Cybersecurity
Nextgov Ebook: Combating the Insider Threat
Learn how agencies are protecting themselves against both the careless employee and the one who went rogue.
Cybersecurity
9 States Accept DHS' Election Security Support
Homeland Security Jeh Johnson urges more states to take up the department's offer.
Cybersecurity
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.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Attacks on Government Agencies Tripled in Past Year
About 4 percent of government agencies have been exposed to Nymaim, a ransomware strain, and 3 percent to Locky.
Cybersecurity
Air Force scrambles to harden weapons systems
The Air Force is one year into a new program designed to identify cyberthreats to weapons systems and come up with measures to harden systems and increase resiliency to cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
Chinese researchers hack car from 12 miles away
Researchers uncovered vulnerabilities in the Tesla Model S as the U.S. issued new rules for driverless car development and safety.
Cybersecurity
Missed deportee fingerprints spark legislation
A new bill would force DHS to digitize all fingerprint records in the wake of an embarrassing oversight report.
Digital Government
Federal CIO Survey: It’s Cyber, Then Everything Else
One CIO described cybersecurity as the government’s “never-ending bug hunt."
Digital Government
Pentagon Seeks Tech for New Background Investigation Bureau
DISA seeks commercial options to support the new background check system.
Modernization
Evil Charging Stations, Smartphone Hackers: NIST Outlines Mobile Threats
NIST seeks input on the wider threats mobile devices pose to enterprises.
Cybersecurity
Ozment: Cybersecurity can't be centralized
DHS' Andy Ozment is urging the next administration to build on current cybersecurity efforts rather than "re-litigate" who does what.
Cybersecurity
Slight uptick in feds' morale, survey says
The latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey shows only marginal gains in job satisfaction among feds.
Cybersecurity
Workforce tops cyber commission to-do list
The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity has completed its public hearings and turns to the tough task of agreeing on recommendations.
Cybersecurity
Commerce secretary urges bold action on cybersecurity
Citing "a chronic shortage both in quantity and quality of cybersecurity personnel," Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker calls on cyber commission to focus on workforce development, IT modernization and shared services.
Cybersecurity
CBP details social media data on visa application
Customs and Border Protection will store social media data on Visa Waiver Program applicants just like other data, but privacy advocates contend the agency hasn't provided enough details on how it will use the information.
Ideas
The Inside Job: How to Stop Attacks from Within
Internal threats can use alternative tactics such as visual hacking to target sensitive data.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Leak More DNC Data and Medical Records; Air Bag Software Bug Leads to 4.3M Vehicle Recall
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
The Insider Threat: A Historical Perspective
Trained as a forensic psychologist and a 15-year veteran of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Michael Gelles has long had an interest in the bad guys within organizations.
Cybersecurity