Cybersecurity
Online Investment Startup Nutmeg Exposes Customer Financials in Email Goof
Financial Services // UK
Cybersecurity
New Hatch Act rules affect feds on social media, DOT faces cyber audit and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Time for agencies to tell OMB about high-value assets
The federal CIO pushed hard deadlines in his Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan. To meet the first, agencies had to grapple with the question: 'What’s a high-value asset?'
Cybersecurity
What does Tor's allegation against the FBI mean for computer research?
The Web anonymity service's allegation that the FBI paid researchers to unmask Tor users has alarmed some cryptographers and raises questions about the collaborative relationship between law enforcement and security researchers.
Cybersecurity
So many chiefs, so little coordination
The growing number of roles with "chief" in the title are complicating governance and security efforts, especially when they bypass the CIO.
Cybersecurity
Why shadow BYOD is your next big problem
Mobile might not be the most serious security risk, but it needs far more attention than it has been getting.
Cybersecurity
Cyber ‘War Games’ against China, Iran and North Korea Set for 2016
The drills are expected to run uniformed service members, civilians and contractors through the motions of staving off a cyber assault.
Cybersecurity
OPM’s $20 Million Contract for Post-Hack ID Protection Violated Federal Contracting Rules
Investigators found “significant deficiencies” in the process of awarding of the contract to Winvale Group and its subcontractor CSID, according to OPM IG Patrick McFarland.
Modernization
Where Americans Can Be Tracked Without a Warrant
Can cops look at cellphone-location records without a warrant? It depends where you live.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon purges HTML from .mil emails
The Pentagon is tightening the screws on its campaign to improve email security. Get ready for a return to plain text.
Cybersecurity
AT&T on board for Einstein, U.S.-U.K.run joint financial cyber exercise and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Congress Demands $200 Million Antivirus Scan of Connected Weapons
The Defense Department must update lawmakers on progress during quarterly cyber operations briefings.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Seek Health Care Breach Answers
A bipartisan group of senators have reached out to HHS for information on how it is handling the spike in data breaches at health care organizations.
Cybersecurity
What a big Navy breach taught the Army
The Army had been paying close attention to the Navy's operation to drive Iranian hackers from the unclassified portion of the service's intranet.
Cybersecurity
Why candidates are missing the point on cyber
Hacking China back is not the solution to American cyber vulnerability, experts warn. Voters need to start demanding that presidential candidates take a deeper look at the issue.
Cybersecurity
OPM gets cyber hiring nod, DISA moves on classified mobile and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Review of IronKey W700: A Portable Computer on a Stick for Security-Minded Agencies
It wasn’t too long ago key drives were seen only as a danger to the security of federal networks. Not anymore.
Cybersecurity
OPM Hunting for Second New Cyber Official Since the Big Hack
The position marks the second new OPM information security role created since the agency disclosed the breach in June.
Cybersecurity
Apple CEO on Encryption: 'Any Back Door is a Back Door for Everyone'
Apple advocates for encryption that not even it can break.
Cybersecurity