Modernization
Your Phone Knows What You Watch on TV
Silverpush creates inaudible signals between devices to serve you more targeted ads.
Cybersecurity
IG finds lapses in DHS IT security
An audit of fiscal 2015 information security practices noted progress but found that DHS components did not maintain their security programs on a continuous, year-round basis.
Digital Government
Should Anonymous Hack the Islamic State’s PlayStations?
Anonymous arguably brings a great technical expertise and reach to the online war.
Cybersecurity
CMU denies working for the FBI in targeting Tor users
Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute released a statement vaguely denying Tor's claim that the FBI paid the institute $1 million to de-anonymize users.
Cybersecurity
Getting government ready for the Internet of Things
A new study urges agencies to embrace the IoT while also instituting adequate security and privacy protections.
Cybersecurity
This ISIS-Endorsed Encryption Contractor Says It Will Now Screen Who's Buying Its Services
The goal is to stop terrorists from using stolen credit cards bought off the online black market, and entering bogus physical addresses to register for encryption services.
Cybersecurity
Is it time to regulate the automotive Internet?
Despite sensational media reports about cyber vulnerabilities, Congress and federal officials appear to be in the slow lane when it comes to regulating connected cars.
Cybersecurity
Education Contractor Withheld Data from Cyber Investigators
The company had signed an agreement with the Education Department to provide access to their systems but says the government’s request is too broad.
Digital Government
Why Restricting Encryption Would Not Have Prevented the Paris Attack
... despite what intelligence officials from multiple countries are saying.
Cybersecurity
DISA chief: We're in 'an economic cyber cold war'
The U.S. government is fighting at least a two-front cyber war involving the daily fending off of millions of attacks on defense networks and the slow-burn of economic espionage, according to a top Pentagon official.
Ideas
3 Steps to Slash the Risk of Insider Threats
Agencies need to think of security across three areas: phsyical, technical and behavioral.
Digital Government
Senators Investigate Role of Encryption in Paris Attacks
Lawmakers want to know whether encryption allowed the attackers to keep their communications covert.
Digital Government
Federal CIO: More than 10,000 Openings for Cyber Pros in the Federal Government
Tony Scott said he's turning his focus to broader challenges, such as recruiting technology talent.
Cybersecurity
Why Aren't Terrorists Committing More Cyberattacks?
They are wreaking enough havoc without cyberattacks, so they may not think they need them, said Tricia Bacon, former counterterrorism official for the State Department.
Cybersecurity
Paris attacks revive 'going dark' concerns
The terrorist attacks in Paris have rekindled a debate in the United States about law enforcement access to end-to-end encryption on mobile devices.
Cybersecurity
Here's An Account of Security Holes at the $1 Trillion Education Dept. Bank
Government watchdogs at a Tuesday congressional hearing counted the ways in which the department is putting the identities and finances of students and their parents in jeopardy.
Cybersecurity
For Microsoft, Government Data Breaches a Chance to Pivot into Cyber
In a keynote for federal customers in Washington, CEO Satya Nadella attempted to distance the company from security vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
Administration bows out of classified Hill briefing on OPM hack
A scheduled Capitol Hill briefing on the Office of Personnel Management hack didn't happen because of a dispute over transcription.
Cybersecurity
OPM, DHS, White House Declined to Brief House Armed Services Panel on Historic Hack
The conversation would have been documented for the record.
Digital Government