Cybersecurity
DHS Is Under the Gun to Collect Data About Threats to Infrastructure, Networks
The data-collection strategy is the first step in a larger effort to unite operations across the department's cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection and law enforcement situational awareness programs.
Cybersecurity
Presidential Advisers Recommend Countering Cyberattacks, Shootings with Big Data
On May 11, the top cyber leaders in the U.S. government will hear the advisers debate the recommendations.
Digital Government
Police Can Force You to Use Your Fingerprint to Unlock Your Phone
But they can’t make you cough up your passcode.
Digital Government
Feds Have Found ‘Unbelievable’ Amounts of Child Porn on National Security Computers. Is This the Solution?
Currently, managers only look for aberrant computer behavior on internal, agency-owned IT systems.
Ideas
How the Digital Transformation Will Upend the Pentagon
DOD is one of the most complex and widespread organizations in the world, but in today’s battlespace, embracing digitization helps pull together all aspects of defense.
Cybersecurity
What’s Your ‘Insider Threat Score?’ It Could Determine If You Keep Your Clearance
The idea is to regularly vet individuals with access to classified information on their likelihood to go rogue, officials say.
Digital Government
DHS to Tap Silicon Valley for Doggie Fitbits, Facial Recognition Tech
It’s the latest DHS effort to draw new brainpower and technology.
Digital Government
This Technology Is Designed to Predict Big Earthquakes and Save Lives. So Why Can't It Get Funding?
Last week, in less than four days, the world had three earthquakes at 7.0 magnitude or more.
Ideas
Developers: 6 Steps to Revamp Your Apps
A bogged down back-end database can cause timeouts and lead to reliability issues. So, what’s an IT department to do?
Ideas
Why the Nation Needs to Use Technology to Up the Ante on Immigration Screening
What's needed is to throw out decades-old reliance on government database and watch-list screening in favor of a more technologically evolved process.
Modernization
The Company Rumored to Help the FBI Hack an iPhone Is Now Going After Distracted Drivers
A recently introduced bill would permit state authorities to use scanning technology to determine whether a phone or other device was in use around the time of a collision.
Cybersecurity
If You Are in Debt, the IRS Might Have Leaked Your Social Security Number
The leaks partly were because agency personnel, for reasons not explained, printed out final copies of agreements without using the automated redaction feature.
Emerging Tech
Postal Service Agents Will Trawl Facebook, Dating Sites to Root Out Fraud
The agency is now planning to formally train agents how to probe wayward personnel using social media and other open source data.
Modernization
Video: Why Social Apps Are Hogging Your Data and How You Can Fix It
It's time to protect your precious smartphone data.
Digital Government
OPM Seeks Social Media Tracking for Background Checks
OPM is conducting market research to find companies that can perform automated social media tracking and other types of Web crawling.
Cybersecurity
It Only Costs $20 to Steal Someone’s Identity Online
Like any marketplace worth its salt, supply and demand set prices.
Modernization
NOAA is Hosting More Weather Data in the Cloud
By making a large data set available in the cloud, the agency was able to free up bandwidth and resources on constrained, legacy systems.
Emerging Tech
Scientists Figured Out How to Steal Any 3-D-Printed Product Just From the Sounds the Printer Makes
If your company uses 3-D printing for anything confidential or sensitive, it might be time to invest in some soundproofing.
Digital Government