Paul Kocher talks about how differential power analysis can break cryptographic keys.

Four critical patches are for remote code execution exploit considerations; six important items are split between RCE and elevation-of-privilege bug implications.

Tokeener case study serves as an example of writing low-defect, highly-reliable code, researchers claim.

The Navy Exchange Service Command will be using Netezza Corp.’s data warehouse system as its enterprise data warehouse.

National Cyber Security Center director shares formula for smarter security investing.

The fuzzy art of identity management is increasingly relying on shades of gray and off-kilter digital patterns, according to IT security experts.

Wi-Fi's promise is also its Achilles' heel: It drastically lowers the barrier for both access and attack from both within and without.

Migration to virtualization won't be the quick transition that some technology evangelists have predicted, according to the results of two recent surveys.

Regardless of the lists and rankings of top security threats, the most dangerous vulnerability is always the one still in your system.

Military IT folks wondering whether their use of Apache, Perl, Linux and other open-source software is copacetic with the brass will soon get some answers from DOD's CIO.

New report outlines an initial set of recommendations for building a more organized framework for identity management.

GSA marks the first anniversary of GovGab blog that mixes information from the agency's resources with the personal experiences and knowledge of everyday people.

President Bush plans to designate Patrick Gorman as acting chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

A new law will give the DHS secretary the authority to appoint the department's top human resources officer.

GSA's problems with how it handled the Alliant, Alliant SB contracts forced a do-over.

Under a new rule the Texas Department of Public Safety will issue a new type of driver's license to foreign visitors.

GAO says DHS needs to address management deficiencies in its next-generation platform for sharing homeland security information with state and local authorities.

Only 15 percent of agencies using GSA's Networx contracts had chosen a telecommunications carrier by the Sept. 30 deadline, Federal Times reports.

As agencies go to the Web, officials aim to use that information for price-checks.

Computer application is designed to quicken the pace of processing release forms for disaster relief funding and loans.