biometric data

In Crypto - By Brett Winterford, 29 May 2009 12:10 PM
Australia is not playing its part in international efforts to share biometric data in the fight against crime and terror, according to experts speaking at the Biometrics ...
Homeland Security to scan fingerprints of travellers exiting the US 

Homeland Security to scan fingerprints of travellers exiting the US

In Crypto - By Brett Winterford, 29 May 2009 12:08 PM
The US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States.
Policymakers debate White House's role in cybersecurity 

Policymakers debate White House's role in cybersecurity

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 29 April 2009 10:26 AM
Lawmakers and public policy experts have clashed at a U.S. Senate committee hearing over whether cybersecurity control should be taken away from the U.S. Department of Homeland ...
US government says securing cyberspace will take time 

US government says securing cyberspace will take time

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 24 April 2009 10:53 AM
US President Barack Obama's 60-day cyberspace policy review is completed, and the report will show that co-operation is needed to meet the challenging task of securing the ...
US cybersecurity chief steps down 

US cybersecurity chief steps down

In Risk - 10 March 2009 2:44 PM
The United States' top cybersecurity officer has resigned his position within the government.
Homeland Security warns on US power threat 

Homeland Security warns on US power threat

In Crypto - By Andrew Charlesworth, 31 July 2007 9:13 AM
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has set out security requirements for automated control systems, principally in the power industry, to protect installations ...
House committee to address Department of Homeland Security cyberincidents 

House committee to address Department of Homeland Security cyberincidents

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 21 June 2007 4:30 PM
A federal panel today is scheduled to review the cybersecurity shortfalls at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the US agency charged with defending the nation ...
Secret Service and Homeland Security team up on cybercrime education facility 

Secret Service and Homeland Security team up on cybercrime education facility

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 14 March 2007 8:00 AM
An ambitious idea by a state district attorney's association has led to the creation of a first-of-its-kind federal facility designed to train local law enforcement officials ...
Homeland Security committee has doubts about RFID 

Homeland Security committee has doubts about RFID

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 2 November 2006 5:24 PM
The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for tracking humans took a hit in a recent study released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Emerging ...
Patch Windows now, Homeland Security warns 

Patch Windows now, Homeland Security warns

By Frank Washkuch, 10 August 2006 7:36 PM
In an unusual advisory, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urged PC users and system administrators to apply a recently released patch for Microsoft Windows as soon ...
Homeland Security CIO resigns 

Homeland Security CIO resigns

By Marcia Savage, 7 April 2005 7:30 PM
Department of Homeland Security CIO Steven Cooper has resigned and will leave the agency at the end of the month.
Microsoft and SAFLINK team up on homeland security 

Microsoft and SAFLINK team up on homeland security

By Marcia Savage, 7 July 2004 11:31 PM
Microsoft and SAFLINK on Wednesday announced a partnership to develop homeland security solutions.
Homeland Secuirty department cries out for help 

Homeland Secuirty department cries out for help

By Dan Ilett, 16 June 2004 4:38 PM
Officials from the Bush administration have called for more IT professionals to join the security industry.
Department of Homeland Security to pay up to $10bn for biometrics 

Department of Homeland Security to pay up to $10bn for biometrics

By Dan Ilett, 3 June 2004 3:54 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is to pay up to $10 billion for biometrics to screen foreigners entering America.
Department of Homeland Security to buy secure data network 

Department of Homeland Security to buy secure data network

By Dan Ilett, 13 April 2004 3:39 PM
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to pay $350 million for the implementation of a secure data network.
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