At U.S. Borders, Laptops Have No Right to Privacy
A LOT of business travelers are walking around with laptops that contain private corporate information that their employers really do not want outsiders to see. Until recently, their biggest concern was that someone might steal the laptop. But now there's...
Circle the wagons: Technologies to protect data from getting tapped, leaked or stolen
Government officials need an arsenal of weapons to protect digital assets, including tools that fortify databases, prevent sensitive information from leaving an agency and give laptop computer users secure access to corporate networks. The rise in data s...
EU building info systems to help secure borders
Like the United States, the European Union is seeking to improve border security without putting undue burdens on travelers or shippers of goods. As part of that effort, the EU is enhancing or developing several systems to replace the aging Schengen Inform...
Real ID draft regs due by year"s end
By the end of the year, the Homeland Security Department will issue draft regulations specifying how states should implement mandatory federal standards for driver"s licenses. But several states have already gotten started. Jonathan Frenkel, director of ...
Social Security Administration ahead of HSPD-12 deadline
The Social Security Administration has begun issuing new secure identity cards to its employees and contractors, beating an Oct. 27 deadline imposed under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) by nine days. SSA is also the first agency to...
Researchers See Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards
They call it the "Johnny Carson attack," for his comic pose as a psychic divining the contents of an envelope. Tom Heydt-Benjamin tapped an envelope against a black plastic box connected to his computer. Within moments, the screen showed a garbled string ...
The U.S. And E.U. Avoid A Mid-Air Collision -- Or Did They Just Postpone It?
The European Union has approved a new agreement to share airline passenger data with U.S. law enforcement authorities. The deal settles, for now, a legal dispute that could have halted or at least seriously disrupted, trans-Atlantic flights between Europe ...