Dan Verton

Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows XP operating system includes several security feature enhancements. But one of the most significant changes, coming amid a push for increased security, could mean the beginning of widespread use of biometric technology, according to experts.

Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows XP operating system includes several security feature enhancements, but one of the most significant changes

A little-known exercise held last year to help U.S. federal, state and local officials in Utah prepare for a possible terrorist attack during the 2002 Winter Olympics may hold some of the most important lessons for critical infrastructure protection in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a key official involved in the exercise.

Officials mobilizing to freeze the financial assets of international terrorist Osama bin Laden may resort to cybermethods, such as hacking, to cut off the money supply that has been used to finance his terrorist activities, including the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, of which he is the prime suspect.

The Pentagon has placed an emergency order for desktop and workstation security equipment in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack that destroyed several classified communications and technical help desk centres.

More than 22,700 tips have poured into the special Web site set up by the FBI to manage leads in the investigation of Tuesday's terrorist attack against the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon, Attorney General John Ashcroft said last week.

Unprecedented, coordinated terrorist attacks against U.S. economic and military centers of power have immobilized the nation's air traffic and disrupted telecommunications and transportation infrastructure, emergency services and government operations.

Unprecedented, coordinated terrorist attacks against U.S. economic and military centers of power immobilized the nation's air traffic and disrupted telecommunications and transportation infrastructure, emergency services and government operations.