Cybersecurity
Half a Billion People Now Have Reason to Be Furious with Marriott
Starwood Preferred Guest participants are highly likely to have very sensitive information compromised, including passport and payment numbers.
Digital Government
Federal CIO Office Cyber Lead Is Leaving Government
Joshua Moses will depart for the private sector.
Cybersecurity
White House Launches Cyber Reskilling Program
In its trial run, Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy will certify some 25 feds with non-technical backgrounds as cyber defense analysts.
Cybersecurity
OMB looks to retrain feds to fill cyber needs
The federal government is taking steps to fill high-demand, skills-gap positions in tech by retraining employees already working within agencies without a cyber or IT background.
Ideas
How to Conquer Digital Disruption with Transparency and Collective Resilience
The upside is tremendous.
Cybersecurity
ACLU Pushes Court to Release Secret Facebook Wiretap Order
The devil is in the details.
Digital Government
Vendors Challenged More Federal Contracts in 2018
And they got something out of the protest process less than half the time.
Ideas
Pentagon Travel Record Breach Highlights Impact of Hacker Dwell Time
The more data an organization has, the more places hackers have to hide for days, weeks or sometimes years.
Cybersecurity
Agencies Can Add to Their CDM Rollouts If They Foot the Bill
Rather than wait for funding through the Homeland Security Department, agencies can use a particular task order modification to get what they need, when they need it.
Cybersecurity
Agencies Will Soon Have a Cyber Hygiene Score—And Will Know Where They Rank
The AWARE score will be based on data from agencies’ continuous monitoring tools and will give the Homeland Security Department a holistic view of the government’s cybersecurity posture.
Cybersecurity
Phishing Sites Are Duping Users With That Little Green Padlock
HTTPS doesn't necessarily mean what you think it does.
Cybersecurity
Treasury places digital currency addresses on sanctions list
The Treasury Department has publicly flagged two cryptocurrency addresses associated with two Iranian individuals indicted for their role in a worldwide, multimillion dollar ransomware campaign.
Cybersecurity
Secret Service tests facial recognition system at the White House
The Secret Service started testing a facial recognition system in and around the White House last week, according to a privacy assessment released by the Department of Homeland Security.
Cybersecurity
Former FBI cyber official cautions against weakening encryption laws
A former top cyber official at the FBI says weaker laws around encryption won't help law enforcement and could result in unacceptable collateral damage to industry and data security.
Cybersecurity
Pay raise, MGT wrapped up in border wall fight
As President Trump and lawmakers wrangle over funding for a border wall, a partial government shutdown looms.
Cybersecurity
Details still elusive on possible federal data privacy standard
As momentum for federal data privacy legislation continue to build, senators on both sides of the aisle are looking to the Federal Trade Commission as the enforcement entity for data protection.
Cybersecurity
OPM to Rebid Identity Theft Protection Contract Affecting Millions of Hack Victims
The current contract, which cost the government $340 million over three years, is set to expire Dec. 31.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Battle Grinch Bots
Bots can nab the hot gifts you're trying to buy.
Cybersecurity
Federal Employee Visited 9,000 Porn Sites in Less Than 7 Months, Auditor Found
The Interior Department inspector general released new details about the employee whose browsing habits allowed Russian malware onto government networks.
Digital Government