Cybersecurity
House VA Committee Looks into Trolls Targeting Veterans Groups
Someone’s spreading misinformation to veterans and their families and Congress wants to know who.
Cybersecurity
Time for a NSA-Cybercom split? That's classified.
The head of the NSA and Cyber Command told a House panel that a report claiming he recommended splitting leadership of the two entities up after 2020 is "not accurate."
Cybersecurity
What DOD Plans To Do With $9.6 Billion in Cyber Funding
Defense Department cyber leaders explained the 2020 budget request and offered insight into how U.S. Cyber Command is using its new acquisition authority.
Cybersecurity
Top Navy Admiral Warns of Cyberattacks Against Brass
CNO says that’s why the service stopped publishing promotion lists in October.
Cybersecurity
2018 Midterm Elections Were ‘the Most Secure’ in U.S. History, DHS Cyber Chief Says
Government cybersecurity is also improving, CISA Director Chris Krebs said, but legacy IT is holding agencies back.
Digital Government
Miscategorized Tech Jobs May Hinder Agency Efforts to Fill Critical Vacancies
The Government Accountability Office found agencies assigned a non-IT code to more than 15,000 IT positions.
Cybersecurity
Why TIC and cloud don't mix
The Department of Homeland Security's top cyber official told Congress that policy changes will help agencies move to the cloud and accommodate teleworkers while still protecting federal networks.
Digital Government
Add DEA to the List of Agencies Phone Scammers Are Impersonating
Spoofers have been busy lately.
Cybersecurity
Senators press legislative IT office for data on hacks
Two Senators want to change the way the institution talks about its cybersecurity problems and see data on the scope of the threat.
Ideas
How to Make Mobility Work for Government
As organizations experience the tension between intended security and de facto mobility, workers are growing frustrated, and government agencies are falling behind.
Cybersecurity
DHS grapples with cyber enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security is increasingly using compulsory directives to spur federal agencies on cybersecurity improvements, but cyber enforcers are learning that success isn't built out of carrots and sticks.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Revive Bill to Secure Agencies’ Connected Devices
This time the bill has bipartisan support in both houses of Congress.
Cybersecurity
China’s Cyber Prowess is Shaping How the Pentagon Buys
It's imperative for security to coincide with modernization, a Defense Department acquisition official said.
Cybersecurity
CISA Cyber Chief Warns Political Candidates 'Everybody's a Potential Target'
There’s no telling what races online adversaries might try to sway, says Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Jeanette Manfra.
Cybersecurity
Cyber in the 2020 budget
The 2020 budget gives an early look at Trump administration funding priorities for cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Energy's cyber office gets a boost
White House's budget proposal increases funding for the Energy Department's critical infrastructure cybersecurity office.
Cybersecurity
Trump’s 2020 Budget Requests About $11 Billion For Cyber Defense and Operations
The president’s budget proposal asks for more than $9.6 billion for Defense Department cyber operations and just over $1 billion for civilian cybersecurity efforts.
Cybersecurity
Phone Scammers Are Impersonating the Social Security Administration, Too
The Federal Trade Commission warns that even if a call doesn’t seem like a scam, it probably is.
Cybersecurity
DARPA takes on cyber defense with hackathons
Dr. Jennifer Roberts, program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s information innovation office, talks about what cyber capabilities are in the works.
Cybersecurity