Kenneth Corbin

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Amid all the recent talk in Washington about getting serious about cybersecurity, some skeptics have expressed concern that it might be just that — all talk, followed by little action. But a senior White House official this morning official promised an audience of security professionals that unlike past federal reviews, which […]

Call it the dawn of the G-Chow era. On his first full day on the job, Julius Genachowski, the newly-minted chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, addressed his staff this afternoon, calling for a new climate of openness and accountability at an agency that has been criticized for a culture of secrecy and playing favorites. […]

As the Obama administration continues its experiment with new Web-based tools to make good on its commitment to transparency and accountability in government, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra today unveiled a site that enables federal agencies and the public to track government spending on IT investments. Introduced in beta with the tagline “your window into the […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — As President Obama endeavors to remake the nation’s cybersecurity operations, one of the thorniest challenges he is facing is how to deal with a geopolitical upheaval where foreign enemies route cyber attacks through friendly nations. Here at research firm Gartner’s annual Information Security Summit, David Sanger, the New York Times’ chief […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Even though most enterprises have created a position to oversee privacy in their IT operations, many of those programs miss the target, often owing to budget shortfalls, according to an industry analyst. “Privacy programs tend to be underfunded,” Gartner’s Arabella Hallawell said here at the research firm’s annual Information Security Summit. […]

As the largest retailer on the Web digs in for another fight over collecting sales taxes, we see again just how important the definition of a few common words like “physical presence” can be. Amazon has terminated its affiliate marketing programs in North Carolina and Rhode Island due to pending laws in those states that […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — High-profile security breaches and massive threats like the Conficker worm do a great job of grabbing headlines, but down in the weeds at the day-to-day operation level, is the traditional security professional a dying breed? Here at research firm Gartner‘s annual Information Security Summit, analyst Christian Byrnes opened the show with […]

An Orleans Parish judge has held Dell in contempt of court for failing to provide company e-mails relating to an ill-fated deal to provide the city with crime cameras, the New Orleans Times Picayune reports. Dell is one of multiple defendants in a case brought by New Orleans’ initial crime camera suppliers, Southern Electronic and […]

WASHINGTON — With the federal government’s cybersecurity policy in flux, lawmakers and officials are exploring different paths to improve collaboration with the private sector, including the possibility of providing incentives to software firms that can demonstrate a baseline level of security. “It’s incumbent on us to try to engage the private sector,” Ellen Doneski, chief […]

  Meredith Attwell Baker (Photo: NTIA) and Julius Genachowski (Photo: Launchbox Digital) President Obama today nominated Republican Meredith Attwell Baker to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, a widely expected move that would fill the last spot on the five-person panel. Just hours after the announcement, the Senate voted to confirm Julius Genachowski as the […]

WASHINGTON — When it comes to spectrum, the electromagnetic infrastructure that makes wireless devices work, there is a widely held belief that it commands such a high value because it is in such short supply. But this afternoon at the New America Foundation think tank, a panel of experts took aim at the notion of […]