Product Review: LoJack for Laptops helps users retrieve stolen computers or delete their sensitive contents.

Use these eight tips to get the most out of your 802.11n network.

Top military brass set sights on forging a secure network so that warriors can have safe access to a common operating picture.

Agencies employ security information and event management systems to make sense of security alerts.

The VA discovers a new threat to its network — medical devices — and a cure.

Security appliance prevents intrusion, filters content and blocks unsafe browsing in a single device.

Anti-Theft Measures: Safeguard your computing devices with these theft-deterrent tools.

As WiMAX emerges, does it offer a COOP option for secure communications?

Client-side virtualization offers potential for putting truly hardened devices in the hands of both mobile and desk-bound users.

Enterprise Security Suite offers protection at nearly every level of an organization's network.

Troy's MICR 3015 printer can secure sensitive files by controlling access to the trays.

Learn how Microsoft App-V can provide a single tool for easy deployment and maintenance of virtualized applications.

Federal IT departments save money and increase security with mobile think clients.

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold monitors the network and alerts you to problems.

Learn how to best apply intrusion detection systems to spot security problems.

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition boasts simplified interface for backup of virtualized platforms.

Choose from four e-mail archiving products to ensure safekeeping of important messages.

Data deduplication helps agencies relieve backup bloat.

The tide seems to be turning on telework as a smart continuity of operations strategy, and also on mobile devices and their place in the enterprise. Is your agency ready?

Survey finds that unified communications offers a way to better manage comm and network services within the enterprise — and also better serve users.

RFID tools let healthcare facilities find patients, staff, medications and medical equipment when they need to — improving on turnaround offered by barcodes.

The Tripp Lite Smart 1500XL UPS keeps your equipment running without draining your wallet.

Make sure you have security rules in place before allowing the use of BitLocker To Go by your agency's users.

Organizations achieve cyber agility when leaders have the power to make risk decisions within the Internet domain.

Automate what you can when it comes to keeping watch over your agency's networks.

The Tripp Lite Smart 1500XL UPS keeps your equipment running without draining your wallet.

Make sure you have security rules in place before allowing the use of BitLocker To Go by your agency's users.

Symantec's Backup Exec Agent for VMware lets IT managers back up virtual machines to a SAN, tape or disk without having to offload to a proxy.

Federal IT organizations begin embracing handheld devices as desktops within the enterprise.

Product Review: The S10 delivers the benefits of thin-client computing in a compact, affordable package.

Application modernization provides practical steps toward cloud computing.

The Coast Guard and Marine Corps hope this technology can help alleviate IT administration challenges.

Virtual tape libraries shorten backup windows and speed recovery times for federal agencies.

Desktop virtualization kit facilitates sharing.

NIST and Army mesh virtualization and FDCC to enhance desktop optimization.

In a hybrid environment of PCs and Macs, security is more important than ever.

If your security controls seem out of control, these steps can help you apply the new NIST guidance to find a way forward.

For federal agencies concerned about continuity of operations, here are some IT tools that won't leave you stranded.

Older apps that wouldn't work with Vista may run under Win7, thanks to its virtualized XP Mode.

Take advantage of the TPM chip found in most systems to harden desktop and notebook security.

Secure flash drives add management challenges, but their portability and simplicity win satisfied users.

Telework and remote access need to be easy for users. These five tips will help your program take off.

In a hybrid environment where network resources and documents need to be constantly shared and exchanged between PC and Mac platforms, security is more important than ever. With the right combination of hardware, software and good old-fashioned IT policies and user education, you can keep both Macs and PCs on your network safe and secure.

Product Review: Cisco's UC 500 all-in-one appliance offers everything an IT department needs to deliver effective communications to federal workers.

Generally, it's not feasible to forbid employees from using mobile computing devices simply because of security risks. And often today, feds need them to do their jobs. HP has a notebook that can help allay an agency's information assurance concerns: the 4410t Mobile Thin Client.

Learn pointers on how to make sure your agency stays online and on task.

The details count when it comes to establishing service-level agreements for cloud service. Get pointers on how to craft an SLA that aligns with your agency's needs and mitigates risk.

