Cybersecurity

Government influence at hacker conferences grows

As the government's need for skilled IT specialists grows, Las Vegas information security conferences have become a nontraditional recruiting ground for federal employers.

Cybersecurity

IG: Interior needs to tighten computer security

A new report says the Interior Department needs to strengthen user access controls and mobile encryption.

Cybersecurity

White House Cyber Commission Wants To Hear From You

Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity seeks insight on how to secure digital space now and in the future.

Cybersecurity

A great primer on cyber

Steve Kelman suggest some summer reading for those seeking to understand "the new normal" of cyber threats.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Just Changed the Future of Information Security

At DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, bots showed off their ability to help a world wallowing in vulnerable code.

Cybersecurity

DOD deputy CIO to lead IT at OPM

David De Vries will take over IT at the Office of Personnel Management, as the human resources agency prepares to stand up a new background check bureau.

Cybersecurity

Carper: ‘Election Security is Critical’

A foreign actor's cyberattack on election systems could jeopardize the integrity of the voting process, according to the senator.

Cybersecurity

Carper wants assurances on election cyber

The ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee wants to make sure that the federal officials are doing their utmost to prevent voting hacks.

Cybersecurity

DOD's Cyber Lessons for OPM

Acting Director Beth Cobert says OPM is trying to create widely accepted credentials for cyber skills.

Cybersecurity

Cyber protections contemplated for U.S. election systems

The White House and Department of Homeland Security could deem election systems to be critical infrastructure, but official responses to cyberattack are still fluid.

Digital Government

GAO Sustains Bid Protests of $17.5B DISA Contract

The watchdog group said DISA didn't provide a reasonable basis for comparing the cost of competing proposals.

Cybersecurity

DOD IG to Probe Security of Army Patient Records

The inspection will be the first in a series of reviews of controls meant to protect military electronic patient records and personal health information.

Cybersecurity

DHS Chief: ‘We Are Actively Thinking About Election Cybersecurity’

DHS officials are considering designating the election process as a critical infrastructure category.

Emerging Tech

Election Cyber Gaffes: Which Party's Has Been Worse?

An identity protection company ranks the cybersecurity problems of each candidate.

Cybersecurity

DARPA Funds IoT Malware Detection Project

Researchers developed a way to monitor devices' thermal emissions to detect program irregularities.

Emerging Tech

Can Encryption Protect Government Files Forever?

Suddenly, just like athletes who might initially be able to hide their doping only to later get caught by improved testing standards, the government found itself relying on a protection scheme that could no longer keep hidden its secrets.