Cybersecurity
Federal Waste Report Says Government Dropped the Ball on Using Kaspersky Software
The long-delay before agencies were ordered to remove Kaspersky reflects a dangerous inefficiency in government, Sen. James Lankford says.
Ideas
How the New Science of Vulnerability Management Can Help Struggling Federal Networks
IT teams often have the tools to find network vulnerabilities. What they don't have is the manpower to fix them all.
Policy
GAO: Federal CIO Shirking Oversight Responsibilities On Critical Projects
The lack of CIO involvement in major projects could allow them to slide off the rails, GAO says.
Cybersecurity
How to Stay Secure While Holiday Shopping
Don't let cyber thieves or unsecured devices ruin your holiday.
Cybersecurity
IG Slams Coast Guard’s IT Investment Tracking
The Coast Guard doesn’t know if about 400 of its tech projects have adequate oversight.
Cybersecurity
Senate Bill Seeks $1.8 Billion for DHS’ Cyber Mission
The funding includes $731 million to maintain and upgrade the cybersecurity of federal computer networks.
Cybersecurity
Fallout from Twitter summons reveals widespread CBP violations
The Customs and Border Protection's attempt to out a rogue employee on Twitter earlier this year has revealed other abuses of authority, a watchdog finds.
Emerging Tech
You Can Use Your Computer’s Spare Power to Fund Bail for US Defendants
An app uses the unused power to mine cryptocurrency.
Policy
Continuing Resolution on Congress' Post-Holiday To-Do List
Congress moved along IT modernization and defense authorization bills but still faces funding the government.
Digital Government
The Dangerous Data Hack That You Won’t Even Notice
By focusing only on hackers’ efforts to extort money or mess with our political process, we may have been missing what is potentially an even scarier possibility.
Cybersecurity
Which Bugs Will Hackers Exploit First? Machine Learning Promises a Better Guess
Most vulnerabilities are known; defenders need a better way to know which ones pose an imminent threat.
Cybersecurity
House Panel Investigates Retaliation Against HHS Cyber Leads
Leaders of the HHS cyber center were reassigned amid allegations of contracting misconduct.
Cybersecurity
Hiccups for CBP's new port system as it nears completion
Customs and Border Protection's years-long march toward a unified import-export data system is nearing conclusion, but not without a couple of last-minute glitches.
Cybersecurity
How to fix information sharing, according to industry
Secret cyber threat data and a clunky clearance process are barriers to bidirectional information sharing, industry representatives told Congress.
Cybersecurity
New threats from North Korean malware
The North Korean cyber threat expands to include attacks against aviation, financial services and government, according to new federal advisories.
Cybersecurity
White House goes public with bug disclosure policy
The Trump administration is pulling back the curtain a bit on the secretive process by which the government discloses (or retains) computer vulnerabilities.
Modernization
Can iPhone's Face ID Be Fooled By a Mask?
Hackers may have found a way through 3D printing.
Cybersecurity
Kaspersky Software Found at 15% of Federal Agencies
The suspect Russian anti-virus was usually obtained as part of a larger security package.
Cybersecurity
DHS finds Kaspersky software at 15 percent of agencies
A DHS official told Congress that 96 out of 102 federal agencies have complied with a directive aimed at banning Kaspersky Lab products, with a handful of small agencies still working to do so.
Cybersecurity