Cybersecurity
Russia, China continue to pose cyber threat to U.S. networks
Top intelligence officials tell a Senate committee they remain wary of ever-growing cybersecurity risks.
Cybersecurity
Do You Have What It Takes to be the Federal Government’s Chief Information Security Officer?
Officials say they hope to hire and onboard the new infosec chief in the next 60 to 90 days
Cybersecurity
Obama establishes privacy council, cyber commission
Executive orders creating an interagency privacy council and a national commission on cybersecurity kick off President Barack Obama's final year of cyber policymaking.
Cybersecurity
Obama bemoans obsolete tech in budget request
The president put the federal government's portfolio of aging IT systems front and center in his final budget request to Congress.
Cybersecurity
Bureau of Industry and Security seeks CIO
The export control agency, which has had well-documented cybersecurity woes, is now hunting for a top technology official.
Cybersecurity
Obama’s 2017 Budget Boosts Cyber Spending by 35 Percent, Adds Federal CISO
The funding and personnel adjustments come after a year of constant disclosures about agency hacks.
Digital Government
White House Wants to Give Agencies New Pot of Money to Upgrade Legacy IT
The $3.1 billion revolving fund would be situated at the General Services Administration.
Cybersecurity
White House wants $19B for cyber in FY 2017
The Obama administration's proposed Cybersecurity National Action Plan for FY2017 includes $3.1B for IT modernization and a new federal chief information security officer.
Cybersecurity
White House plots privacy updates for 2016
OMB's privacy adviser hopes to advance on a number of documents, guidance and councils to bolster privacy efforts before a new administration takes office.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Doxx Fraternal Order of Police, Exploit Alibaba’s Cloud, and Bop TaxSlayer
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Attackers Doxx the Biggest U.S. Police Union
Government (U.S.) // Nonprofit // United States
Cybersecurity
ID Thieves Exploit Alibaba's Cloud to Speed Hack Attack
Web Services // Retailer // China
Cybersecurity
Contracting Docs: OPM Seeks to Tighten IT Security of Background Investigation Companies
OPM first inserted updated IT security clauses into existing contracts in April.
Cybersecurity
McCain exhorts Silicon Valley to play ball on 'going dark' issue
In a Feb. 5 op-ed, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman called industry executives' objections to weakening encryption "ideologically motivated and profit-driven, though not without merit."
Cybersecurity
New bill seeks to add agility to electronic warfare development
Two senators are calling for more funding flexibility for the Pentagon's electronic warfare programs.
Cybersecurity
Medicaid ID Theft in Louisiana Claims 13,000 Victims
Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Louisiana , United States
Cybersecurity
OPM Head Pledges to Help Resolve Mystery Over Who Spotted the Big Breach
OPM has maintained that agency employees uncovered the intrusion last spring while fortifying the agency's IT environment.
Cybersecurity
DHS plans expanded social media checks on Syrian refugees
Members of Congress are looking to DHS for a more complete regime of social media background checks on Syrian refugees looking to enter the U.S.
Cybersecurity