Cybersecurity
The Worst Possible Cybersecurity Breaches Could Be Far Worse Than You Imagined
How much damage could a group of well-trained hackers do, economic and otherwise, if they really wanted to?
Cybersecurity
Pentagon: Pyongyang Likely to Seek Foreign Help With Cyberwarfare
First Defense report to Congress on North Korean military might stops short of pinning responsibility for intrusions on regime.
Modernization
Pentagon Approves Use of Samsung Android and New BlackBerry Devices
Apple devices still awaiting the Defense nod.
Digital Government
Defense IG: TRICARE Acquisition Staff Lack Required Certification and Training
None of 32 key personnel meet all mandates for their jobs.
Emerging Tech
Take Off Your Rose-Colored Google Glass Eric Schmidt: The Entire World Won’t Have Internet by 2020
There's a reason to think complete global connectivity is a longer ways off.
Cybersecurity
36 Governments (Including Canada’s) Are Now Using Sophisticated Software to Spy on Their Citizens
The software FinFisher infects computers and mobile phones through devious means.
Modernization
DARPA Seeks 'Far Out' Ideas for Mobile Networks
Research agency wants new approach for an ad hoc network with thousands of nodes.
Emerging Tech
Technology Is the Key to Combatting Child Sex Trade, White House Says
Traffickers rely on Web tools; police should do the same, fed CIO says.
Modernization
BlackBerry’s CEO Is Correct: There’s No Future in Tablets
Research in Motion has no plans to jump into the crowded tablet market.
Cybersecurity
NIST Reworks Cyber Guidelines for the Hacking Era
Standards now cover BYOD and supply chain threats.
Digital Government
Military Health System and TRICARE Lose Control Over IT Budget
Defense officials have shifted management responsibility to the Pentagon acquisition and technology shop.
Digital Government
Sixty-Seven Senators Urge Obama to Resolve VA Claims Backlog
Letter cites 2,000 percent increase in year-old claims over four years.
Modernization
G-8 Seeks Apps for Agriculture
The international group hopes open data sharing can produce smarter farming and better crops.
Modernization
Authorities Are Mum on Information Sharing During Boston Bombings
Homeland Security’s $365 million intel pipeline was supposed to solve critical communications problems during crises.
Emerging Tech
Open Source Tech is Driving Big Changes in Government
Red Hat CEO James Whitehurst sees a future where companies are secondary to the technology they support.
Digital Government
Q&A: Iran Nuclear Probe Must Advance, IAEA Chief Says
The International Atomic Energy Agency since early 2012 has convened nine meetings on the stalled inquiry.
Digital Government
VA Installs Paperless Claims System at Most Regional Offices
Acting CIO says the system didn't experienced outages, but had flawed components.
Modernization
How Surveillance Cameras and Civil Liberties Can Coexist
Technology will continue to enhance our ability to monitor public spaces. But cities should seize upon more surveillance cautiously.
Digital Government
Is There a Bomb in That Burger? The Pentagon Wants to Know.
Tool would remotely sense explosives concealed in dense material without emitting cancer-causing radiation.
Digital Government