Authentication or Identity Management

Are your employees on a BYOD binge?

A new study found that only 9 percent of organizations are "fully aware" of the personal mobile devices accessing their networks.

  • By Kevin McCaney

Inside NIST's cybersecurity strategy

NIST's Kevin Stine explains the agency's priorities and the power of automated reporting.

  • By Nick Wakeman

SAIC tightens ID controls for CMS services

Five-year award calls for providing remote identity proofing and multi-factor authentication services.

  • By David Hubler

HP assists GSA in strengthening government ID security

Under the USAccess program, HP will deliver identity credentials to secure federal facilities and ensure the identities of more than 500,000 federal employees and contractors.

  • By David Hubler

CACI to shore up DOD security clearance procedures

Contractor will provide software engineering and integration services to increase efficiency and timeliness of DOD's security clearance processing.

  • By David Hubler

Cybersecurity expert Richard Clarke lands new gig

Former presidential adviser Richard A. Clarke joins security firm Identive Group.

  • By FCW Staff

Cybersecurity expert Richard Clarke lands new gig

Former presidential adviser Richard A. Clarke joins security firm Identive Group.

  • By FCW Staff

SAIC upgrades give TSA a closer examination of baggage

Science Applications International Corp. will improve the Transportation Security Administration's baggage-screening capabilities and reduce false alarms with a $25 million order for new imaging equipment.

  • By David Hubler

Former SRA CEO tapped to lead new company

Former SRA International Inc. President and CEO Stanton Sloane wasted little time finding a new home. He's taken the reins of a California advanced security company.

  • By David Hubler

OMB steps up hunt for fake products

The Obama administration's anti-counterfeit working group is looking for gaps in legal authority and regulation that may undermine how officials can check on the quality of products the government buys.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

GTSI provides Army with $159M in biometric ID kits

GTSI Corp. will provide the Army with biometric identification hardware and software kits under a 16-month contract worth $159 million.

  • By David Hubler

13 contractors targeted in massive cyber espionage campaign

McAfee's report says 72 organizations, including 13 contractors, have been compromised, and petabytes of sensitive data have been stolen. Some experts suspect China as the culprit.

  • By Kevin McCaney

Lockheed tasked with boosting TSA airport screening technology

Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide the Transportation Security Administration with new passenger screening and security equipment across the east and central United States under two, two-year regional task orders worth a combined $72 million.

  • By David Hubler

$1B purchase of L-1 instigates a name change

French aerospace company Safran SA has finalized its acquisition of the remains of L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. for a total cash amount of $1.1 billion.

  • By David Hubler
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US-CERT director resigns

Randy Vickers, head of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, has reportedly resigned.

  • By Alyah Khan

L-1 will process applicants' fingerprints in Tenn.

L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. has won a $40 million contract to be the exclusive provider of digital fingerprinting services for the state of Tennessee and process more than 175,000 applicants annually.

  • By David Hubler

Which tablet ruled the FOSE show?

Twelve products are honored in their categories, and a familiar face takes Best in Show.

  • By Kevin McCaney

Raytheon unit moves to Phase 2 of DARPA net upgrades

Raytheon BBN Technologies will create architectures, protocols and network devices that will improve network capabilities and integrity for tactical military units.

  • By David Hubler

Defense contractors get a cyber assist from NSA

The National Security Agency is offering its scanning tools to protect e-mail and other digital communications for major defense contractors, as part of what could be an escalating cyber war.

  • By Kevin McCaney

RSA confirms its tokens used in Lockheed hack

The complicated attack might have used log-in data obtained via a phishing attack along with algorithm seed numbers taken from RSA to generate new passcodes.

  • By William Jackson

More cyberattacks reported; RSA tokens likely involved

Two more defense contractors reportedly have been the victims of attacks similar to the breach at Lockheed Martin Corp., and RSA SecurID tokens are believed to be compromised.

  • By William Jackson