Cybersecurity
Here's what VA's decisive new CIO has planned
LaVerne Council is preparing to reveal a new cybersecurity strategy and an overall direction for IT operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Cybersecurity
Government’s Cyber Education Programs Need Reboot
The government should encourage more hands-on education and incident-based testing at the colleges and universities that help fill the pipeline of cyber talent.
Cybersecurity
The thin line between military and civilian cyber defense
U.S. Cyber Command's charge includes working with the Department of Homeland Security to defend critical infrastructure from a cyberattack, and that collaboration is very much a work in progress.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog Duo Wants to Move Security Clearance Data Out of OPM
“Simply put, OPM was not designed to house and protect this sensitive data,” the lawmakers say.
Cybersecurity
Grassley tries to revive 'going dark' legislative fix
The Obama administration may have shelved a legislative plan to force firms to decrypt communications, but Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley is not having it.
Cybersecurity
FITARA architect wants to run the House, new tech at FCC and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Chinese Hackers Hit Corporate Network of Samsung’s Mobile Payment Subsidiary
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Cybersecurity
NDAA would change cyber acquisition, Gross tapped for CIO post at FDIC and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
FBI: ‘Dozens’ of Terror Suspects Have Used Encryption to Hide from Law Enforcement
“I’m surprised if it is only a couple dozen people,” says Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson.
Cybersecurity
House Inspector General: 'Everybody' Needs to Fight in the Current Cyberwar
The country is in the middle of a cyberwar and needs everyone's help, said House IG Theresa Grafenstine.
Cybersecurity
Are our ports protected from cyber pirates?
The Coast Guard looks to get ports and shipping companies talking about the inevitable cyber threats they face.
Cybersecurity
DARPA still seeking to lay foundation for cybersecurity
The Pentagon's research arm wants to take "whole classes of vulnerabilities" off the table when it comes to cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
How to Boost DHS Cyber Division Morale? Change Its Name.
The title -- National Protection and Programs Directorate -- does not jive with the division's purpose, explains Suzanne Spaulding, undersecretary of the ill-named directorate.
Cybersecurity
Name change, new org chart feature in NPPD reorg
A key DHS component plans to combine protection of cyber and physical infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
After USPS Phishing Hack, Audit Shows Postal Workers Still Click on Links
Aquarter of agency employees fell for a simulated email scheme, according to an internal watchdog.
Cybersecurity
FirstNet Team Issues List of Cyber Concerns
The nationwide public safety broadband network should be protected against cyberattack, but "not at the expense of public safety users’ ability to use the network," the new notice says.
Cybersecurity