Science

Homeland Security cyber protection office's fate is up in the air

The House is poised to vote on a measure that would not create a permanent Homeland Security Department cybersecurity office, after a committee on Thursday passed authorization legislation that does not mention the program. The move represents a...

Pentagon cancels $15.9 billion battlefield radio program

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Enterprises Get Ruggedized Secure Tablet

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Motorola's first enterprise tablet (ET1) gives sales, marketing, servicing, warehousing and delivery personnel a ruggedized...

It's Time to Randomize Social Security Numbers

However, data breaches aren't the only way criminals get SSNs. A network of cyber-criminals has figured out how the Social Security Administration generates its numbers and is using that to come up with valid Social Security numbers around the time...

Organized Cyber-Crime Network May Be Stealing Your Child`s Identity

Organized cyber-criminals have taken what used to be a minor domestic crime and turned it into a global ID trafficking ring. In these cases, the data that's so valuable are the Social Security numbers of young children because they can easily be...

N-able to Support Managed Mobile Devices in 2012

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Model of Corporate Networks Could Improve Stability

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Corporate servers often consist of scores of processors and connections.

NASA Readies New Type of Earth-Observing Satellite for Launch

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NPP inside a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.