Ideas
Top 10 Reasons to Invest in the Human Element of Cybersecurity
Organizations must prioritize people if they are to see a greater return on their cybersecurity investment.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Abscond with Florida Hospital Records, Release Sex Video of Gay Teacher; DC Special Ed Student Data Leaked
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
DC Displayed Private Information on 12,000 Students with Disabilities
Education // Washington, DC, United States
Cybersecurity
Brother-Sister Email Exchanges Breached Washington Medicaid Patient Data
Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Washington, United States
Cybersecurity
Gay Teacher Fired after Hacker Leaks a Sex Video
Education // Web Services // Arkansas, United States
Cybersecurity
Secretary Suspected of Absconding with Miami-Dade Hospital Records
Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Florida, United States
Cybersecurity
Obama’s War on Hackers
The federal action plan calls for a new commission, public service campaigns, and funds for replacing old, insecurable government IT.
Ideas
Encryption Debate: The Issue Isn’t Strong Crypto; It’s Easy Crypto
The encryption debate is poised to intensify this year.
Cybersecurity
FBI budget calls for doubling of 'Going Dark' funding
The FBI’s fiscal 2017 request includes $69.3 million to address the challenge that end-to-end encryption and Web anonymity pose to law enforcement -- more than double its request from fiscal 2016.
Cybersecurity
VA seeks more than $100M in new cyber funding
The VA's tech budget request includes a big increase for cyber, as well as money for shared services and health record interoperability.
Cybersecurity
DHS rethinks privacy in cyber analytics
The Department of Homeland Security's Privacy Office offers recommendations for basic privacy best practices for in cybersecurity software that uses analytics to track malicious activity on computer networks.
Cybersecurity
DHS Chief Promises to Expand Social Media Screening, Plans 'Aggressive' Rollout of Cyber Protections
Johnson talked social media, biometrics and cybersecurity at his annual State of Homeland Security address.
Cybersecurity
No slack in reforms as DHS chief's tenure winds down
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said he won't slack off on cybersecurity and management reforms at his agency in his last year on the job.
Cybersecurity
The Black Market for Netflix Accounts
Hackers are stealing Netflix passwords and selling them for mere cents on the Dark Web.
Cybersecurity
White House defends Einstein firewall
A Government Accountability Office audit found flaws in the Einstein intrusion-detection system, but White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel defended the program.
Cybersecurity
Hurd sees promise in revolving IT fund but wants agencies to carry the ball
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) welcomed the administration's cybersecurity budget and IT modernization efforts but said it is up to agencies to make the most of them.
Cybersecurity
Labor misses deadline to bid cyber contract, re-ups with Accenture
According to contracting documents, the Labor Department needs Accenture to maintain its cyber defenses in the midst of the ongoing governmentwide cybersecurity sprint.
Cybersecurity
Crooks Tricked This IRS System into Providing False IDs
The malware successfully obtained 101,000 PINs last month.
Cybersecurity
IRS targeted in bot attack
Using stolen Social Security numbers, hackers attempted to generate hundreds of thousands of e-filing PINs.
Digital Government