Cybersecurity
House panel advances FISA reform
The Judiciary committee passed a bill to require federal law enforcement to obtain a warrant before querying spy databases, but some are worried about potential loopholes.
Policy
Congress Passes FITARA 2, Hits Brakes on DHS Nominee
Lawmakers also want to keep a close eye on the multibillion-dollar health records contract Veterans Affairs Department is working on.
Cybersecurity
More Agencies Are Sending Safer Email
More than one-fourth of agencies have installed DMARC protection ahead of a DHS deadline.
Modernization
It’s Time to Update Your iPhone if You’re Getting That Bizarre “i” Keyboard Bug
It should fix that pesky problem.
Cybersecurity
Expect Federal CIO, Federal CISO and Other Cyber Nominees Soon, White House Cyber Chief Says
The vacant tech and cyber jobs are not among those Trump plans to leave vacant to starve bureaucracy, Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce said.
Cybersecurity
Joyce: Civilian cyber could use more discipline
The top White House cybersecurity adviser suggests civilian agencies could take a page from the Pentagon's handbook.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers look to CBP, Post Office on opioid data sharing
Senators want Customs and Border Protection and the Post Office to gather more data on incoming international illicit Fentanyl packages and urge both develop electronic package pre-arrival data exchange.
Cybersecurity
Alexa Doesn’t Have the Attention Span to Secretly Eavesdrop on Your Conversations
The virtual assistant is only here to help.
Cybersecurity
DHS Nominee Signals Continuity, Competence in Confirmation Hearings
Kirstjen Nielsen has the most extensive cybersecurity background of any DHS secretary nominee.
Cybersecurity
Marissa Mayer Sounds Distraught Over Yahoo’s Massive Data Breach
Mayer hadn’t wanted to testify, declining multiple requests.
Cybersecurity
DHS nominee faces Senate
Kirstjen Nielsen told a Senate committee that a planned border wall won't span the entire southern border and that cyberattacks have entered a more potent phase in their evolution.
Cybersecurity
DHS Cyber Info Sharing Focuses on Quantity Over Quality, IG Says
The department is sharing a lot of cyber threat indicators with agencies and the private sector, but only a handful are useful.
Cybersecurity
How the Air Force is building resiliency
Compliance only gets you so far, explained one senior official.
Cybersecurity
Slashing Homeland Security's Tech Directorate Could Leave the Country Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
President Trump proposed a 20 percent cut to DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate.
Cybersecurity
OPM still plagued by cyber weaknesses, IG finds
An oversight report found the OPM was unready for its annual cyber audit, while the agency says that the CDM program will help mature its efforts.
Cybersecurity
IG: Compliance alone will not save DHS cyber efforts
An oversight report gives passing grades to DHS on compliance with core tenets of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 – but offers the agency a stark warning that its threat and information sharing efforts are still falling short.
Cybersecurity
S&T budget woes could blunt DHS research
The mission of the research arm of the Department of Homeland Security isn't helped by new budget priorities, a former undersecretary told a House Homeland Security subcommittee.
Cybersecurity
OPM Cybersecurity Still Lags Three Years After Massive Breach
The office’s cybersecurity maturity is at level 2 out of a possible 5, an auditor said.
Cybersecurity
Hundreds Attend Federal Cyber and Tech Hiring Fair
Some agencies are making on-the-spot job offers during the two-day event.
Cybersecurity