Justice task force looks into privacy
A task force has issued a series of recommendations regarding privacy in justice information systems. The Privacy Technology Focus Group was chartered to examine the exchange of personally identifiable information, focusing on justice and public safety d...
IDA clients suffer security breach
The securities firms that reported the breach have not confirmed the means by which accounts were accessed, but the Investment Dealers Association (IDA) pointed to pharming Web sites as another possible avenue. Only two accounts were affected, although ...
Brief: Congressional Budget Office mailing list hacked
Hackers have breached the mailing list of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), according to the agency. "There was limited breach of our list server that has since been patched and closed," said Melissa Merson, a CBO spokeswoman. "When people access a ...
Theft causes most data losses, report finds
Because equipment theft causes most data losses, agencies should use physical security to protect sensitive information, according to a new House Government Reform Committee report. "The vast majority of data losses arose from physical thefts of portable ...
Data held by feds, vendors at risk
Federal contractors that agencies rely on for IT management services are responsible for many of the data breaches that agencies reported to the House Government Reform Committee, which today released its findings on past data loss across government. Tha...
Compliance affecting efficiency in IT - survey
Most Irish IT departments now face regulatory compliance issues but this is clashing directly with the need for more efficiency, leading to increased technical challenges, resourcing problems and cost concerns, new research claims. A survey carried out b...
New RFID tech would track airport passengers
The inventors of a new monitoring system that uses RFID tags claim it could improve airport security by tracking passengers as they mingle in the departure lounge. The plan is to issue an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag to every passenger at ch...