With the constant influx of wireless devices, ensuring 802.11x networks are adequately secured has grown increasingly important. Use these best practices to help keep your network and data safe.

Learn tips for using Group Policy settings if you wish to block users from installing USB drives; or, if you allow the drives, how to encrypt the data using Windows 7's BitLocker To Go.

Discover why all-in-one security appliances that offer firewall, VPN and antivirus protection appeal to agencies looking to ease security management and make it more efficient.

Continuous monitoring with NetIQ's management console eases compliance chores.

With a single NSA E5500 appliance, you can establish a multithreat protection shield.

In the battle to keep data and systems safe, agencies want information assurance that won't break the bank.

Cracking the code on implementing strong cybersecurity programs places the onus of leadership on the CIO teams within federal agencies.

Official telework programs edge upward gradually as agencies adopt the view that the office is where the work is.

Evaluating your needs will help simplify backup options when choosing Symantec Backup Exec tools.

Despite the tough economic climate over the past 18 months, public-sector organizations are shoring up resources devoted to IT security.

Understanding how to make use of Fortinet's UTM devices can reap savings for your organization, make the network administrator's job easier and improve your network's overall security posture.

Using government gear or personal equipment, security remains paramount and possible.

Learn pointers on how to make sure your agency stays online and on task.

The bottom line on deployment in Windows 7? It's easier, faster and better.

Check out five tips to help your end users take the disaster out of disaster recovery.

Learn pointers on how to protect sign-on credentials and data across the cloud when using Google Apps and Microsoft Office Live.

To stop questionable traffic from making its way onto the network, learn how a standards-based NAC approach works.

The goal must be creating a national cyberinfrastructure that's both trusted and resilient.

FedTech interviews State Department CIO Susan Swart.

Digital surveillance technology lets feds extend their security reach to the nation's edges.

DOD, the Indian Health Service and VA improve healthcare with high-tech tools at the point of care.

The ultra-portable netbook platform offers an inexpensive alternative for agencies that want to expand their telework programs.

Tablet PCs expand the ability to use computers — in the classroom and on the go — when teaching across disciplines.

Data leak prevention technology inspects outbound content to keep sensitive data from escaping the network.

Learn how to protect sign-on credentials and data across open networks.

These tips can help your agency protect sensitive data at the endpoint.

Using Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization, an agency can achieve significant savings and improved service by rationalizing its systems environment.

The military's massive Base Realignment and Closure initiative will bring new technology to the fore — as well as the need for new skills and training.

As the government promotes universal electronic medical records, single sign-on technology gains momentum.

High-availability storage hinges on being prepared for a system failure.

Dependable IT at the point of care proves to be a critical component of health service on the battlefield.

A stripped-down version of Windows Server 2008 might be just the ticket for your agency's older servers.

Contrary to popular belief, risk management is not a new concept within the federal sector.

IT leaders face a quandary when trying to take advantage of technology to do federal jobs smarter, to serve taxpayers better and to run the government as a whole more efficiently.

Microsoft tweaks its OS and makes improvements for the forthcoming Service Pack 2.

As the government promotes universal electronic medical records, single sign-on technology gains momentum.

Plan properly to prevent provisioning and troubleshooting woes.

For small agencies moving to disk-to-disk storage, it makes sense to take advantage of existing tape stores.

Product Review: Symantec's Veritas Replication Exec provides the comfort of redundancy and live data at a moment's notice.

Product Review: Citrix NetScaler 9 takes on load balancing and application delivery so you don't
have to.

To get the most from your cybersecurity budget, make sure to spend time setting a fully fleshed-out strategy.

Do you know the difference? If not, here's a quick breakdown of what's distinct between the two web protocols and why the difference matters for handling transactions online.

To maintain system reliability, smart change management lies in preventing unwanted configuration alterations.

To reduce risk of a security exposure when using mobile devices, one school of thought suggests traveling light, with your gear and your data.

To ensure private information stays that way on agency smartphones, set some ground rules and enforce them.

By applying lessons learned, a stalwart access control and behavior-monitoring architecture lies within reach.

With increased exposure, the government's IT security teams expect they will be better able to secure the nation's networks from attack.

Federal IT managers find they must deploy new tactics for managing and securing their expanding virtual environments.

