Cybersecurity
BlackBerry joins cyber alliance, FBI opens biometric tech center and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Bill to Criminalize Revenge Porn Coming After Recess
Lawmakers led by Rep. Jackie Speier want to outlaw nonconsensual porn, but they'll be up against opposition from free-speech advocates.
Cybersecurity
A season for cyber
A big cybersecurity bill awaits the Senate in September, and several other information-security measures are in the pipeline.
Cybersecurity
Sprint leaders take a modest lap
Two agencies stood above the rest at the end of the federal cyber sprint, and one of them was the agency at the center of the cybersecurity maelstrom.
Cybersecurity
White House Details Draft Contractor Data Breach Rules
Feel free to weigh in on GitHub, the code-sharing site.
Cybersecurity
Obama Asks for 72 Percent Raise in IRS Cyber Funding to Combat ID Thieves
White House proposes pushing $242 million into agency data analysis, IT controls and victim support, among other things.
Cybersecurity
Decrypting outbound data a key to security
Decrypting and inspecting network traffic is still a work in progress for federal agencies, according to F5 Networks' Randy Wood.
Cybersecurity
NIST identifies objectives for cyber standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is proposing four broad objectives as the foundation for international standards in cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
Booking a satellite, busting on executive orders and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Someone At DEF CON Made a Drone That Hacks Computers
You can buy it for $2,500 — and turn it into a flying malware injector.
Cybersecurity
Report: China's Spies Read Top US Officials' Private Emails
The intrusion is still going on, a senior official told NBC News.
Digital Government
Hackers to Military: Replace Us With Robots? Ha!
Next year’s Cyber Grand Challenge event will pit humans against machines in a grand hacking war. DEF CON’s war gamers like their chances.
Cybersecurity
DARPA looks to strengthen software
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to develop software "that is inherently resilient to attack."
Cybersecurity
DHS cyber appointments, email hacking, NSF grants and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
NARA's new FOIA ombudsman settles in
James Holzer moved to the National Archives from the Department of Homeland Security, where he served as senior director of FOIA operations.
Emerging Tech
How Uber Could Contribute to the Future of Spycraft
DNI has quietly released an unprecedented, unclassified 5-year roadmap charting the future of data analysis.
Cybersecurity