Ideas
Former Federal CISO on the Importance of Following Through
Greg Touhill offers advice on how to improve your risk posture while protecting you, your brand and your reputation.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Target Travel Bookings System, Phish Google Users and Demand Ransom for Netflix Show
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Legislators call for more flexible cyber hiring and training
Three Democratic members of Congress want the government to look to private sector practices as a model for hiring and training the federal cybersecurity workforce
Cybersecurity
Intel act highlights cyber, STEM and Russia
Prioritizing STEM education, improving cybersecurity, reviewing the ODNI and countering Russian influence are among the priorities Congress has spelled out in the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act.
Cybersecurity
New Dems Urge OPM to Hire More Cyber Pros Without 4-Year Degrees
Bachelor’s degrees aren’t required for many government cyber jobs, but new hires typically have them.
Cybersecurity
You Cannot Encrypt Your Face
Democracy may be impossible in a world where no dissent is anonymous.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Time to Beef Up Mobile Security
A congressionally mandated study found the government needs to up its game on mobile device security.
Cybersecurity
Answers to Password Questions You're Too Embarrassed to Ask
If you didn't know, now you do.
Cybersecurity
Why CFOs and CIOs need to partner on cybersecurity
With the government spending billions annually on cybersecurity, it is essential that CIOs and CFOs work together to bake cyber into agency IT budgets, current and former officials say.
Cybersecurity
DHS’ visitor screening improving, GAO official says
Foreign fighters could be a continuing problem, but DHS is tightening up screening for the Visa Waiver Program, according to the GAO.
Digital Government
Agency Leaders Should Be Accountable for Protecting Data, Former DHS Chief Says
George W. Bush's homeland security head weighed in on data sharing.
Cybersecurity
How a Fake Cyber Statistic Raced Through Washington
A frequently cited statistic about the danger small businesses face from cyberattacks has no basis in fact.
Cybersecurity
Latest Cyber Executive Order Draft Focuses on Workforce Competitiveness
The order directs government agencies to study how U.S. cyber education and training compares to other nations.
Cybersecurity
House Panel Passes Bill Requiring Federal Cyber Guidance for Small Businesses
The committee's Democratic leader criticized the bill for giving the government’s cyber standards agency more responsibility without more funding.
Cybersecurity
House Judiciary to tackle email privacy, spy rules
Email privacy, FISA Section 702, overseas data and encryption top the House Judiciary Committee’s innovation and competitiveness agenda for the 115th Congress.
Cybersecurity