Government Agencies

FISMA: Protecting Government Agencies from Hackers (Enterprise Security Today)

23 Jul 2008

Many agencies have yet to lock down their systems under the Federal Information Security Management Act. During the 1990s, the government transitioned from mainframe computers to networked computing, connecting federal employees to one another as well as to the public. Agencies also began to create Web sites to present information to the public and offer new ways to access services. But the ...

Pakistan government pressed on missing persons (AP via Yahoo! News)

23 Jul 2008

An international rights group pressed Pakistan's new government on Wednesday to quickly investigate the disappearance of hundreds of people allegedly rounded up by security agencies as part of the anti-terror campaign.

Rights group presses new Pakistan government on 'disappearances' (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

23 Jul 2008

An international rights group pressed Pakistan's new government on Wednesday to quickly investigate the disappearance of hundreds of people allegedly at the hands of its security agencies.