Cybersecurity
How DHS is Trying to Separate Quality Cyber Tools from Snake Oil
The department is investing in ways to do apples-to-apples comparisons of the many cyber solutions on the market.
Cybersecurity
OMB expands definition of high-value assets
The Office of Management and Budget is making sure all agencies develop plans to protect their most sensitive, most valuable cybersecurity assets, and designate an agency-level office or team to secure them.
Digital Government
Senate Bill Would Force Security Clearance Reforms
It also would require the director of National Intelligence to rethink the SF-86 form and process.
Digital Government
Agencies Increase FITARA Scores
Eleven agencies increased their grade and 13 remained the same.
Cybersecurity
Shutdown appears more likely after Oval Office squabble
An Oval Office photo op devolved into public squabble as President Donald Trump and top Democrats argued on camera about a possible government shutdown.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft president calls for government oversight on facial recognition
The tech industry leader is worried that potential abuses of facial recognition technology could diminish enthusiasm for positive and practical uses in commerce and law enforcement.
Cybersecurity
CBP Officers Aren’t Deleting Data After Warrantless Device Searches, IG Says
An inspector general report found Border Patrol officers didn’t follow standard procedures during device searches, mostly because those procedures weren’t clearly laid out.
Policy
OMB Redefines Government's 'Crown Jewels'
A new policy memo expands the government’s guidance for protecting high-value assets to include every agency and office and broadens the definition of “value.”
Artificial Intelligence
IARPA Is Trying Keep Adversaries From Corrupting AI Tools
Could cyber adversaries be training the government’s artificial intelligence tools to fail?
Cybersecurity
Senate clears DHS info-sharing bill
The Senate cleared a bill to boost information sharing and data access at the Department of Homeland Security, sending it one step closer to the president's desk.
Cybersecurity
'Culture of cybersecurity complacency' blamed for 2017 Equifax hack
A new congressional report states that Equifax executives knew about critical security flaws months before they discovered they had been hacked, but did little to address the problems.
Cybersecurity
Russia Launched Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine Before Ship Seizures, Firm Says
Researchers claim to have uncovered Russian cyber attacks aimed at the Ukrainian military and government before and during the Sea of Azov captures.
Cybersecurity
Lawmaker Calls for Shifting Defense Funds to Combat Cyber Threats
The Defense Department would get more bang for its buck with digital tools than “20th-century” weapons, Sen. Mark Warner said.
Cybersecurity
Warner calls for new cyber doctrine
Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) called for a new "whole of society" cyber doctrine designed to combat modern threats from hackers and disinformation campaigns.
Ideas
Stopping the Cybersecurity Brain Drain Calls for Outside the Box Thinking
Here are some non-traditional ways to fill those vacant positions.
Modernization
Marine Cyber Command Is Getting In On Other Transaction Contracting
The Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command’s executive director said the command expects to sign its first OT contract in the coming days.
Cybersecurity
Congress punts funding decisions to Dec. 21
The House and the Senate voted to push off negotiations over an imminent funding lapse, putting off a political fight over the border wall until just before Christmas.
Cybersecurity
Safari Browser Is Testing USB Security Keys
It's the latest web browser to add a boost user security.
Cybersecurity