http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/3656/all xx http://www.itworld.com/government/82461/nsa-build-15b-cybersecurity-center-near-salt-lake-city The National Security Agency is setting up a new $1.5 billion cybersecurity data center at the Utah National Guard's Camp Williams near Salt Lake City. http://www.itworld.com/government/82461/nsa-build-15b-cybersecurity-center-near-salt-lake-city#comments Government Security News cybersecurity NSA Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:05:57 -0400 ITworld staff 82461 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/69018/china-dominates-nsa-backed-coding-contest Programmers from China and Russia have dominated the TopCoder Open, an annual international competition on everything from writing algorithms to designing components. http://www.itworld.com/development/69018/china-dominates-nsa-backed-coding-contest#comments Development Government News NSA TopCoder TopCoder Open Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:36:35 -0400 ITworld staff 69018 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/68810/judge-dismisses-nsa-wiretap-civil-liberties-suits A federal judge on Wednesday threw out 46 civil lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies for allowing the National Security Agency to probe their networks for terrorist communications without approval from a court. http://www.itworld.com/security/68810/judge-dismisses-nsa-wiretap-civil-liberties-suits#comments Legal Security News NSA privacy Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:57:06 -0400 ITworld staff 68810 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/virtualization/68050/server-virtualization-top-five-security-concerns In surveys of senior-level IT managers, security is consistently one of the top five concerns, along, specifically, with security related to the hot technology of the moment. Most recently the security of virtual servers and virtualized infrastructures ranked near the top of the list -- and rightly so, according to analysts. http://www.itworld.com/virtualization/68050/server-virtualization-top-five-security-concerns#comments Security Virtualization Feature NSA patching Mon, 18 May 2009 11:01:16 -0400 ITworld staff 68050 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/67146/can-security-processes-finally-be-automated Automation of security is a concept with momentum this year as some of the larger federal agencies, including the DoD, NSA, Agriculture and Energy, are pushing for a new direction beyond the current FISMA audit mandate for compliance. http://www.itworld.com/security/67146/can-security-processes-finally-be-automated#comments Security Feature compliance DoD NSA Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:38:28 -0400 ITworld staff 67146 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/66777/nsa-chief-doesnt-want-do-cyber-security-solo Speaking at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, NSA Director Lieutenant General Keith Alexander said that any effort to keep U.S. and government networks safe would be a group effort, rather than a centrally managed operation. http://www.itworld.com/security/66777/nsa-chief-doesnt-want-do-cyber-security-solo#comments Government Security News NSA RSA Conference 2009 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:18:07 -0400 ITworld staff 66777 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/66529/doj-us-government-exceeded-surveillance-authority The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) exceeded its surveillance authority of U.S. residents under a far-reaching telephone and Internet communications wiretap program, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/66529/doj-us-government-exceeded-surveillance-authority#comments Government Legal Security News DOJ NSA privacy Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:36:55 -0400 ITworld staff 66529 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/63888/beckstrom-resigns-director-natl-cybersecurity-center Rod Beckstrom, director of the National Cybersecurity Center, has resigned his position effective March 13, complaining about the large role of the National Security Agency (NSA) in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. http://www.itworld.com/government/63888/beckstrom-resigns-director-natl-cybersecurity-center#comments Government Security News cybersecurity NSA Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:39:25 -0400 ITworld staff 63888 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/60521/nsa-helps-name-most-dangerous-programming-mistakes Led by SANS and the NSA, an industry group has published a list of the 25 most dangerous software programming errors. http://www.itworld.com/security/60521/nsa-helps-name-most-dangerous-programming-mistakes#comments Development Security News Microsoft NSA SANS Symantec Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:43:57 -0500 ITworld staff 60521 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/59610/nsa-patents-way-spot-network-snoops The NSA has been granted a patent for detecting whether network communications have been tampered with. http://www.itworld.com/networking/59610/nsa-patents-way-spot-network-snoops#comments Government Networking Security News NSA patent Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:32:44 -0500 ITworld staff 59610 at http://www.itworld.com