NIST’s Recommendations

SIX BIOMETRIC PRODUCTS CERTIFIED 

Six U.S. and Canadian firms specializing in biometric identification – Hi-Key Technologies, iNTELiTRAK Technologies, Miros, Mytec Technologies, National Registry and

HOW NIST AND NSA POOL THEIR EFFORTS 

Speaking before the U.S. Senate subcommittee for technology and space on Feb. 10, Raymond Kammer, the new director of the

GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE COOPERATION? 

It appears increasingly clear that a major aim of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) that Bill Clinton

WILLIAM CROWELL -- A CLARIFICATION 

William Crowell, the former deputy director of the NSA who retired in September, hasn't been hired by SRI Consulting as

THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CONFERENCE 

The Computer Security Institute (CSI) is organizing its 24th "Computer

THIRD ACSA CONFERENCE 

The U.S. association Applied Computer Security Associates (ACSA) is organizing

HACKERS ISSUE ELECTRONIC TERROR THREAT 

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported earlier this month that hackers had broken into the NASA Internet web

LESS COSTLY TEMPEST COMPUTERS 

The U.S. group Wang, whose Wang Federal division has been a major supplier of secure computer systems to the American

HOW TO (EASILY) STEAL $1 BILLION 

The new director for technology at the National Computer Security Association (NCSA), Ira Winkler, is a leading American expert in

THE KNOWLEDGE CURVE 

Originating in the United States, the concept of Infowar won't come fully into its own unless it passes by way

PETER BROWNE 

First Union Corp., the sixth largest bank holding company in the U.S. with assets of around $131 billion, has named

COMPUTER SECURITY WORLD-WIDE 

Following a meeting in Bonn last Feb. 28-29, security chiefs from the United States and Canada as well as four

SHIFTING FUNDS TO CIVILIAN SIDE 

A conference on Infowar organized last week near Washington by the National Computer Security Association (NCSA) broke all attendance records

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