Digital Government
Assessing the Obama Administration’s Tech Legacy
Experts weigh in on how the administration handled privacy, cybersecurity and other technology issues.
Modernization
Video: Keep Facebook Messages Private Using End-to-End Encryption
You can also set a timer for messages to expire.
Digital Government
Here’s How Countries Like China, Russia Control Online Dissent
Look at the physical systems that make up internet infrastructure, and you find a network that is a lot more centralized than you might think.
Cybersecurity
Insulin Pump Vulnerability Lets Attackers Remotely Administer Dose
Healthcare and Public Health
Cybersecurity
White House official: Cyberthreats continue to multiply
A senior homeland security adviser said cyberthreats are figuring more prominently in the president's daily security briefing.
Cybersecurity
NSA Contractor Charged with Stealing Classified Materials
A Maryland man has been charged with unauthorized removal and retention of top secret/SCI materials.
Cybersecurity
Private Companies Shouldn’t Be The Ones Crying ‘State-Sponsored Hack!’
If the U.S. government doesn't start officially attributing cyberattacks, it risks losing control of the narrative and evolving legal norms.
Cybersecurity
Why the Government Needs Cyber Translators
Not all the skills cyber pros need are technical.
Digital Government
Tired of Changing Your Password? Security Fatigue is a Thing
People are tired of updating their passwords.
Cybersecurity
FBI arrests contractor for stealing secrets
The FBI arrested a Maryland contractor and charged him with stealing national security data.
Cybersecurity
Mayorkas plans exit from DHS
Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a leading advocate of cybersecurity information sharing between industry and government, will retire at the end of October.
Cybersecurity
Yahoo Responds to Email Scanning Program
Calls the report that it built a program to scan all its users' incoming email "misleading"
Cybersecurity
Army cyber advances in the face of policy challenges
The Army Cyber Command has seen substantial growth in the past three years, including launching 42 cyber mission teams, but it still faces policy limitations on deploying and using cyber capabilities.
Cybersecurity
New Technology Lets You Transmit Passwords Through Your Body
It may sound sci-fi, but the invention is based on present-day tech.
Ideas
Why DHS Didn’t Need Its Own Internet of Things Guidance
The department's internet of things framework is late to the game.
Cybersecurity
Report: Yahoo customized surveillance software for NSA
A Reuters report says Yahoo facilitated the federal surveillance of live, bulk email traffic.
Cybersecurity
Officials: DOD must adapt to multi-domain warfare model
Top officials and generals argue the era of AirLand warfare is over and DOD needs to focus on a multi-domain approach that incorporates cyber, electronic warfare and other technological changes.
Cybersecurity
Air Force cybersecurity campaign takes off
Air Force CIO Lt. Gen. William Bender announced a yearlong cybersecurity awareness push and the creation of a chief information security office.
Cybersecurity