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• The government wants to know what it doesn't know

  By Mark Gibbs | 23 April, 2012 14:36

  "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know."

• Federal IT pros look at BYOD security, management concerns

  By Ellen Messmer | 06 April, 2012 07:28

  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Like their counterparts in the private sector, information technology managers in the federal government are actively debating whether their agencies should move to a "bring your own device" (BYOD) policy, allowing employee-owned mobile smartphones and tablets devices to be used for work.

• Should US intelligence agency have a role in protecting electric grid?

  By Ellen Messmer | 03 March, 2012 04:36

  As Congress wrestles over cybersecurity legislation related to securing critical infrastructure and the electric power grid, arguments are surfacing on whether the power companies should handle any new federally mandated network protections or whether the U.S. government -- in particular the National Security Agency -- should be in the middle of it.

• RSA Conference 2012: Former NSA director says secure Clouds can't come fast enough

  By George V. Hulme | 28 February, 2012 12:21

  At the third annual Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) summit today, Michael McConnell, former director of the National Security Agency, urged the audience of 1,200 security experts to do what they can to help build trusted cloud computing systems.

• 6 security companies to watch

  By Tim Greene | 27 January, 2012 05:47

  This group of security companies includes several that want to capitalize on technology ideas that were originally devised to serve communities of special interest but could now take on a wider cybersecurity role. Fixmo, for example, has its roots in the National Security Agency where its mobile security makes it possible to run critical applications in sandboxes that are insulated from the rest of the machine, making them less likely to fall victim to malware that might have infected the device.

• NSA breaks ground on Utah 'spy center' data center

  By Tim Greene | 11 January, 2011 04:31

  The National Security Agency is building one of the largest and most expensive data centers as a place to gather and analyze intelligence data.

• Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7

  By Gregg Keizer | 20 November, 2009 07:30

  Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system.

• NSA helped with Windows 7 development

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 November, 2009 08:32

  The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, an agency official acknowledged yesterday during testimony before Congress.

• Report: President Obama to get secure BlackBerry 8830

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 April, 2009 11:51

  US President Barack Obama is due to receive a high-security BlackBerry 8830 soon, a Washington-based newspaper has reported.