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Articles of Interest
  • The IT Chief's New Clothes
    What penetration testing and vulnerability scans will and won't do, and how they might fit into your agency's security program.
  • Portable Defense
    To secure data at rest, tune up your users' notebook protection measures.
  • Move IT on Over
    Take these steps to help avoid pitfalls when you relocate your data center.
  • Can I Borrow the Car, Uncle Sam?
    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.
  • Beyond the Flash
    Government takes aim at a wireless future with HSPD-12 ID cards.
  • On Their Toes
    How technology companies make sure employees always have security on the brain — and what their awareness and training efforts can teach agencies.
  • Closed-Door Policy
    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.
  • Convenience Wins: Mitigate Your Risk
    Some measures your information technology department can take to lock down access to USB flash drives and protect data.
  • Do More Than Report About IT Security
    The high cost of documenting and maintaining security plans to the point where there are few resources left to actually implement secure systems frustrates many of us in government.
  • Connecting the Dots
    NIST develops an automated approach to help agencies make the jump from security policies and mandates to secure systems.
  • Time-Stamping Eternity
    A step-by-step approach offers agencies a way to gain long-lived digital integrity using short-lived hash functions.
  • 8 Tips to Keep Data Safe
    From around the globe to around the block, here's help securing your systems.
  • Lockdown Mode
    Agencies are on high alert to keep data in the right hands — even when it's available to mobile end users.
  • Protect Your Digital Assets
    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.
  • Don't Fear Telework — Set Smart Security Parameters
    Just like their private-sector counterparts, government employees increasingly desire to telecommute. But can it be safe and secure?
 
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