Cybersecurity
Inside the CIA's new Digital Directorate
The CIA's brand new Directorate for Digital Innovation brings together the spy agency's CIO shop, cyber capabilities, and open source intelligence.
Cybersecurity
IT Insecurity: Aggressive use of security solutions
To avoid massive data breaches in the future, the government must address its cumbersome acquisition process and misguided IT security practices.
Cybersecurity
Feds Call Cyber Information Sharing ‘Ineffective,’ Study Finds
This finding is one of several grim conclusions in an independently conducted study on the state of cybersecurity at all levels of government.
Cybersecurity
Who’s Really in Charge of Federal Cybersecurity and Is It Time for a White House CISO?
High-profile cyber incidents haven’t led to a grand rethink of the government’s cyber org chart.
Cybersecurity
Nationwide ‘Suspicious Activity’ Files Now Document Sketchy Online Activity
The post-9/11 counterterrorism surveillance program is now collecting reports of suspicious activity across the Internet.
Cybersecurity
Time to consider the 'hack-back' strategy?
The U.S. government may have legal access to some surprisingly dirty cyber tactics -- and in order to stave off future hacks, it may need to use them.
Cybersecurity
Clinton aide wanted to go public about State's 'antiquated' tech
After leaving government, former top State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter wanted to blow the whistle on shadow IT to get more funding for better tech.
Cybersecurity
5 things agencies get wrong about infosec
A GAO report finds persistent weaknesses in how federal agencies protect their data and their IT systems.
Digital Government
Pentagon’s Lack of Cyber Policy Illegal, McCain Says
Senators pressed Defense and intelligence officials on rules of war for cyberspace at a Tuesday hearing
Cybersecurity
‘Inconsistent’ Scores Mar Annual Cyber Report Card, GAO Says
IG inspections of agencies’ cybersecurity practices may not tell the whole story.
Cybersecurity
IT insecurity and the need for better management
Effective implementation of FITARA is the government’s best hope to address decades of mismanagement and make IT systems more secure.
Cybersecurity
Senate panel skeptical about U.S.-China cyber accord
Intel and defense chiefs defend the administration's cyber deal with China, but key lawmakers are skeptical.
Cybersecurity
Time for U.S. to gut 'malware kingpins'
Experts say the military needs to think in revolutionary terms about cyber warfare and adopt preemptive tactics -- but not act unilaterally.
Cybersecurity
Government Losing Your Personal Information? Keep It To Yourself, Reps Say.
A bill introduced this month would truncate Social Security numbers on common tax forms.
Cybersecurity
Shutdown guide, CTO study, US/UK cyber ties and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Hires Investigators to Find Hacked Feds
A tool for determining why mail notifications are returned must be running by Oct. 9 and a website for individuals to check if they're affected by the breach must be running by Nov. 17.
Cybersecurity
For NGA, key to open source might be embracing uncertainty
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has made a point of hitching its operations to the boom in open source data. The next step could be philosophical -- a willingness to accept uncertainty.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Stay at Hilton & Trick Lunch Lady into Exposing Students, While Workers Lose Child Mental Health Records
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Ban encryption? Don't believe the hype
Efforts to weaken encryption are misguided and will do nothing to protect individuals or national security.
Digital Government