Policy
White House Phone Ban May Have Unintended Consequences
Former officials say the ban could trade a marginal security improvement for a much tougher working environment.
Cybersecurity
Securing government email is a critical step for U.S. cybersecurity
Agencies could soon be leaders in authenticating email, but there still much work to be done.
Digital Government
Former NSA Contractor Admits to Stealing Confidential Documents
Harold Martin III pleaded guilty to one of 20 counts of willful retention of national defense information.
Cybersecurity
Most Processors Produced Since 1995 Have a Flaw That Could Let Hackers Steal Sensitive Information
There's no proof that these flaws have been used by anyone in the wild yet.
Cybersecurity
Iran’s Cyberwar on Dissidents Could Infiltrate Your Mailbox
Tehran’s agents are busily working against the protesters — and anyone who may have contacted them from abroad.
Cybersecurity
Mitt Romney Is the Latest Political Target of Russian Trolls and Bots
Social media activity linked to Russia has increased massively
Cybersecurity
Data Breach Affected More Than 240,000 Homeland Security Workers, IG Confirms
The breach also affected non-DHS employees who communicated with the department’s inspector general.
Cybersecurity
Will 2018 be the year for blockchain for government?
Government application of the ledger technology lags behind the hype, but expect more experiments to take off in the coming months.
Cybersecurity
IARPA awards translator tech contracts
The intelligence community's research arm taps major research universities, NIST to create a universal text translator for analysis work.
Ideas
Compliance Isn’t Security—But It Helps
For more secure networks, federal IT teams should balance compliance exercises with risk management strategies.
Cybersecurity
Now It's Industry's Turn to Come Up with Botnet Fighting Ideas
A Commerce Department center is seeking partners to make internet-connected devices more secure.
Cybersecurity
Email hygiene mandate takes hold at agencies
While nearly half of federal domains have put policies in place to alert against email spoofing, there's a lot more work to be done.
Cybersecurity
American Elections Remain Unprotected
Ahead of the 2018 midterms, the threat of Russia-linked cyber and disinformation campaigns still looms large.
Cybersecurity
The Most Common Password Is “123456”—But Not (Entirely) Because Humans Are Dumb
Bots and connected devices need passwords too.
Ideas
Dear DHS, Our Federal Cybersecurity Measures Are Not Enough
Agencies need to aim for the gold-standard in encryption.
Cybersecurity
These LA Startups Are What Stand Between Hackers and Your Medical Devices
Some of the most important cybersecurity work is happening in nondescript offices across the nation.
Digital Government
China’s Internet 'Clean-up' Has Closed Over 13,000 Illegal Websites Since 2015
While the report says all the websites taken down over the three-year span were illegal, it provided few other details about the sites taken down.
Cybersecurity
2017 Was Marked by Continuity and Confusion in Cyber Policy
The Kaspersky ban, WannaCry and big changes at State Department topped the news cycle.
Cybersecurity
GSA Needs to Verify Who’s Logging in to Login.gov
GSA wants to make it easier to sign in to government websites without making citizens less secure.
Cybersecurity