Cybersecurity Awareness Month

New Report Shows Significant Improvement in Consumer Cyber Hygiene

Senior administration officials and cybersecurity leaders marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month weighed in on a consumer survey examining how behaviors have changed over the last three years.

  • By Mariam Baksh

Tech Unit Stretches Federal Pay System to Recruit Cyber Talent

To attract private-sector cybersecurity talent, 18F is offering potential hires jobs at the top of the General Schedule pay scale, a level traditionally reserved for high-level supervisors with managerial roles and a step below the Senior Executive Service.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath

Federal CISO Unveils Plans to ‘Proportionally’ Protect Data, Create a Cyber Mascot

As the first White House chief information security officer, Greg Touhill expects to withstand the administration change.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath

Data-Theft Arrest Shows Insider Threat Remains Despite Post-Snowden Security Improvements

The case of the NSA contractor arrested this week shows the intelligence community has much further to go in stopping insider threats.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Tired of Changing Your Password? Security Fatigue is a Thing

People are tired of updating their passwords.

  • By Mohana Ravindranath

3 Steps to Implement an Insider Threat Program

Defense contractors will need to have written insider threat program plans by the end of November.

  • By Raj Ananthanpillai

Quiz: Are You The One Letting Hackers into Your Agency?

It's easier to accidentally provide hackers access to networks than you might think.

  • By Nextgov/FCW Staff