The software vulnerability life cycle starts with a newly discovered or published vulnerability and ends when machines are patched. In practice, however, all machines will never be patched, so vulnerabilities are tracked as a half-life, when for example half of vulnerable hosts are patched. According to Qualys, the current half-life for Internet-facing hosts is 19 days, down from 30 days a couple of years ago. However, we lose this race to the hackers as the average latency now is only six days from discovery to attacks. It is important to note that 80 per cent of attacks occur during the first half-life. So if you are a target - and government departments are - you had better be patched or shield for a known vulnerability right away.

Lionel Hurtubise, whose leadership expanded the frontiers of Canada's telecommunications industry, is joining the Hall of Fame of the Canadian Information Productivity Awards (CIPA).

A surge of innovation is transforming Canadian business and society as organizations achieve leadership in their sectors by applying IT in groundbreaking new ways, according to an industry association.

I've read this and similar articles, and all fail to mention what the 8pm - 10pm pricing scheme is.

Employees at the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) spend significant time on sexually explicit and gambling Web sites and even more time shopping and playing online games while at work, according to a recent report.

The communications network used to transmit medical data for the U.S. government's Medicare and Medicaid programs has security vulnerabilities that could expose patients' medical data and other personal information, according to a report released Tuesday.

A desktop PC containing the personal information of up to 36,000 U.S. military veterans has gone missing from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) subcontractor Unisys Corp., the VA announced.

Lac Carling's "secret formula" is all about connecting diverse people and ideas to shape and deliver a vision for the future of government in Canada. This year, the formula was applied to the Congress itself at a panel session designed to envision what Lac Carling might become over the next decade. One of Lac Carling's strengths has always been its ability to evolve and grow, the panelists told participants, but success in the past does not guarantee future success. While Lac Carling has become the place to come for ideas about service transformation, it must continue to provide leadership to stay at the forefront of change. Therefore, they said, it is important to take a hard look at what works about Lac Carling, what doesn't and what will be important to keep it relevant over the next decade.

A massive security breach at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this month may refocus Congress on stalled data breach legislation, some backers of the legislation said.

Contrary to popular belief, government customer service is on par with the private sector, according to a research report released last week by global management consulting company Accenture Inc.

Canadian government agencies have pegged content management as a top IT priority this year. Fair enough, bearing in mind that research makes clear that one size definitely doesn't fit all.