Cybersecurity
OPM: A Year After the Big Breach
A senior cybersecurity official reflects on OPM’s upcoming “unfortunate anniversary.”
Cybersecurity
DHS Is Under the Gun to Collect Data About Threats to Infrastructure, Networks
The data-collection strategy is the first step in a larger effort to unite operations across the department's cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection and law enforcement situational awareness programs.
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Hurd: Hospitals shouldn't look to government for cyber protection
Rep. Will Hurd offered blunt advice to hospitals as the healthcare industry faces an epidemic of cyber attacks.
Cybersecurity
Tabletop exercises a useful tool in cybersecurity testing
A senior DOD official said such exercises are among the most useful tools for cybersecurity testing, evaluation and training.
Cybersecurity
New CDM services on the horizon
A task order to provide smaller agencies with Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation as a cloud-based service is coming this summer, while a new phase focused on data is being explored.
Cybersecurity
The Computer Virus That Haunted Early AIDS Researchers
The first-ever ransomware attack was delivered on a floppy disk.
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Stopping the federal IT security brain drain
To secure the talent they need, agencies must either find a way boost pay or fundamentally change the government-contractor relationship.
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Turning baseball jerseys into bullet-catchers
CBP leaders are interested in how wearables and the Internet of Things could come together to help create an automated picture of what law enforcement officers are going through.
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DISA unveils new cybersecurity review
The agency is adopting an agile, "outside-in" approach to assessing the security of the Department of Defense Information Network.
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Issa: Better standards needed for IoT
Rep. Darrell Issa joined industry and agency experts in urging a proactive approach to security and privacy standards for the Internet of Things.
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Is DHS' Einstein now blocking porn on federal networks?
Einstein 3 Accelerated is adding web content filtering to the arsenal of anti-malware defenses, and a side effect of the move could be to block pornography on agency computers.
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Presidential Advisers Recommend Countering Cyberattacks, Shootings with Big Data
On May 11, the top cyber leaders in the U.S. government will hear the advisers debate the recommendations.
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NIST looks to transform federal authentication
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is planning "transformational" changes to its technical guidelines for digital authentication.
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FTC seeks to patrol mobile patching
The regulator is taking a look at how mobile device manufacturers conduct periodic security updates.
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Leading by example: the federal CISO and cybersecurity collaboration
Signature-based security and outdated data strategies are just two of the challenges that need serious government-wide attention.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Reveal NFL Prospect Wearing Gas Mask Bong, Infect Mich. Utility’s Office Systems & Manipulate Students’ GPAs
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Ransomware Infects Michigan Utility Provider’s Business Systems
Energy // Michigan, United States
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Grades Manipulated in Illinois School District; Employee Placed On Leave
Education // Illinois, United States
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