Cybersecurity
Tech in the service of performance measurement
Steve Kelman reports on innovations at DHS that could help analysts across government.
Cybersecurity
When Should Hacking Be Legal?
A group of academics and journalists say a federal computer-fraud law criminalizes their work.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Leak Muslim Dating Site Messages, Command Zombie Security Cameras to Crash Sites Worldwide and Hit up Vegas Hard Rock
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
25,000 Zombie Security Cameras Pounce On Computers Worldwide
Other Critical Infrastructure
Cybersecurity
IC wants sensors to evaluate personnel performance
Working in the intelligence community can be stressful. The IC's research arm wants to use sensors to evaluate how people respond to the demands of the job.
Cybersecurity
USCIS digital transformation needs work, says watchdog
An immigration agency watchdog says USCIS is making progress in digitizing forms, but still has a lot of work to do in its effort to make forms paperless.
Emerging Tech
The Intelligence Community Will Monitor Wearables to Find the Perfect Spy
The new program will measure each volunteer's biometric signals during their daily activities, according the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Cybersecurity
Nearly One-Third of Feds Unable to Detect an Insider Intrusion, Survey Says
Federal employees might be overconfident about their IT systems' intrusion detection ability.
Cybersecurity
Wyden: Rule 41 changes represent another compromise of security and liberty
Government proposals to weaken encryption and expand hacking authorities are cut from the same cloth of uninformed or ill-considered policymaking in response to security threats, according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Cybersecurity
Johnson: Biometric exit moving ahead
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told a Senate committee that a key test of a biometrics-based exit system is advancing and NPPD's reorganization should move forward.
Cybersecurity
FDIC still weak on IT security, GAO says
FDIC has significant room for improvement in software patching and reauthorizing user access to its systems, according to GAO.
Cybersecurity
Security clearances dip in 2015
ODNI credits implementation of data initiatives for a reduction in clearances.
Cybersecurity
Reps press HHS on ransomware
The Department of Health and Human Services is weighing what kind of disclosures should follow a ransomware attack that involves health records. Two lawmakers urge a light touch.
Cybersecurity
DHS wants to shift to agile in a FLASH
DHS is looking for a dozen agile-minded and nontraditional companies to help with its upcoming agile design and development support services contract.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Want to See If Dumbing Down Smart Grids Might Thwart Hackers
The idea behind the experiment with analog tech is to help identify -- and remove -- hidden vulnerabilities that could let in malware.
Cybersecurity
To fight ransomware, DOJ wants companies to talk more
Paying off ransomware hackers just encourages more attacks, according to a senior Justice Department official.
Cybersecurity