Cybersecurity
FBI and DHS Warn of Security Risks from the Internet of Things
Wearables, thermostats and insulin dispensers and other everyday objects are not hack proof.
Cybersecurity
How OPM hopes to cultivate cyber talent
A partnership with truED allows feds to take online courses at substantially reduced rates.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Spy on UK for ISIS, Eavesdrop on Cal State Sex Assault Class, and Hijack Energy Dept. Systems
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Insurance Plan Excellus BCBS Announces 19-Month-Old Hack Attack
Healthcare and Public Health
Cybersecurity
Hackers Entered Energy Department Computers More than 150 Times
Energy // Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Breach Exposes Relationship Info on Pupils in Cal State Sexual Harassment Course
Education // Web Services
Cybersecurity
The Answers to These 8 Questions Could Solve Government's Cyber Woes
One week left to submit ideas.
Emerging Tech
No Touching: Agencies Could Soon Collect Fingerprints from Hand Waves
"Contactless fingerprinting" is seen as more hygienic than ink and paper or computer pads.
Modernization
All the Ways the Government Can Use Your Phone to Watch You
If law enforcement officers want to surveil your cellphone, they have two ways to do it.
Cybersecurity
OMB readies next phase of cyber sprint plan
The follow-on to the cyber sprint that came after the OPM hack might mandate that, by the end of fiscal 2016, all agencies use Internet service providers signed onto Einstein 3A.
Cybersecurity
The coming private cyber 'war'
Will U.S. companies, fed up with getting hacked and not getting the government backup they want, launch cyberattacks against foreign actors – and would that qualify as “warfare”?
Cybersecurity
City of Boston License Plate Reader Data Was Inadvertently Accessible to the Public
Government (U.S.) // Massachusetts, United States
Digital Government
The FBI’s Charm Offensive on Encryption
“The FBI is not an alien force imposed on the American people,” the agency’s director says, as feds clash with Silicon Valley over encryption standards.
Cybersecurity
Intelligence Chief: OPM Hack Was Not a ‘Cyberattack’
The intrusion of OPM networks did not involve the destruction or manipulation of data.
Digital Government
Streamlining CISA: Senate May Limit Amendments to Cyber Bill
Sen. Dianne Feinstein said cutting down on the agreed-upon package of amendments could help with timing in a busy season.
Cybersecurity
Plan for Responding to Barrage of Agency Hacks Coming this Fall, Federal CIO Says
The new recommendations will build on the 30-day “cybersecurity sprint” mandated by the White House this summer.
Cybersecurity
Intel chiefs say cyber norms, deterrence strategy still elusive
DNI James Clapper told lawmakers that absent a clear U.S. cyber deterrence policy, hacks of the magnitude of the OPM intrusion will continue.
Cybersecurity
Full dollar cost of OPM breach still a giant unknown
When you add up credit monitoring costs and cybersecurity spending, fallout from the OPM breach could potentially rocket past $1 billion. How much will be well spent? And what unknown costs are lurking?
Cybersecurity