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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:05:10 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lance Hoffman <lanceh () gwu edu> Date: January 3, 2007 7:42:05 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] DHS puts even more eggs in one basket...As someone who serves on an advisory committee to DHS and whose password would be monitored -- IF you accept the GCN article at face value -- I was more than a little interested in this, especially since I don't recall hearing anything about it before. So I went to the DHS website and searched on the system named in the GCN article and immediately up popped a Privacy Impact Assessment that doesn't say anything about me having to give up a password. The word "password" appears exactly four times in the Acrobat document and seems to describe very standard password controls. The GCN article's headline is misleading. (Actually the GCN article is misleading.) The GCN headline is " DHS tracking system will keep eye on IT workers", and that is the thrust of the article. However, if you read the PIA, a system is described whose purpose is to allow emergency responders and others to use information from each other, rather than one whose purpose is to maintain security over system access. From the abstract of its PIA at http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/ privacy_pia_st_dhelp.pdf,
The DisasterHelp.Gov (DHelp) website or web portal is operated by the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security.1 It is intended to assist political and civil service leadership, emergency managers, homeland security advisors, and first responders in the execution of their disaster management responsibilities. The information on this website will be used to enhance disaster management on an interagency and intergovernmental basis by helping users find information and services. The types of personally identifiable information used will include contact information for these individuals. The collection of this personally identifiable information is the reason for this privacy impact assessment.
Lance J. Hoffman Distinguished Research Professor Computer Science Department The George Washington University Washington DC 20052 Phone 202 994-4955 Fax 202 994-4875 My home page is www.cs.gwu.edu/people/faculty-detail.php?personID=102GW is a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education
Scholarship Info for US citizens: www.seas.gwu.edu/scholarship On 1/3/07, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Ross Stapleton-Gray < ross () stapleton-gray com> Date: January 3, 2007 12:11:26 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: DHS puts even more eggs in one basket... According to Government Computer News, the Department of Homeland Security is creating a new database "to allow the Homeland Security Department to monitor the names, passwords, citizenship information and other data on thousands of IT workers with access to the department's systems." http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/42852-1.html Passwords??? Ross ---- Ross Stapleton-Gray, Ph.D. Stapleton-Gray & Associates, Inc. http://www.stapleton-gray.com http://www.sortingdoor.com ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lance.hoffman () stanfordalumni org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/Modify Your Subscription: http://v2.listbox.com/member/? & Unsubscribe: http://v2.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?id=125232-ae3ff294- uyswntsx
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