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Government, private IT address cyber threats

September 17, 2008 — 9:11pm ET | By Judi Hasson
The Homeland Security Department has revealed that its National Cyber Security Initiative will include enhancing the current cyber intrusion detection system, working more closely with the private... Read more...

Number of open-source code defects going down

May 23, 2008 — 5:54am ET | By Paul Mah
The results of a two-year study commissioned by the Department of Homeland Defense (DHS)... Read more...

Department of Homeland Security CIO comes under fire

June 20, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Department of Homeland Security, CIO Scott Charbo, has not been setting a good example and hasn't shown he's serious about fixing his departments vulnerabilities. That, at least, is the position... Read more...

Department of Homeland Security discusses own vulnerabilities

June 17, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

On June 20, officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss the agency's apparent problems in staving off electronic attacks and IT systems... Read more...

Homeland security plans for interoperability by 2008

December 13, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has set some formidable goals for itself. One is establishing true interoperability for emergency communications. In fact, DHS leader Michael Chertoff... Read more...

DHS spanked over cyber security efforts

September 14, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The Department of Homeland Security is getting some criticism from both lawmakers and IT security trade organizations for failing to fulfill its promise to hire an assistant secretary for cyber... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Government open source bug hunt challenged

April 19, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
The Department of Homeland Security has established a team of investigators to uncover and detect vulnerabilities in open source technologies. The reason? It says that since so much of its... Read more...