With much improved technology, a mainframe-like processing environment is making a comeback, using thin-client workstations connected to servers.

Try these steps to keep your e-mail inbox in check.

The convergence of cyber and physical security has already occurred at the technical level. It is long overdue at the organizational level.

Federal spending on cybersecurity. Books to inform your security perspective.

A layered data security approach can pave the way for transformational change.

While many products offer antivirus and firewall protection, Symantec Endpoint Security goes a step further and includes antispyware, intrusion prevention and device and application control.

The Conficker virus has infected an estimated 9 million Windows-based computers worldwide. Arm yourself with knowledge and take action now to protect your system.

With the buzz surrounding RSS feeds, Twitter, text messages and other Web 2.0 communication and collaboration tools, it may seem that e-mail — which celebrates its 38th birthday this year — has met its technological match.

As federal technology organizations begin to adapt to the new administration's goals, CIOs must address a pair of continuing, high-visibility concerns: IT security and budgetary constraints.

Prevent data leakage through your agency's system ports.

Inside nearly every notebook or desktop PC built within the past three years resides a hardware module that often goes unused in protecting data.

Take your best shot at collaboration and surveillance.

Create successful metrics for security by focusing on effectiveness, not performance.

Hardware appliances can help agencies get a grip on encryption keys.

VoIP fail-over and remote monitoring provide agencies COOP options

GuardianEdge Hard Disk Encryption protects data on mobile devices and removable media.

Feds and experts relay 5 smart ideas for emergency notification.

Before you apply NIST's templates for FDCC, take a few precautionary measures.

When it comes to recognizing faces, the gap between computer and human error is closing rapidly, and in some cases facial-recognition technology is surpassing human ability — a significant advancement for agencies looking to use biometrics to improve security for their systems and facilities.

Are you ready to take a dip in the Web 2.0 deep end? If so, suit up and learn from the lessons of agencies who dived in before you.

The debate over creating a single, multivendor patch to shore up Domain Name System servers appears likely to continue into the fall.

Creating a manageable enterprise DMZ can help make TIC work for your agency.

If you want to let data idle, make sure you have protections in place to secure those files at rest.

Making the move from IPsec to SSL virtual private networks with Windows Server 2008 can overcome some remote-access obstacles and ease COOP preparations.

By way of some common virtualization tools, agencies can make SOA their next stop for legacy apps.

For CIOs, supporting their agencies' missions propels IT transformation.

To maintain FDCC compliance hinges on creating a sound configuration change management process.

Agriculture MPLS consolidation offers lessons learned when moving to unified comm and collapsing Internet gateways.

Right now, agencies own and operate hundreds, if not thousands, of data centers. Recognizing the inherent inefficiency in running so many facilities, most agencies have begun consolidating within their organizations.

In the vanguard of collapsing Internet access, DOD has experience that other agencies can exploit to meet the TIC mandate.

With the right technology, best practices and people power, CISOs say they can keep federal systems and data secure.

With the perimeter becoming elastic, what's that mean for securing every user?

Don't ask when or if a breach will occur. Instead, ask yourself: Has the IT team set the stage to stop and contain an intrusion?

Serving citizens and improving services into the future is beyond e-gov, Web 2.0 and LOBs — it’s about the data and exposing it securely.

The Essential Body of Knowledge creates a baseline of must-know information for the IT security workforce.

Steps for meeting the new secure Trusted Internet Connections mandate.

Need a quick cheater to help respond to a PII data leak? Here's a matrix created by Commerce.

Fingerprint readers can enhance notebook security and convenience, but they have limitations.

Secure your network against remote access by former employees.

Feds offer tips for making telework work.

Do you know what is really on your network?

Thin clients and blades combined with a secure server technology offer a consolidated approach to multilevel security.

The Library of Congress fine-tunes its C&A work so that it's a security benefit rather than a burden.

A quick look at some intriguing technology items.

What penetration testing and vulnerability scans will and won't do, and how they might fit into your agency's security program.

How technology companies make sure employees always have security on the brain — and what their awareness and training efforts can teach agencies.

Government takes aim at a wireless future with HSPD-12 ID cards.

