Former Huntsville NASA center boss Robert Lightfoot will lead foreign security probe, Huntsville Times “NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot will lead a new in-house probe of foreign access to NASA […]
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OIG on Information Technology Security Tools
OIG: NASA’s Process for Acquiring Information Technology Security Assessment and Monitoring Tools “NASA has not fully implemented a process for identifying its IT security assets, a necessity to meet federally […]
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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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NASA's One Size Fits All DAR Solution Stumbles
Internal NASA LaRC memo: “Once again with DAR the NASA CIO’s office has developed a well-thought-out and reasonable plan that effectively covers 90% of NASA computing resources beautifully, then is […]
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Questions Remain About Information on Stolen NASA Laptop
Keith’s note: One NASA Watch reader writes: “I too received a letter warning of my PII being comprimised by the stolen laptop but there are two things that I find […]
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NASA's IT Incompetence (Update)
NASA breach update: Stolen laptop had data on 10,000 users, ComputerWorld “Personally identifiable information of “at least” 10,000 NASA employees and contractors remains at risk of compromise following last month’s […]
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NASA IT Blunder Update
NASA Suffers “Large” Data Breach Affecting, IEEE Spectrum “Why it has taken so long for NASA to finally decide to fully encrypt its laptops remains a mystery, given its long-time […]
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Yet Another NASA IT Blunder
Agencywide Message to All NASA Employees: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) “On October 31, 2012, a NASA laptop and official NASA documents issued to a Headquarters employee were stolen […]
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Stolen KSC Laptop Has Employee Personal Info On It (Update)
NASA KSC internal Memo: NASA KSC Laptop Theft “On March 5, 2012, a NASA laptop computer containing sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) was stolen from a NASA KSC employee. We […]
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Did Hackers Steal HTV Plans From JAXA?
Japanese scientists fear spacecraft blueprint stolen after networks penetrated by virus, Daily Mail “The Japanese space agency has admitted that a computer virus may have stolen sensitive information from their […]