Cybersecurity
The 20-year climb to an elevated CyberCom
How a 1997 military exercise sparked the eventual creation of a unified combatant command for cyber.
Digital Government
Congress' Week: Data Breaches, Kaspersky and Murderers with Security Clearances
Amid tackling a series of high-profile data breaches, Congress moved along important IT legislation and aims to address whether criminals are actually getting temporary security clearances.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon: We’ll Keep Buying Software That Russian Spies have Looked Through
The U.S. military will still buy consumer-off-the-shelf products from several tech companies that allowed Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, an intelligence outfit, to intimately probe.
Cybersecurity
Audit chides FDIC for sloppy breach protocols
An audit found that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's protocols for responding to a data breach weren't followed, even as the agency has faced dozens of security incidents in the past two years.
Cybersecurity
Report: Russian Hackers Used Kaspersky Anti-virus to Steal NSA Hacking Tools
It’s not clear if Kaspersky knowingly assisted the theft.
Cybersecurity
House Bill Starts Internet Surveillance Debate, Round 2
The bill would rein in surveillance authorities but is still opposed by civil liberties groups.
Cybersecurity
House panel looks to curtail spy powers
Draft legislation before the House Intelligence committee puts new restrictions on the use surveillance powers to target Americans, but privacy advocates are looking for more reforms.
Cybersecurity
$10B House border bill pushes high-tech solutions
The House Homeland Security Committee approved a bill to build in tech and new acquisition rules to border security.
Cybersecurity
House Cyber Leader Wants to Give Equifax the Kaspersky Treatment
Rep. John Ratcliffe wants DHS to issue a binding operational directive to end a $7 million Equifax contract with IRS.
Cybersecurity
FBI’s Cyber Strategy: Shame The Hackers
The agency is trying to take a more preventive, and not a reactive, security strategy.
Cybersecurity
Senate Intel Leaders Slam DHS Communication with State Election Officials
An intelligence policy bill would mandate security clearances for top state election officials to aid cyber information sharing.
Cybersecurity
The White House's Cyber Tool Wish List
Acting Federal Chief Information Security Officer Grant Schneider pushed for tools that are easy to use but can share threat info in real time.
Cybersecurity
DHS chief sees cyber threats every day
Americans are "right to worry" about ever-present cybersecurity threats, says the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security.
Cybersecurity
Can the Government’s Buying Power Create a More Secure Internet of Things?
Device manufacturers still determine how they secure their gadgets, but legislation could push industry in a more secure direction, experts tell the House Oversight committee.
Digital Government
Survey: Facebook Is the Big Tech Company That People Trust Least
Consumers nevertheless do entrust Facebook with information about themselves every day.
Digital Government
IRS Explains Why It Gave Equifax a $7 Million Contract After Breach
The contract was awarded without any competition.
Cybersecurity
Cyber risks loom for energy sector
Cyberattacks on energy critical infrastructure are the leading threat to the sector, highlighting the need for continued public/private partnerships.
Cybersecurity
Yahoo and Equifax Just Proved that You Can Never Trust the First Number Announced in a Data Breach
It's a verifiable pattern.
Cybersecurity