Cybersecurity
Homeland Security Invests $11.6 Million in Countering Large-Scale Internet Outages
The grants are focused on the effect outages could have on critical infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
Barriers to effective insider threat monitoring
IT security and HR shops must align their policies and activities to tackle the threat of data exfiltration.
Digital Government
Fed Pay Raises Rise From the Dead and Congress Says “Meh” to Trump’s Election Security Order
It was a whirlwind week on the Hill. Here’s the Nextgov rundown.
Cybersecurity
Kaspersky Faces Tough Questions at Appeals Court
The Russian anti-virus software company faces what could be its last chance to make its case against a U.S. governmentwide ban.
Cybersecurity
Facebook Makes Election Security Promises
CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a lengthy blog post making some lofty promises.
Cybersecurity
Lawmaker: If You Think Patching is Tough Now, It’s Going to Get Worse
Without security standards for the internet of things, the government is leaving open billions of “stupid” vulnerabilities, said Sen. Mark Warner.
Cybersecurity
Senate-Passed Bill to Hack DHS Heads to House Floor
The bill would create the first departmentwide bug bounty in the civilian government.
Cybersecurity
Phishing Is the Internet’s Most Successful Con
Tricking people out of sensitive information online is far too easy.
Cybersecurity
Declassified Report Describes Confusion Around Military Cyber Responsibilities in 2014
The inspector general’s report describes poor communication and combatant commanders who hadn’t tallied up their cyber resources.
Policy
Trump Administration Preps Sanctions Against Foreign Election Interference
The new executive order describes a process for sanctioning digital interference, propaganda and any other efforts to meddle in U.S. elections.
Cybersecurity
Should government expand its ID proofing role?
There's momentum in the public and private sectors behind an idea to expand government's role in validating digital identities.
Cybersecurity
Half of Government and Military Employees Used Awful Passwords for LinkedIn, Report Finds
Yes, one of them was “password”—and even in 2012 there was no excuse for that.
Cybersecurity
DARPA Wants to Find Botnets Before They Attack
The defense agency awarded a contract to develop a tool that scours the internet for dormant online armies.
Cybersecurity
Should DHS do more with DMARC data?
A 2017 cybersecurity directive is providing DHS with a flood of data on hackers attempting to penetrate federal systems through fake emails, but thus far the agency has not articulated a plan for using the information.
Cybersecurity
As Kaspersky Deadline Approaches, Fears Loom That Contractors Aren’t Prepared
Some contractors may not be aware the ban applies to them or that they’re running Kasperksy in the first place. Others don’t understand how complex removing it will be.
Cybersecurity
A Popular App Has Been Stealing Everyone's Browser History
The rogue Mac app sent the stolen data to China.
Cybersecurity
Election Officials Tout 2018 Security Coordination as 'Miles' Ahead of 2016
Two key officials say offices at all levels of government are rapidly bolstering defenses ahead of November elections.
Cybersecurity
A Year After the Equifax Breach, There Are Consequences—For Consumers
The breach affected 147 million people.
Cybersecurity
Federal agencies reacted unevenly to Equifax breach
The federal government's central cyber incident response agency played a minor role in the wake of the Equifax breach, while agencies wondered who was in charge.
Cybersecurity