Adapt or perish. That's Adrian Gardner's motto. The CIO at the National Weather Service says that embracing change is a "critical success factor" in government information technology.

To borrow and twist a phrase from John Donne: "No LAN is an island," especially in the 21st century.

USB flash drives are fast and easy, but agencies find they need to set guidelines and enforce security measures before letting workers use them to transport data.

To secure data at rest, tune up your users' notebook protection measures.

Think of your teleworkers as drivers who need to obey the rules of your road if they want to keep their license to access data.

Some measures your information technology department can take to lock down access to USB flash drives and protect data.

When planning security policies and practices for employees who work from home, make sure to include the occasional home warriors, not just your agency's official teleworkers.

Performance reporting; Server virtualization; Inspiration; IT security; Recommended reading

The latest crop of lean, mean computing machines offers ways to improve security, simplify management and reduce TCO.

A step-by-step approach offers agencies a way to gain long-lived digital integrity using short-lived hash functions.

NIST develops an automated approach to help agencies make the jump from security policies and mandates to secure systems.

OMB has created the Information Systems Security Line of Business to expedite partnering on common solutions.

From around the globe to around the block, here's help securing your systems.

The European Union and United States lay groundwork for a 'global security envelope' using biometric IDs.

Agencies across government begin to realize the potential of RFID in harnessing the power of the supply chain.

Agencies are on high alert to keep data in the right hands — even when it's available to mobile end users.

Keep your ID program moving ahead.

Simulated disaster creates an 'extreme lab' that tests people and machines and offers lessons for agencies across government.

Vista's almost here, but are you ready? Should you be?

Given the high demand for skilled IT security employees, agencies have a farm system in place to produce talented workers who are ready to serve.

No matter how we slice and dice the analytical process, a mobile, distributed workforce is a guaranteed part of the government's future.

Imagine if one-third of your workforce quit tomorrow. Doesn't sound like a situation most organizations could handle easily and one that most would hope to forestall.

Recent data thefts are just the tip of an ugly iceberg, but it's not too late to slow down and build a better foundation for data security.

As threats intensify, what steps are Defense agencies taking to secure systems and keep data flowing from the Pentagon to the foxhole?

At the Secret Service, a new type of law enforcer—part cop, part techie—is taking on cybercrime. And, in a like vein at DOD, officials are melding tech savvy with military innovation and gaming to create smarter warfighting strategies and warriors.

What do you get when you cross computer forensic specialists with street cops? The Secret Service knows: crimefighters trained to stop some of today's craftiest cyberthiefs in their virtual tracks.

You can keep spyware at bay if you keep your systems tuned to spot it before it can sneak in a back door.

To let handheld users in your agency tap into data via Wi-Fi, consider using virtual private networking and SSL tunnels.

Are agencies' FISMA reports giving an accurate picture of federal IT security risks? Maybe not.

To get ahead on systems plans, it pays to look back and analyze past performance.

Through his job, this systems chief says he's found a way to repay a personal debt.

PTO and a Treasury office make working from home worthwhile for their employees.

With the deadline looming for common federal IDs, agencies scramble to craft identity management systems.

There's a common theme among many of the stories in this issue of Fed Tech: managing personal data.

Many want to, but few do—that's the resounding message of a telecommuting survey. Why? A lack of IT support, partly.

The Office for Domestic Preparedness works with states to create consistent processes for distributing homeland security grants.

How can federal agencies fight cybersecurity attacks? Sharing best practices for change control, system hardening, security training and monitoring is a good start.

How do you protect sensitive data while also sharing it with appropriate parties? That's the paradox facing government. Read how NSA is meeting the challenge.

Congress and the Defense Department expand their wireless capabilities and address critical security issues.

EPA's Emergency Operations Center consolidates data for environmental crisis management.

OMB's Karen Evans faces a formidable task: to turn a vision for e-government into reality.

Your fingerprint is your ID--if you're a foreign national visiting the United States. Customs and INS agenst compare visitor data with FBI watch lists.

Cyber security experts give advice on strenghtening networks against attacks.

A year into his tenure as Homeland Security CIO, Steve Cooper talks about his team's accomplishments and details his plans for the future.