Cybersecurity
House Oversight Committee Probes Social Security’s Vulnerability to Hackers
Lawmakers want a copy of a recent penetration test of the agency’s networks.
Cybersecurity
Don’t Panic (For Now) About ISIS Hacking
The group’s cyberwarriors are underfunded and poorly organized, but a recent shakeup could signal a change.
Cybersecurity
Can investigators reverse engineer insider threats?
The idea is to use past insider threat incidents to stitch together profiles of future rogue employees.
Cybersecurity
More modern IT could keep SSA from mailing out Social Security numbers
The Social Security Administration's internal watchdog said modernization would help the agency keep personally identifiable information out of mailings to beneficiaries.
Digital Government
DHS to Tap Silicon Valley for Doggie Fitbits, Facial Recognition Tech
It’s the latest DHS effort to draw new brainpower and technology.
Cybersecurity
DHS set for new wave of IT hiring
DHS is developing an IT/cybersecurity-specific hiring fair, and the agency might take the show on the road.
Cybersecurity
House bill would carve out new powers for HHS CISO
Under a new bill proposed by Reps. Billy Long (R-Mo.) and Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), the chief information security officer at the Department of Health and Human Service would assume new authorities, outside the reporting structure of the CIO.
Cybersecurity
FBI will not share iPhone vulnerability in San Bernardino case
The decision casts new light on a review process that government officials say is rigorous and weighted toward disclosure but some critics contend is subject to manipulation.
Cybersecurity
Town halls aren't fixing DHS
Employees throughout the Homeland Security Department's diverse components are less engaged than feds in any other agency. Is it a leadership problem?
Cybersecurity
Senators Call on White House to Speed Up Cybersecurity Guidance
The current policy on the books dates back to 2000.
Cybersecurity
The FBI’s Most-Wanted Cybercrooks
The agency’s list is growing as foreign hackers continue to attack the U.S.
Cybersecurity
NIST looks to reengineer thinking about cyber
NIST is set to release an overhauled systems security engineering document it hopes will spur construction of better cybersecurity systems from the start.
Cybersecurity
Is the Transportation Department doing enough about auto cybersecurity?
GAO says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should determine how it would respond to a cyberattack on a high-tech car if it happened on the road.
Cybersecurity
When Will We Ever Learn? 92 Percent of Hacks Detected Months After the Fact
Ninety-two percent of all data breaches are detected by someone else besides the target.
Cybersecurity
Senator looks to counter botnets
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) teased plans for legislation against the scourge of botnets at a Georgetown appearance.
Cybersecurity
DARPA seeks to boost cyber attribution
DARPA wants to use biometrics and other tools to improve a key element of U.S. cyber deterrence strategy.
Cybersecurity
My Bad! Employee Slipups Lead to More Government Hacks Than Cyber Espionage
Often, the accidental breaches were discovered while in the process of dissecting intentional hacks.
Cybersecurity
FEMA tunes into social media for operations
FEMA is adding public-facing social media to the operational data streams used by its watch centers in civil emergencies.
Cybersecurity
Risky clicks continue to keep too many hackable
In its latest data breach report, Verizon's team lays out the tried-and-true methods hackers are using to own enterprises – and the ways enterprises can fight back.
Cybersecurity