Digital Government
DHS Lags on Some FITARA Benchmarks
In all three cases, DHS said it had achieved the milestone, but GAO’s review found otherwise.
Cybersecurity
McAfee VP: Cyber Executive Order Could Signal Windfall for Contractors
The order, and other recent bills, could mean more investments in private-sector cyber services, according to Candace Worley, McAfee’s chief technical strategist.
Cybersecurity
White House Adviser Wants to Move Cyber Risk Decisions Up the Chain
Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce also urged members of an advisory board to help the government combat botnets.
Cybersecurity
Food Ordering Service Zomato Announces Bug Bounty After Breach
Food and Beverage // Web Services
Cybersecurity
Victims of the WannaCry Ransomware Attacks Have Stopped Paying Up
The ransomware affected nearly 300,000 computers across the globe.
Cybersecurity
Bill Aims to Clarify When and How the Government Discloses Software Vulnerabilities
The Protecting our Ability To Counter Hacking, or PATCH, Act, is an effort to balance “national security and general cybersecurity,” said a senator.
Cybersecurity
Report: Mar-a-Lago and Other Trump Properties Have Lax Cybersecurity
Some Trump properties' cyber practices don't measure up, according to a team of reporters.
Modernization
Senate Staffers Can Now Use Encryption App Signal
The Senate embraces encryption once again.
Digital Government
Hiring Cyber Talent Is Key In Pentagon's Potential 'Offensive Measures'
The federal government needs to be prepared to "engage in offensive measures, if required," a deputy general counsel said.
Cybersecurity
No agencies hit by WannaCry so far
Steps taken in the government's 2015 cyber sprint continue to pay dividends, acting federal CIO says.
Cybersecurity
Shadow Brokers Announce Hack-of-the-Month Club
Government (U.S.) // Government (Foreign) // Technology // Web Services
Cybersecurity
Stop Blaming NSA for the Ransomware Attack
An inside look at how the intelligence community deals with the exploitable software bugs it finds.
Cybersecurity
Cyberwar Is Officially Crossing Over Into the Real World
Online warfare already wreaks havoc on the physical world, and it's only going to get worse.
Cybersecurity
Senate bill codifies vulnerabilities board
In the wake of the WannaCry ransomware epidemic, two senators are teaming up on a bill to create a legal framework for the disclosure of IT vulnerabilities discovered by U.S. intelligence agencies.
Ideas
Ransomware is Spreading Like Worms: Are You Ready?
The WannaCry outbreak should be scary. Here are tips to prevent falling victim to the next wave.
Cybersecurity
Career procurement exec tapped for top management post at DHS
Claire Grady, who has held senior procurement positions at the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security, is President Trump's nominee for deputy undersecretary for management at DHS.
Cybersecurity
NIST's school for cyber
The federal government's standards setter is offering agencies advice on how to implement the cybersecurity framework.
Cybersecurity