Cybersecurity
Why government should let industry drive cybersecurity
The government needs to stop trying to lead the cybersecurity charge and instead organize itself around facilitating private-sector-led solutions, say experts and officials.
Cybersecurity
Info Request on Cyber Workforce Preparedness Coming Soon
The RFI will inform a report on whether cyber workforce training is up to snuff.
Cybersecurity
Why the cyber EO won't solve botnets
One section of the Trump administration’s cyber executive order calls for reducing threats from botnets, but members of the interagency team studying the topic warn it will be an uphill battle.
Cybersecurity
Senate Defense Bill Splits CIO Duties, Bans Russian Anti-virus Software
The bill would reform how the Pentagon manages internal cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
NSA Confronts a Problem of Its Own Making
Recent cyberattacks show what happens when America’s secret-keepers can’t keep their secrets.
Cybersecurity
Trump taps Gordon to be principal deputy in ODNI
Current NGA Deputy Director Susan Gordon is a career intelligence official who helped create In-Q-Tel and has been a key driver of ICITE.
Cybersecurity
Next wave of cyberattacks could target health devices
Connected medical devices are potentially vulnerable to cyberattacks, and former federal officials say the financial sector could provide a security model.
Cybersecurity
Writing the Rules of Cyberwar
The line between offensive and defensive attacks is far from clear, a new book argues.
Cybersecurity
NIST Cyber Advisers Anxious Over Auditing Agencies
The proposed expansion of NIST's mission comes as the agency is quickly working to meet mandates in the cybersecurity executive order.
Cybersecurity
Laptops to get more scrutiny at overseas airports
Laptop and tablet computers of international passengers destined for the U.S. will be subject to stricter screening under new DHS rules.
Cybersecurity
Congressman Renews Concerns About Mar-a-Lago Cybersecurity
Rep. Ted Lieu wants to know if DHS is securing the Florida resort’s Wi-Fi when the president visits.
Cybersecurity
Ukraine Police Say This is the Source of Tuesday’s Massive Cyberattack
The lesson from Tuesday’s massive cyberattack, beware of updates from Ukrainian accounting apps that are orders of magnitude larger than normal.
Ideas
9 Ways to Declare Independence from Hacking
It's time to drop the collective ambivalence toward cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Officials press Congress to reauthorize spy powers
The Trump administration is asking Congress to reauthorize a critical foreign surveillance program without any amendments and to eliminate the sunset clause.
Cybersecurity
Former Obama techies join forces at think tank
New America's inaugural class of Public Interest Technology Fellows includes some familiar names from the Obama administration.
Cybersecurity
Officials: Controversial Surveillance Law Helped Stop Smartphone Attack
Intelligence officials declined to reveal how many Americans have been scooped up by FISA section 702 programs.
Cybersecurity
Stolen NSA tool behind another global ransomware attack
EternalBlue, the Microsoft exploit allegedly stolen from the NSA, is at the heart of Petya, a new and more sophisticated variant of WannaCry that is crippling banks, transport systems and businesses in Europe and elsewhere.
Cybersecurity
'Sustained' Attack Disrupts U.K. Parliament Email System
Government (International) // London, U.K.
Cybersecurity