[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
List: isn
Subject: [ISN] Evans touts Energy IT security standard
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i ! org>
Date: 2003-09-24 5:33:48
[Download RAW message or body]
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0922/web-evans-09-23-03.asp
By Michael Hardy
Sept. 23, 2003
A coalition of government agencies has created a security
configuration benchmark for two Oracle Corp. products that could
provide a governmentwide model for future contracts.
The benchmark is a compilation of more than 250 security configuration
recommendations to guide agencies and Oracle in implementing the
products, said Karen Evans, chief information officer for the Energy
Department who was recently picked to head the Office of Management
and Budget's e-government efforts.
Energy led development of the benchmark for Oracle Database versions
8i and 9i on the Microsoft Corp. Windows and Unix operating systems,
Evans said.
The idea is to standardize installations so that security features
that can vary will remain constant from one to the next.
In order to have easy installation, "a lot of security features are
turned off" by default, Evans said. The question that information
technology leaders face, and which the benchmark answers, is which
ones need to be on and how they should be configured. In some cases,
like Energy's Oracle relationship, vendors might ship products already
set according to the benchmark.
Energy developed the benchmark with the Homeland Security Department,
National Security Agency, General Services Administration and the
Defense Information Systems Agency. The Center for Internet Security
aided in its development and is now working on a scorecard for
agencies to use in assessing whether their own systems comply with it.
"Every time we can raise the security bar, every time we can raise the
awareness of people, we should recognize that," said Bob Lentz,
director of information assurance at the Defense Department at a Sept.
23 ceremony to announce the benchmark.
Evans said the benchmark can now be incorporated into governmentwide
enterprise licenses.
-
ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org
To unsubscribe email majordomo@attrition.org with 'unsubscribe isn'
in the BODY of the mail.
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
Configure |
About |
News |
Add a list |
Sponsored by KoreLogic