Cybersecurity
DHS funds research into secure mobile tech
The department has awarded funds to universities and companies to develop next-generation tools for protecting mobile devices and data.
Cybersecurity
Army tries to speed cyber acquisition process
The Army is using an acquisition template known as the Information Technology Box to help it cope with cyberthreats.
Cybersecurity
Training program for vets focuses on analytics
Now working with its fourth class of students, NS2 Serves is teaching hard-to-hire veterans the data skills that government and industry desperately need.
Cybersecurity
Federal CIO: Cybersecurity Policies Lacked ‘Urgency’ Before OPM Hack
But it wasn't because there was a shortage of guidance, strategies and memos issued by the OMB.
Cybersecurity
Latest NIST security guide, open CRS, GSA spins up portal offerings and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Army Looks In-House for Cyberwarriors
All Army soldiers interested in participating in a year-long cyber operations training program should submit their applications by Monday.
Cybersecurity
22 Amendments That Could Determine the Fate of Senate's Cyber Bill
These amendments will get a vote if and when CISA comes up after recess.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Unveils New Rules Requiring Contractors to Disclose Data Breaches
Industry says the effort is at odds with a similar White House effort.
Cybersecurity
2 Easy Steps to Improve Privacy Policies
OK, they’re not so easy. But they would save us from the eternal amend-then-freak-out cycle
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Plans to Spend $132 Million on Credit Monitoring for DOD's OPM Hack Victims
The Office of Personnel Management is asking agencies to help share in the cost of offering identity-theft protection to hacked feds.
Cybersecurity
IARPA tries to predict the unpredictable
The agency is seeking information on methods for forecasting rare events and alternative ways of assessing such methods.
Cybersecurity
Video: Watch These Guys Hack an Electric Skateboard
How hackers could make you hang ten.
Cybersecurity
The Nation’s 24-Hour Cyber Watch Center Still Has Some Empty Seats
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center might have some communication challenges.
Cybersecurity
Labor CIO pushes back against critical IG report
Dawn Leaf defended the department's efforts to implement two-factor authentication and raised concerns about the 'completeness and accuracy' of the IG's findings.
Ideas
With a Major Cybersecurity Job Shortage, We Must Act Like We Are at War
The U.S. needs much more than the recent $14 billion cybersecurity budget increase to keep up with the bad guys.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Taint Wine Payments, Malign 8 Million Mums, and Pinch Fred’s Super Dollar Stores
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Thousands of Women’s Email Accounts Hacked at University of Rhode Island
Education // Rhode Island, United States
Digital Government
Bill Would Require Agencies to Keep Track of ‘Critical’ Cyber Workforce Shortages
The Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act would require agencies to use a cyber-jobs framework developed by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.
Cybersecurity
Web.com Customers: Check Your Credit Card Statements
Web Services // Florida, United States
Cybersecurity