Cybersecurity
SEC promotes cyber adviser
Christopher Hetner is moving into a senior advisory role to SEC Chair Mary Jo White.
Cybersecurity
Naval Research Lab wants cyber risk help
The Naval Research Laboratory has plenty of IT systems that need certifying for cyber risk.
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Fashion Industry Tells Feds: We Need Better Cybersecurity for Internet-Connected Clothes
The fashion industry is also urging Washington not to hinder creativity.
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DHS advisory council report could help NPPD
A Homeland Security Advisory Council report advocating closer coordination across infrastructure segments could boost the prospects for a reorganization of DHS' cybersecurity unit.
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House committee wants details on DOD, DHS West Coast offices
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking for information on the staffing and budget levels at the two agencies' Silicon Valley offices.
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VA's CISO moves on
Brian Burns will be leaving the Department of Veterans Affairs on June 10 for a different federal agency.
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Tech help wanted at OPM
The agency at the center of last summer's breach is officially looking for a new CIO.
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DeSalvo makes business case for data sharing
The National Coordinator for Health IT emphasized three interdependent "drivers of success" for increased interoperability: a culture change around access to information, a business case for interoperability and the need for common standards.
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Google Plans to Kill Passwords With This Tech, but Scandinavia Is Way Ahead of It
Norwegian and Swedish banking customers use it for everyday transactions from logging in to bank accounts to filing taxes.
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Obama Administration's National Cyber Plan Could Mean Big Business
The Cybersecurity National Action Plan proposed more than $19 billion in cybersecurity investments.
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The Puzzle of When the OPM Hack Was Discovered Might Not be Solved After All
Security vendor CyTech now claims that during an April 21, 2015, product demonstration, its technology uncovered, for the first time, malware siphoning off the data.
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Symantec traces Swift banking hacks to North Korea
A recent spate of successful and attempted online bank robberies is being attributed to North Korea by cybersecurity vendor Symantec.
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Hackers Remember Your MySpace Password, Steal from Military Base Exchanges, and Force Reddit to Reset Your Password
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Why Car-Hacking Could Threaten the Federal Government
A report on vehicle cybersecurity found that modern cars, especially those made in 2015 or later, are highly susceptible to hacking.
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D.C. National Guardsman Allegedly Used Stolen Cards to Buy Army Exchange Luxury Goods
Financial Services // Retailer // Maryland, United States
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Video: Google's Plan to Kill the Password with a 'Trust Score'
No more using "123456" as a password.
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Kansas Heart Hospital Is One of the Latest Victims of Ransomware
Healthcare and Public Health // Kansas, United States
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