Cybersecurity
IG Report: OPM Still Struggles with IT Security
The IG report identified persistent security weaknesses.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: Critical Infrastructure Needs More Cyber Metrics
Most sector-specific agencies still need to develop metrics to evaluate their critical infrastructure sectors' cybersecurity progress, GAO said.
Cybersecurity
IG: State lax on information security
A newly released audit concludes that the State Department is not complying with federal information security standards and has failed to fully implement a continuous monitoring strategy.
Cybersecurity
DHS wants large-crowd simulator
Officials have announced their intention to engage in a sole-source procurement of Regal Evac, which simulates and evaluates evacuation plans.
Cybersecurity
Former Chinese Journalist Leaks List of State-Censored Words
Government (Foreign) // Media // China
Cybersecurity
New Counterintelligence Strategy: Focus on Cyber
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's new strategy aims to detect, mitigate and prevent cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Worry Malicious Hackers Could Take Control of Your Car
The House oversight committee held a hearing about potential cybercrime in connected cars.
Cybersecurity
IG: OPM still vulnerable to cyber attacks
The Office of Personnel Management's lack of compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act leaves it vulnerable to another cyberattack, according to an audit from the agency's internal watchdog.
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