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SP 800-53 is essential for security in federal government IT systems
Nov. 04, 2009
SP 800-53 (Appendix H) provides two-way mappings between security controls defined in SP 800-53 and security controls defined in international security standard ISO/IEC 27001, Information Security Management Systems

Extensive Catalog Provides Security Controls for Contemporary Security Requirements - ...
Nov. 02, 2009
In the current Revision 3 update of SP 800-53 there are over 200 security controls for protecting information and information systems.

OpenWorld to shed light on Oracle's Java plans
Oct. 09, 2009
Application development will figure prominently at the conference as Oracle steps closer to acquiring Sun

NIST SP800-53 Rev. 3: Risk Management Framework Underpins the Security Life Cycle - Network ...
Oct. 28, 2009
SP 800-39 also provides guidance for managing risk associated with the development, implementation, operation, and use of information systems.

NIST SP800-53 Rev. 3: Key to Unified Security Across Federal Government and Private Sectors ...
Oct. 26, 2009
Standards play a critical role in information assurance. Given the impossibility of defining a deterministic model that includes billions of users, millions of computers, and thousands of programs and protocols ...

PHP 6 to boost internationalization with Unicode
Oct. 21, 2009
The Unicode support plans are made with an eye toward helping developers write apps that can be deployed in multiple markets

802.11n price wars already underway
Oct. 13, 2009
The ink is barely dry on the final IEEE 802.11n standard, and already vendors are slashing their equipment prices to encourage wide-scale enterprise deployments.

Arm uses laptops to protect mobile phone turf from Intel
Oct. 12, 2009
Arm Holdings is positioning its chips as the main processors in the low-end laptop market, but does not expect these chips to account for a significant part of its revenue, an executive said on Friday.

Yahoo to promote home page apps during Open Hack Day
Oct. 09, 2009
Yahoo has opened the application floodgates to its home page, with hopes that external developers will soon build tens of thousands of programs that Yahoo.com's more than 330 million visitors will find useful.

Wipro may be trimming its IP licensing business
Sep. 24, 2009
Indian outsourcer Wipro is considering exiting its business of creation and licensing of intellectual property (IP) in the area of connectivity, a company executive said on Thursday.

Credit-card security standards questioned, survey says
Sep. 23, 2009
Most IT security professionals who must comply with the industry standards to protect credit card data think those standards have no impact at all on actual security, according to new study by Ponemon Institute.

Wi-Fi eyes global domination
Sep. 21, 2009
If your reaction to last week's ratification of the 802.11n standard was a loud yawn or a "what took them so long," you'd certainly have some justification.

Deploying next-generation PoE-powered networks
Sep. 21, 2009
With the ratification of the IEEE802.3at standard this month, Power over Ethernet will be ready to deliver 30W of power per port to a broad range of gear -- everything from 802.11n equipment to IP video and thin clients ...

Flash app development extended to HTML users
Sep. 15, 2009
Startup FHTML launches technology to leverage Adobe's rich Internet platform using HTML skills

New search engine targets Muslim Web users
Sep. 11, 2009
A new search engine, called ImHalal.com, aims to protect the sensibilities of Muslims by filtering out content that is "haram" or forbidden by the faith.

802.11n demands special considerations
Sep. 10, 2009
The IEEE will shortly ratify 802.11n – a standard in development for six years and shipping in enterprise products for more than two. Much of the attention has been on the higher data rate, an increase from the 54 Mbps ...

802.11n set for final approval
Sep. 10, 2009
Sometime on Friday, at the sprawling Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, N.J., an IEEE group called the Standards Board is expected to approve the 802.11n wireless LAN standard.

New security standard MashSSL builds application trust
Mar. 30, 2009
Application mashups are gaining traction in the enterprise. There's no doubt that productivity can be enhanced when new functionality can be delivered quickly and conveniently by combining information from multiple ...

Toshiba invokes SD cards to battle Blu-ray
Jan. 08, 2009
A new service to dispense digital content, which involves using self-service kiosks to download movies and music to flash memory cards, was jointly announced by a group of companies including Toshiba on Thursday.

PCI Security Standards Council: Tell us how we're doing
Jun. 24, 2009
The PCI Security Standards Council, which establishes technical standards for the payment-card industry, Tuesday invited broad feedback from both its membership and the public in order to understand the best course to ...

Upgrade to Suite B security algorithms
May. 27, 2009
Most companies do not know what level of cryptography is required to properly protect their data lifeblood, nor do they have anyone tasked with assessing the coverage. As a result, most corporations today are not ...

Post-breach, Heartland plans aggressive encryption project
May. 06, 2009
Heartland Payment Systems intends to deploy end-to-end encryption with its merchants to protect its payment processing system from cybercriminals.

Cloud Standards: Trickier than Nailing Jell-O to a Wall
Apr. 29, 2009
Just try creating a definition of cloud computing that's broad enough to encompass all its permutations and narrow enough to provide technical guidance on how to get one cloud talking to another.

China plan hints at technology power ambitions
Apr. 16, 2009
China promised new jobs and more investment in homegrown technologies like its next-generation mobile standard in a growth plan for its hard-hit IT industry late Wednesday.

Companies get checklist for complying with PCI standard
Mar. 10, 2009
The organization responsible for administering the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is offering new guidance to companies on how to focus their PCI DSS compliance efforts so as to more quickly them in ...