Cybersecurity

The Nation’s 24-Hour Cyber Watch Center Still Has Some Empty Seats

The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center might have some communication challenges.

Digital Government

Nextgov Prime 2015 Keynote Speakers Announced

Cybersecurity and government data leaders to headline daylong event.

Emerging Tech

Video: Take a Stroll Along the Pacific Ocean Floor With a Robot

NOAA gives a peek at the Okeanos Explorer ship’s mission to 2,100 meters below sea level.

Digital Government

Commerce, PayPal to Share Data on US Exports

The payment system and the federal agency will work together to encourage U.S. exports.

Emerging Tech

How Uber Could Contribute to the Future of Spycraft

DNI has quietly released an unprecedented, unclassified 5-year roadmap charting the future of data analysis.

Emerging Tech

Will Your Facebook Friends Make You a Credit Risk?

The social-media giant just patented a system that can calculate credit-worthiness based on your friends’ credit scores.

Digital Government

Q&A with Ian Kalin: Why Commerce is Taking More Cues from the Private Sector

Commerce's chief data officer described the department's efforts to listen to entrepreneurs' data demands.

Cybersecurity

Fake Data Sets Could Safeguard Privacy

Synthetic datasets allow researchers to study social systems without compromising individual identities—but how reliable is the information they’re using?

Cybersecurity

Why Identity-Theft Protection Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Victims of data breaches are still vulnerable even with identity theft protection.

Digital Government

NSA to Purge Database of Phone Records Collected Under Mass Surveillance

“As soon as possible, NSA will destroy the Section 215 bulk telephony metadata upon expiration of its litigation preservation obligations.”

Digital Government

Meet the Agents Who Staff the Secret Service Internet Threat Desk

A team tasked with protecting the president of the United States is constantly sifting through hateful online comments to find would-be assassins or terrorists.

Modernization

Your Butt-Dials Can Be Recorded, Federal Court Says

A federal appeals court said the recipients of butt- or pocket-dials are free to record what they hear.

Cybersecurity

Were Background Investigations Falsified During the OPM Hack?

Administration will not confirm or deny it has verified the integrity of 21.5 million compromised records.