In September, the US government unveiled its draft cyber security strategy plan. Microsoft has announced that it has recruited Thomas Richey, a retired US Coastguard officer, to fill the newly created post of federal director of homeland security...
When President Bush signed a bill yesterday creating the Department of Homeland Security, he started a process that will reshuffle bureaucracies, permit greater internet surveillance and refocus the US government's computer security efforts.
A last-minute addition to the Homeland Security bill was the 16-page Cyber Security Enhancement Act, which the House approved as a standalone bill in July. The Department of Homeland Security law also creates a Directorate for Information Analysis...
The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday that it had awarded Accenture a contract worth up to $10bn for help in upgrading the nation's system for tracking visitors. This award marks an important milestone in the history of Homeland...
The US Department of Homeland Security has signed a deal with content security firm Websense to protect its systems from spyware and other nasties. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division has 40,000 employees.
Part of the 1,724-page energy bill that President Bush signed last week calls for federal bureaucrats to create an "electric reliability organisation" that would draft mandatory standards - including cyber-security guidelines - for electric power...