Cybersecurity

Update Your iPhone Now

Apple just released a patch that fixes three giant vulnerabilities in iOS.

Cybersecurity

House Oversight Demands Info on DHS Senior Staff Private Email Use... Again

Chaffetz said DHS has “failed to comply with the committee’s request, failed to assert a legitimate justification for withholding any information from the committee, or even provide a timeline for responding.”

Cybersecurity

At Least One State Declines Offer for DHS Voting Security

Some security experts say it wouldn't even take the resources of a foreign nation to manipulate actual votes using this country's antiquated tallying systems.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Take Over Ukraine Government Social Media

Government (Foreign) // Social Media // Ukraine

Cybersecurity

Officials: Yearly budgeting stifles cybersecurity

Current and former officials argue that a one-year budgeting cycle impedes government cybersecurity and IT modernization.

Cybersecurity

OPM hire means top detailees go back to their real jobs

The two top-level IT officials who were detailed to positions outside their agencies while OPM was between full-time CIOs will return to their regularly scheduled programming.

Modernization

The Internet of (Poorly Working) Things

So, how is it that we don’t have connected objects that just work?

Cybersecurity

What Vendors Need to Know About GSA’s New Cyber Offerings

Companies that want to provide services for the new SINs will need to explain their way through a variety of scenarios.

Cybersecurity

DHS: Don't Fall for Louisiana Flood Charity Scams

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned against donating to fake organizations.

Cybersecurity

Marine cyber chief: Do not fear RMF

Ray Letteer, chief of the Marine Corps' Cybersecurity Division, advocates faster adoption of the government's Risk Management Framework.

Cybersecurity

Scott ties two legacy IT efforts together

ITMF, Move IT legacy system renewal efforts aren’t mutually exclusive, said federal CIO.

Cybersecurity

Clinton Email Saga Continues with 'Spillage' Request

Rep. Jason Chaffetz also asked the FBI for an inventory of electronic devices and documents obtained from Clinton’s aides containing classified government data.

Cybersecurity

Privacy groups slam DHS social media proposal

A coalition of civil liberties groups has objected to a proposed policy to collect social media information from foreign travelers.

Cybersecurity

Why the Internet of Things Needs Different Encryption

The security systems that protect desktops and servers won't work for RFID tags.