Cybersecurity

CISA Steps Up Governmentwide Recruitment Effort With New Training Guide

The guide brings together various ways the agency and its partners are trying to address the government's perennial workforce challenge.

Emerging Tech

Pentagon Advances Experiments with Autonomous Barges to Replenish Aircraft

The next phase of an existing agreement commits millions to demonstrate this emerging technology.

Policy

Senate Legislation Would Improve Data Collection on Cybercrimes

The Better Cybercrime Metrics Act would bring comprehensive metrics to the impact of cybercrime on Americans.

Ideas

Augmentation for Data-Driven Success

Augmentation techniques can help the Defense Department implement its data strategy goals.

Emerging Tech

US Air Force, Venture Firms Make $60 Million Bet on Hypersonic Aircraft Startup

The deal calls for Georgia-based Hermeus to accelerate development of reusable test aircraft.

Cybersecurity

Report Draws Attention to Vulnerabilities in Commercial-Off-the-Shelf Products 

Commercial products bought without modification are largely exempt from government acquisition regulations, including the Defense Department’s emerging certification program.

Ideas

Anxiety Is a 'Double-Edged Sword' for Job Seeking

Anxiety can help channel efforts—but it can also undermine applicants.

Cybersecurity

Senate Homeland Security Committee Advances Workforce, Supply Chain Bills

Lawmakers look to grow an already lengthy to-do list at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. 

Emerging Tech

State Wants Better Bots and Processes For Its Help Desk

The Consolidated Customer Support office already manages eight bots, but an ongoing project requires more user-centric automation.

Ideas

How the Energy Department Can Improve Cybersecurity in the Energy Industry

The Energy Department has an obligation to protect both public and private energy interests on critical infrastructure.

Modernization

Text Messages Get Young People to Avoid Sunburn

The researchers set out to establish the optimal text messaging intervention to achieve behavior change in young adults at risk of skin cancer.

Emerging Tech

What One City Hopes to Learn by Pausing Use of Facial Recognition Technology

A ban in Baltimore would restrict the city from purchasing facial recognition technology and temporarily restrict use by city agencies, residents and businesses (but not the police).

Cybersecurity

Advisory Details How to Defend Container Tech from Crypto Miners

Old fashioned data theft is still the main reason adversaries are targeting a popular open-source application management system.

Artificial Intelligence

DHS Tech Directorate Sets Goals to Guide Risk-Aware Artificial Intelligence Use

It’s meant to complement the department’s broader enterprise strategy and could prove helpful to other agencies.

Ideas

What Are Dark Patterns? An Online Media Expert Explains

It’s not you; many e-commerce websites are difficult to use by design.

Cybersecurity

Survey: Nearly 3 in 4 Organizations Suffered Data Breaches Due to Phishing

More than half of respondents indicated concerns about hybrid work environments and defending against malicious emails.