NSA
RSS NSADevfense Network Security Assessment: Return on Investment
White Paper There is value in a Devfense Network Security Assessment (NSA) that goes beyond the labor of creating a report to analyze a company's infrastructure to check for vulnerabilities. For most SMBs and enterprise-class... [14 Jul 2009]
Unchain Your Network With an Application Firewall
White Paper It also introduces the SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) and NSA Series solutions, designed to help organizations of all sizes address the unique issues posed by Web 2.0, including... [01 Jul 2009]
Obama: 'We are underprepared for cyber attack'
News In his farewell letter, Beckström blasted what he said was an NSA power grab, saying the secretive military agency "effectively controls DHS cyber efforts through detailees, technology insertions". The week before... [01 Jun 2009]
Vista security got helping hand from US gov
News Microsoft got input from the US National Security Agency (NSA) for a document with tips on how to use the Windows Vista operating system in larger organisations. The NSA Information Assurance Directorate... [10 Jan 2007]
US cyber spies want more rights to snoop
News At a US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, CIA director Michael Hayden (who until recently headed the National Security Agency) and NSA director Keith Alexander urged adoption of a proposal that would... [27 Jul 2006]
White House divulges surveillance details
News The move comes after a recent spate of criticism from fellow Republicans, including a call this week for a full congressional inquiry from representative Heather Wilson, a Republican who heads the subcommittee overseeing the National... [09 Feb 2006]
Former US spy slams UK's ID card plans
News Bill Scannell is a former agent at the National Security Agency (NSA) and now a huge privacy advocate, currently heading up a campaign against the introduction of a national driving licence across the US. [23 Jan 2006]
Bush picks tech lawyer for homeland security post
News Baker served as the general counsel of the National Security Agency (NSA) - the bane of many civil libertarians - during the early 1990s. At the time, the NSA was busy defending the Clipper Chip,... [14 Jul 2005]
IT Myths: Who's analysing our trans-Atlantic phone calls?
News In the 1998 film Enemy of the State one key character, Gene Hackman's 'Brill', talks of a secret server farm owned by the CIA/FBI/NSA that crunches through millions of calls for just that reason. Who's listening to your... [17 Jul 2003]
Industrial Defender protects against digital attack
News Originally created by the US government's military security agency, the National Security Administration (NSA), SELinux adds advanced security technology to further lock down the Linux operating system. [11 Jun 2003]
Re:Viewing 2001: Open source - the money versus the masses
News The NSA picked Linux so that the wider developer community could get its hands on an OS that provides a higher standard of protection of confidential information. Has Microsoft met its match? Is open source going to... [24 Dec 2001]
IBM wins chip security first
News Big Blue has been awarded the certification by the US National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) - a partnership between the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the secretive US National Security Agency... [06 Nov 2001]
Linux ready for US security overhaul
News Called SE (Security Enhanced) Linux, the OS has been developed because the NSA feels existing operating systems lack critical features to ensure the security of confidential information. The NSA has... [05 Oct 2001]
Zimmermann hits back at 'terrorist aid' accusations
News He pointed out that those involved in the debate included the Clinton administration, Congress, the FBI, the NSA, academics, the courts, the computer industry and the press. Phil Zimmermann, the inventor of PGP... [27 Sep 2001]
Encryption devices snatched in US customs sting
News The machines are technologically very advanced and need special approval from the National Security Agency (NSA) before they can be taken outside the US. US Customs have arrested two men for trying to sell top-secret... [03 Sep 2001]
