Internal NASA GSFC memo: “Congress just passed a law that bars NASA, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, and Department of Justice from buying IT systems that have been “produced, […]
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Attn Frank Wolf: Bo Jiang Had Porn – Not Secrets – on His Laptop
U.S. Finds Porn Not Secrets on Suspected China Spy’s Laptop, Business Week “Bo Jiang, who was indicted March 20 for allegedly making false statements to the U.S., was charged yesterday […]
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Judge Reverses Jiang Pre-trial Release Decision
Judge: Chinese NASA contractor to be held till trial, Virginian Pilot “Prosecutors argued that Jiang is a flight risk, saying he tried to leave the country abruptly after a Virginia […]
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Stolen Laptop Security Update
NASA Internal Memo: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information Update “As of now, there is no indication that any of the PII on the laptop has been used for fraudulent purposes […]
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NASA Still Has Not Encrypted All Laptops
Testimony by Paul Martin NASA Inspector General “Following the October 31 theft, the NASA Administrator accelerated the timetable to encrypt the hard drives of the Agency’s laptop computers. As of […]
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NASA Is Still Trying To Figure Out This Whole IT Security Thing
Reader note: “Thought you might find this sadly amusing. I am NASA contractor. I just received notice today [29 Jan 2013] that my personal data was compromised in the Laptop […]
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Did NASA Meet Its 21 Dec 2012 DAR Deadline?
NASA Internal Memo: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Update “NASA has reallocated resources and has been working overtime to achieve the goal of 100 percent laptop encryption as quickly […]
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Lesa Roe Won't Have to Ding Anyone's Performance
NASA LaRC Internal Email: 2,498 laptops later: The Miracle Has Occurred “As you all know, today is the Agency deadline for all laptops to be fully encrypted. I am happy […]
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Will NASA Meet Its DAR Implementation Deadline?
NASA Internal Memo: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Update “NASA has reallocated resources and has been working overtime to achieve the goal of 100 percent laptop encryption as quickly […]
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OIG Doubts NASA Can Meet Laptop DAR Deadline
NASA’s Efforts to Encrypt its Laptop Computers, NASA OIG “NASA Unlikely to Meet December 21 Encryption Deadline: As a result of the October 31 laptop theft, NASA accelerated the deadline […]