NSA
RSS NSASecure Deployment of a Windows 2000 Laptop Using Nessus and the CIS Benchmark Tool
White Paper The CIS tool was configured with NSA's(National Security Agency) Windows 2000 workstation (NSA_win2k_ workstation.inf) security template. The lockdown procedures are described in detail including an analysis of the... [05 Jun 2008]
Secure Deployment of a Windows 2000 Laptop Using Nessus and the CIS Benchmark Tool
The CIS tool was configured with NSA's(National Security Agency) Windows 2000 workstation (NSA_win2k_ workstation.inf) security template. The lockdown procedures are described in detail including an analysis of the... [03 Jun 2008]
SELinux NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux: Using and Administering SELinux
White Paper This paper lays out the first administrative tasks the user needs to do and some ongoing administrative tools he or she will want to know about as the user continue to add software and users to the system. [17 Oct 2007]
Integrating Flexible Support for Security Policies Into the Linux Operating System
White Paper The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Secure Computing Corporation (SCC) to develop a flexible MAC architecture called Flask to overcome the limitations of traditional MAC. The NSA has... [03 Apr 2007]
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]
XTS-400 Trusted Computer System
White Paper This design implements an NSA evaluated mandatory integrity policy that can provide files, data and applications unparalleled protection from unauthorized tampering by malicious users or rogue software. [02 Oct 2006]
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]
Deployable Communication Systems: Bridging the Gap With COTS-Integrated Solutions
White Paper By adopting a rapid migration plan for new technologies that integrates commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions with military-qualified, secure communication components such as NSA Type I encryption, the government can... [14 Jul 2005]
Secure Enterprise Content Management for Government Agencies
White Paper The Documentum platform meets the requirements for Common Criteria certification established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA). Data security and privacy... [07 Jul 2005]
Networking in NSA Security-Enhanced Linux
White Paper SELinux provides strong general security for networked systems. It allows systems to be locked down tightly so that services have only the minimum set of rights required to operate. This implementation of the principle of least privilege... [05 Jul 2005]
WIC Budget Proposal Would Discourage Cost Containment and Represent Unsound Policy
White Paper The proposal would override the provision in the program's authorizing statute that determines the portion of the WIC appropriation that is provided to states for nutrition services and administration (NSA) and would cap... [20 May 2005]
Pedestal Software Case Study: Rent-A-Center, Inc.
White Paper Despite having a system security policy already in place at the company's corporate headquarters, Rent-A-Center had the requirement to better assess and ultimately improve their level of system security that is measured against a... [05 Mar 2005]
