Policy
House Passes Bill to Boost STEM Access for Minority Students
The bill calls for increased federal investments and outreach to support the institutions and diversify the STEM domain.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Ransomware Will Continue to Threaten Public Sector Organizations in 2020
About one-third of the state and federal IT officials who responded said they faced a ransomware attack in the last three years.
Cybersecurity
Senators warn on encryption
Law enforcement hawks from both parties on the Senate Judiciary Committee threatened tech companies with new rules for access to encrypted data.
Cybersecurity
Impeachment looms over shutdown talks
A third continuing resolution could be in the cards as lawmakers wrangle over funding levels.
Cybersecurity
'Technical irregularities' plagued contact chaining at NSA
ODNI's privacy czar said bad data from telecoms irrevocably tainted the contact-chaining process that was at the heart of the NSA's Call Detail Records program.
Cybersecurity
Cybercrime at the center of IRS investigations in 2019
Officials from the agency's criminal investigations unit touted a major shift over the past year towards multi-stakeholder partnerships to investigate cybercrime and cryptocurrencies in financial crime.
Artificial Intelligence
Emerging Technology Trends
A look at developments in innovation across the federal technology landscape in 2019.
Ideas
A Practical Guide to Next Steps of the Pentagon’s Vendor Cyber Certification Program
Kicking your cybersecurity can down the road is no longer an option.
Cybersecurity
CBP walks back facial recognition for citizens
The reversal took place after "consultation with Congress and privacy experts," a Customs and Border Protection spokesman says.
Cybersecurity
NIST official says post-quantum environment still years away
Despite industry claims of quantum supremacy, a NIST official said there's no danger in the near future that modern tools will be able break current encryption methods.
Policy
Hassan Joins Senate Cybersecurity Caucus
The junior senator from New Hampshire became the caucus’ 17th member.
Ideas
Fingerprint Login Should Be a Secure Defense for Our Data, But Most of Us Don't Use It Properly
Most users remain unaware of its initial purpose.
Cybersecurity
Russian Trolls Are Hammering Away at NATO’s Presence in Lithuania
A broad disinformation campaign of fake news and other tricks aims to turn the Baltic nation’s public against the alliance.
Emerging Tech
How a National Lab is Securing Electric Vehicles and Smart Cars of the Future
At Argonne, a holistic approach is accelerating discoveries and bolstering the fight against emerging transportation threats.
Digital Government
Senators Renew Effort to Safeguard People’s Data Online
The bill would make companies subject to fines from the Federal Trade Commission if they poorly protect data.
Cybersecurity
SEC names new Cyber Unit chief
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced senior advisor Kristina Littman will lead a cyber unit that has increasingly focused on unregulated and fraudulent cryptocurrency activity.
Cybersecurity
Small Contractors Struggle to Meet Cybersecurity Standards, Pentagon Finds
Even large companies aren’t doing as well as they think they are, the assistant acquisition chief said.
Cybersecurity
UN, tech companies team up to host innovation contest
A collection of tech companies seeking to push new cyber norms are working with the United Nations to launch a new initiative asking young entrepreneurs to develop technologies that will foster digital peace.
Cybersecurity
Cyber interoperability is a must for federal agencies
If agencies find themselves continually in fire-fighting mode with their security, they likely need a better security architecture -- not just another product.
Cybersecurity