Cybersecurity

What does a military boss mean for DHS?

Former DHS managers say John Kelly is a solid choice to lead the agency, but he faces some of the same old challenges -- and could encounter some steep learning curves.

Cybersecurity

Report: Expect Cyber Investments, More Outsourced IT Under Trump

While cybersecurity investments and IT outsourcing may increase, expect agencies' agile efforts to wither.

Cybersecurity

Trump May Be on Collision Course with Congress over Russian Hacking

Lawmakers call Russian meddling in the election a threat to democracy; Trump says it never happened.

Cybersecurity

Dems push for Russia hacking investigation

The ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and others in Congress including one top Republican want to air allegations of Russian cyber interference in the U.S. elections. President-elect Trump has dismissed the assertions by U.S. spies as politically motivated.

Cybersecurity

Why the federal CISO can't sleep

Federal cybersecurity officials are incorporating advice from the industry advisory group NSTAC into incident response policy.

Cybersecurity

Gen. John Kelly picked to head DHS under Trump

The president-elect has selected another retired Marine general for his cabinet -- John F. Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security.

Ideas

Modernizing IT Infrastructure is Critical to Combating Today’s Threats

Legacy systems carry innate vulnerabilities because of their age.

Cybersecurity

How will Trump tackle legacy IT?

In order to advance policy priorities, the next administration will have to navigate a government that is both reliant on and slowed by legacy IT. Exactly how remains an open question.

Cybersecurity

Top Dems Seek Full Congress Briefing on Russian Election Hacks

A whole-of-Congress classified briefing is necessitated by the threat the hacks pose to Democratic institutions, the top national security Democrats write.

Cybersecurity

Commerce Secretary to Industry: Don’t Let Cyber Report Collect Dust

Penny Pritzker endorses report’s anti-regulation stance, says regulation inhibits cyber info sharing.

Cybersecurity

How the Government Makes It Easier to Share Cybersecurity Data

To make the cybersecurity game competitive again, cyber defenders need to let everyone know what they are being hit with, what techniques the attackers are using and what they are doing to mitigate those attacks.

Cybersecurity

Industry sees coming regulatory 'pause' on cyber

The new White House cybersecurity commission report sets the stage for the next administration to make it easier for companies to share cyber threat information.

Cybersecurity

Agencies still aren't acing FITARA

Twelve of the 24 CFO Act agencies governed by FITARA improved their grades on the latest scorecard.

Cybersecurity

Congressman pushes Obama on cyber deterrence policy

The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee says one of the remaining imperatives for the President Obama is to develop a cyber deterrence strategy and pass it forward to the Trump Administration along with a host of other cyber challenges.

Emerging Tech

Come Talk About Encryption and Internet of Things Dec. 8

Join Nextgov for the last Tech + Tequila of 2016.

Cybersecurity

Cyber Commission Hopes to Brief Trump Before Christmas

Its report includes a laundry list of recommendations for the incoming administration.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Steal $31M from Russian Central Bank

Financial Services // Russia

Ideas

Customer-Centric Government Won’t Be Great Again in 2017 and Other Government Tech Predictions

Expect cyber and data to remain in the spotlight, while areas like customer service will see less momentum.

Cybersecurity

Where would Mattis take cyber?

The president-elect's selection for secretary of defense is well known for his sometimes off-color comments on warfare and threats to the U.S., but James Mattis is largely a blank slate when it comes to cyber.