Cybersecurity
Clinton calls for 'Manhattan-like project' on encryption
Clinton has elevated her voice among current and former Obama administration officials warning of the potentially dire consequences of "going dark."
Cybersecurity
Can the U.S. push the world to accept cyber norms?
As international cyber norms take shape at a slow pace, experts consider how individual nations can lead, follow and take matters into their own hands.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Chief Didn't Violate Governmentwide Ban on Using Personal Email for Business
Using personal email while carrying out government business is an issue that’s come up repeatedly in recent months.
Cybersecurity
Clinton Campaign Voter Records Breached; Hackers Invade Juniper Networks, & Pickpocket Bubba Gump Patrons
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Ideas
5 Cyber Risk Trends for 2016
These are the top themes CIOs and CISOs should have on their radar in the new year.
Cybersecurity
Payment Thieves Breach Restaurateur That Owns Bubba Gump, Morton's, Others
Food and Beverage // United States
Cybersecurity
Sanders Staff Improperly Accessed Clinton Voter Data at Length
Nonprofit // United States
Cybersecurity
Security Bugs in Widely-Used Juniper System Might Have Been Planted by Foreigners
Defense Industrial Base // Financial Services // Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Manufacturing // Social Media // Technology // Telecommunications // Web Services // Washington, DC, United States
Digital Government
10 Tech Takeaways in $1 Trillion Funding Bill
There are 423 references to “cyber” in the 2,000 page bill.
Cybersecurity
Bernie Sanders Has His Own Computer Scandal: A Data Breach Exposed Hillary’s Secret Info
The consequences of the glitch—which originated with Democratic campaign vendor NGP-VAN—could prove devastating to Sanders.
Cybersecurity
Audit finds Navy installations still vulnerable
Navy officials did not properly tap the National Crime Information Center when screening certain contractors, the IG concluded in a November report that was released in full on Dec. 18.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Bill Boosts DHS Cyberthreat Sharing but Critics Fear Backdoor to NSA Surveillance
The $1.1 trillion spending bill creates an instant information-sharing regime housed at DHS.
Cybersecurity
Privacy Groups Blast Cyber-Sharing Included in Omnibus Spending Bill
Congress is about to take its biggest step yet to bolster cybersecurity, but many fear it could expand surveillance.
Digital Government
FBI Director Says San Bernardino Shooters Didn’t Post Public Social Media Messages
The attackers sent messages, but they were private and couldn’t have been caught by intelligence.
Cybersecurity
DHS cybersecurity office appeals to industry for innovation
DHS looks for industry to help keep up cyber defense programs like Einstein and CDM.
Cybersecurity
More collaboration with tech companies needed to counter Islamic State online
The State Department is continuing its efforts to undermine the Islamic State online, now that militants prefer to use private and sometimes encrypted communications rather than public-facing social media.
Cybersecurity
Defense chief used personal email for official business
The revelation raises questions about the security of information handled by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and revives concerns about email security practices in the Obama administration.
Cybersecurity
Info-sharing bill's advance is a landmark for DHS
The inclusion of cybersecurity information-sharing legislation in an omnibus package is a milestone in the Department of Homeland Security's evolving collaboration with the private sector on cyber.
Cybersecurity