Cybersecurity

Feds need to start thinking like hackers

Network intruders with an ax to grind are going after public officials and stealing their personal data.

Cybersecurity

Cyber and space systems top Defense tech priorities

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the Pentagon needs to make better use of IT to cut $60 billion from overhead costs.

Digital Government

Symantec software upgrade caused Military Health Record System shutdown

An older version of the storage program is in use for two weeks until a patch is ready, DISA says.

Digital Government

Veterans Affairs will host electronic health records in DISA data centers

VA will begin shifting operations at hospitals in New York and New Jersey in March.

Digital Government

Software upgrade knocks out Defense health record system

AHLTA was down for the entire workday Tuesday.

Modernization

DISA returns to the drawing board on cloud plans

Pentagon CIO must evaluate commercial cloud services before funding the agency to host military applications online.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon cedes control of Defense cyber pilot to DHS

The goal of the defense industrial base cybersecurity program is to block intruders from accessing private networks that support U.S. troops.

Modernization

Army delays transfer of 634,000 email accounts to DISA cloud

Move is held up by Defense authorization act requirement that officials submit a report on alternatives, costs and savings.

Modernization

Defense overhaul's emphasis on the cloud carries supply chain risks

Focus on cyberspace involves technology currently programmed or built in regions that are threatening America's national security, experts say.