Emerging Tech
Tech Jobs are Tops for Work-Life Balance
Data scientists reported the best work-life balance scores in a new analysis.
Emerging Tech
FAA to Require Recreational Drones to be Registered with the Goverment
Getting a drone for Christmas? Better register it before you wrap it.
Emerging Tech
The Tech Start-Up Running Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
The Groundwork, started by Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt, plays a major role in Clinton’s digital efforts.
Cybersecurity
OPM Says It Breaks Encryption to Monitor Employees' Browsing Habits
Through a technique called "SSL decryption," the agency sees through secure online transactions between a worker’s computer inside the agency firewall and an external website.
Cybersecurity
Dark Web 101: What Feds Need to Know About the Underbelly of the Internet
And 8 ways to fight bad guys in the online underground, if you have been affected by a data breach.
Cybersecurity
Making the Case for Cyber Defense Spending in Local Government
IT leaders in one Arizona county are working to demonstrate the ROI on cybersecurity investments.
Cybersecurity
DOD to Create Database of OPM Breach Victims
The Pentagon's Defense Manpower Data Center plans to store the information in a “holding file."
Cybersecurity
OPM: ‘There’s No Way’ to Isolate Background Check Systems from the Internet
"Air-gapped" computers are used by defense organizations, nuclear power plants and other environments that require the tightest security.
Cybersecurity
White House Seeks Cyber Policy Guru
Duties include creating policy recommendations and reviewing governmentwide cybersecurity workforce policies, procedures and programs to close any existing gaps,
Modernization
Forget Google Glass. Here Come Google Contacts
In the future, your wearables might be a bit harder to spot than an Apple Watch or Google Glass.
Cybersecurity
What’s Holding Back the Cyber Insurance Industry? A Lack of Solid Data
There's no easy way to set cyber insurance rates.
Cybersecurity
Could Dell Go Too Far on Cybersecurity under EMC Mega-Merger?
Under the $67 billion tech acquisition, Dell's SecureWorks and EMC's RSA Security would both belong to the company Michael Dell started in 1984.
Cybersecurity
OPM to Fully Do Away with Passwords for Network Access – In 2 Years
Today, all OPM employees need a smart card for network access, but not for all users outside of the agency.
Cybersecurity
The One Person Who’s Not Losing Sleep Over Potential ID Theft
A famous whistleblower on the lam might be the last person a cybercriminal wants to impersonate.
Emerging Tech
The (Hypothetical) President of Silicon Valley
Elon Musk is the tech world's favorite potential future candidate.
Digital Government
FCC’s Plan to Regulate Online Streaming Faces Backlash
A top House Democrat opposes the agency’s plan to treat streaming video like cable television.
Digital Government
How the USGS Detects Earthquakes Using Twitter
And learned to separate background noise from the “wow, that was an earthquake!” tweet.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog Duo Wants to Move Security Clearance Data Out of OPM
“Simply put, OPM was not designed to house and protect this sensitive data,” the lawmakers say.
Digital Government