Cybersecurity
The creation of DHS
Creating DHS involved reorganizing agencies based on their technology resources and workforce expertise into a super-agency capable of mounting operations against terrorism.
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Hackers storm DOD networks
In a 1996 information-sharing effort, then-CIA director John Deutch proposed working with DOD to create an Information Warfare Technology Center staffed with 1,000 people and located at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Md.
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FCW @ 30
Since 1987, FCW has covered it all -- the major contracts, the disruptive technologies, the picayune scandals and the many, many people who make federal IT function. Here's a look back at six of the most significant stories.
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Hackers Knock Security News Blog Offline, Steal 500M Yahoo Accounts and Use NSA Tools on Cisco Customers
DDoS attack gets massive and mega-breaches reach new heights.
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7 Takeaways from GAO's Information Security Assessment
The federal government needs to fully implement its information security programs, GAO said.
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Yahoo's Half-a-Billion Hack
The tech giant said personal data from at least 500 million accounts was stolen by a "state-sponsored actor.”
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It Will Soon Be Legal to Hack Your Tesla (And Every Other Car) in the US
The modern automobile, say cybersecurity experts, is not a car with a computer in it. It’s a computer with four wheels and a motor.
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U.S. Transportation Command outlines cyber strategy
TRANSCOM has issued a new strategic document that outlines guiding principles for addressing cyber threats.
Digital Government
House Oversight Votes to Hold Clinton Techie in Contempt
Bryan Pagliano, former tech specialist for Hillary Clinton, previously warned he would evoke his Fifth Amendment rights if he testified.
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Your Personal Information Was Hacked. Now What?
The Federal Trade Commission released a new video to guide data-breach victims through what to do next.
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Solving the federal IT workforce problem
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) argues that potential answers to the federal government’s IT workforce gap lie in expanding youth programs and partnerships between public and private sectors.
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New schedule for military EHR rollout is imminent
After missing a congressionally mandated deadline, the Defense Department is prepping a new schedule for the rollout of its electronic health record.
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How the US Air Force is Rapidly Mobilizing For Cyber War
New ideas about defense and new tables of organization are reshaping the service’s ideas about battle.
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Nextgov Ebook: Combating the Insider Threat
Learn how agencies are protecting themselves against both the careless employee and the one who went rogue.
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9 States Accept DHS' Election Security Support
Homeland Security Jeh Johnson urges more states to take up the department's offer.
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Cyber Bill Would Let Agency Heads Be Fired If There’s a Data Breach
The bill would also allow OMB's director to ensure the agency head doesn't get "any cash or pay awards or bonuses for a period of one year after submission of the explanation" for the incident.
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