Caron Carlson

Public comment on a newly released draft of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace began swiftly last week, with mixed reviews ranging from toothless to thoughtful. But most IT executives and Washington insiders agree the final version of the plan will contain stronger, more specific language. On the eve of what should have been the […]

In its National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace draft released today, the Presidents Critical Infrastructure Protection Board named nanotechnology as having the potential to reshape cyberspace and its security. Meanwhile this week, a group of senators introduced legislation to increase federal research and development funding for the science of tiny particles, and the chambers science panel […]

The White House is expected to unveil its long-awaited National Strategy to Secure Cyber Space this week, outlining security recommendations for Americans who use computers, from the home user to the enterprise user to those in the federal government. And because U.S. networks are directly linked to networks overseas, the Bush administration plans to engage […]

The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service picks up about 20,000 newcomers to the country on any given day and detains them for about a month at hundreds of correctional facilities coast to coast. In the age of terrorism in America, the most widespread threat posed by the newcomers is not violence but a disease once […]

Senators charged with overseeing the Department of Justice lambasted the agency last week for overstepping expanded wiretap powers that were granted in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The harsh criticism from Congress came as the Bush administration prepared for this weeks launch of an ambitious strategy for securing cyberspace—another response to […]

WorldCom Inc. has begun the search for a new chief executive to replace John Sidgmore, who took the helm of the shaky company in April after founder Bernie Ebbers was ousted. Since disclosing the companys colossal accounting mis-statements in June, Sidgmore sought to disassociate himself and current management from Ebbers and from former chief financial […]

Senators charged with overseeing the Department of Justice lambasted the agency this morning for over-stepping expanded wiretap powers granted last fall following the Sept. 11 attacks. The harsh criticism from Congress came as the Bush Administration prepares for next weeks launch of an ambitious new strategy for securing cyberspace—another response to the terrorist attacks, and […]

In a preliminary version of their plan for securing cyberspace, White House advisers tout the strategy as being a collaborative effort among industry, academia, the military and the government. But lawmakers who would be instrumental in making the plan work said they have had no direct input in its crafting. According to a draft of […]

When the White House releases its plan to improve cyber-security later this month, large enterprises can expect to be prodded to implement network authentication procedures using biometrics, smart cards with PKI and/or secure tokens. The suggestion will not come as an official recommendation; instead, it will likely be buried inside the lengthy, often vague strategy. […]

Scrambling to maximize the potential of the relatively lucrative business market, WorldCom Inc. this week during its bankruptcy proceedings lofted a series of updates to its portfolio of global virtual private network services. To make dedicated IP VPN services available to more business customers, the Clinton, Miss., telecommunications carrier added Cisco Systems Inc.-based offerings to […]