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Considerations and Lessons Learned for Federal Agency Implementation of DNS Security Extensions and E-mail Authentication
Date: April 16, 2012Type: Article
Lessons Learned for Federal Implementation of DNS Security Extensions and E-mail Authentication
Date: April 16, 2012Type: News
In 2011 the DHS Federal Network Security (FNS) Division and ISIMC Network and Infrastructure Security Sub-Committee (NISSC) collaborated to establish a tiger team to explicitly address federal implementation of identity assertion technologies on public facing internet services such as DNSSEC...
MEMORANDUM FOR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS OF EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, Requirements for Accepting Externally-Issued Identity Credentials
Date: October 06, 2011Type: Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this file)
To decrease the burden on users of our systems,and reduce costs associated with managing credentials, agencies are to begin leveraging externally-issued1 credentials, in addition to continuing to offer federally-issued credentials. All new development of assurance Level 15 web sites that allow...
Navy Handbook Offers Advice on Friending, Following, Blogging
Date: October 26, 2010Type: News
The popularity of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other social media has given rise to a growing number of questions about online conduct for U.S. Navy personnel, and how Navy leadership can effectively communicate using these...
Registration Open for 2010 Federal Privacy Summit
Date: October 22, 2010Type: Article
Open for Questions: Cybersecurity
Date: October 20, 2010Type: External Video
This is a video from an external site.
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Advocates Good “Cyber Hygiene”
Date: October 14, 2010Type: News
Surfing the web. Social networking. Shopping. Even the most innocuous online activities can pose a threat to our nation’s cybersecurity, and all Americans should play a part in protecting it.
Information Security Committee
Date: August 03, 2010Type: Article
Guidance on Establishing a Federal Privacy Office
Date: July 27, 2010Type: News
Two new publications offer guidance to Federal personnel seeking to establish or streamline a privacy office: “Best Practices: Elements of a Federal Privacy Program,” by the Federal CIO Council Privacy Committee, and the “Guide to Implementing Privacy,” by the Department...
Best Practices: Elements of a Federal Privacy Program
Date: June 30, 2010Type: Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this file)
This document serves as a best practices guide to help federal organizations implement and sustain privacy awareness and stewardship. This document can be integrated into any government organizational level – department, component, office, or program – responsible or accountable for privacy. The...
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office Guide to Implementing Privacy
Date: June 28, 2010Type: Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this file)
The purpose of the Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office Guide to Implementing Privacy is to inform the Department, other federal agencies, and the public about how the DHS Privacy Office implements privacy at DHS. The Guide provides an overview of the DHS Privacy Office's...
Guidance for Agency Use of Third-Party Websites and Applications, M-10-23
Date: June 25, 2010Type: Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this file)
This Memorandum requires Federal agencies to take specific steps to protect individual privacy whenever they use third-party websites and applications to engage with the public.
The purpose of this Memorandum is to help Federal agencies to protect privacy, consistent with law, whenever they...
Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies, M-10-22
Date: June 25, 2010Type: Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this file)
On January 21, 2009, the President issued a memorandum calling for the establishment of "a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration." The memorandum required an Open Government Directive to be issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),...
NRC Identification Cards
Date: May 26, 2010Type: Blog
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), like all other Federal agencies, has been deploying new credentials or identification cards to its employees and contractors. These credentials are being issued under the auspices of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (or HSPD-12). These cards are...
Faster, Smarter Cybersecurity
Date: April 21, 2010Type: Article
Faster, Smarter Cybersecurity
Date: April 21, 2010Type: Blog
Cyber-crime on the rise with 100 attacks a second worldwide. With headlines like these, just in the past couple of days, it is little wonder why the Obama Administration is taking the threat of cyber attack so seriously. Without question, the threat is real, and our response must match it in...
2009 Federal Identity Management and Cybersecurity Conference
Date: December 15, 2009Type: Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this file)
The 2009 Federal Identity Management and Cybersecurity Conference will be held December 15-16, 2009. The Information Security and Identity Management Committee (ISIMC) of the Federal CIO Council is taking steps to deliver on the President's pledge for cybersecurity. ISIMC will discuss...
Identity and Access Management
Date: October 28, 2009Type: Ppt (Microsoft PowerPoint is required to view this file)
This panel provided an update on key federal identity, credential and access management initiatives and discuss how we can leverage identity and Access Management architecture and solutions to facilitate and streamline access to Electronic Government systems while enhancing security. The panel...
Personal Identity Verification Interoperability for Non-Federal Issuers
Date: May 05, 2009Type: Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this file)
As the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) initiative progresses, it is garnering a great deal of interest from parties external to the Federal government. These non-federal organizations want to issue identity cards that are (a) technically interoperable with Federal government PIV systems, and...
Identity Management and HSPD-12
Date: October 22, 2008Type: Ppt (Microsoft PowerPoint is required to view this file)
This presentation made was at the 2008 Federal IT Summit by Carol Bales, OMB. It was presented on October 22, 2008, at the Department of Commerce to more than 500 federal IT workers. The event was co-sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of E-Government and the IT Workforce...
