Cybersecurity
Network maps, moisture maps and stalled job growth
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
White House plugs plan to boost immigration IT
The U.S. Digital Service wants to bring a more intuitive process and consistent look and feel to online immigration applications.
Cybersecurity
DOD looks to new analytics center to tackle insider threat
The Defense Insider Threat Management and Analysis Center is meant to be predictive rather than reactive, with the help of advances in big data.
Modernization
Do Encrypted Phones Threaten National Security?
A legislator compares manufacturing devices with strong, end-to-end encryption to dumping toxic waste in a stream.
Cybersecurity
After Dodging the Bullet that Hit OPM, Interior ‘Owns’ Up to Cyber Problem
Department CIO Sylvia Burns was horrified to learn another agency's database was hacked inside her IT facility.
Cybersecurity
Why are Government Contractors Cutting Their Cybersecurity Budgets?
The majority of large firms also decreased their overall IT spending, the survey showed.
Cybersecurity
Machine-Only Hacking Competition Produces 7 Finalists
The lucky few emerged after a full day's worth of a rapid-fire game of capture the flag.
Cybersecurity
OPM's shift in security posture raises labor law questions
OPM did not give unions a chance to bargain over the cutting off of social media and personal email accounts.
Cybersecurity
Your Data Is Compromised. (Yes, Yours.) What Now?
"Everybody's data is at risk and vulnerable, and has probably been compromised multiple times, if they're an adult."
Cybersecurity
CSIS, lawmakers launch cyber task force for next president
The new task force will take note of progress since the last one seven years ago, and make recommendations for executive action for whoever is elected in 2016.
Cybersecurity
Interior IT flaws didn't lead to hack, says CIO
While Interior's IT woes didn't lead directly to a breach, an IG report said security flaws continue to plague the department.
Cybersecurity
Physical security tech goes nuclear
Sandia Labs' SecuritySeal device for locking down nuclear materials can also secure more everyday items.
Cybersecurity
House Panel Dents Budget for Cyber Tool That Scoped out OPM Breaches
Citing proposed pay raise costs and concerns about contracts for the EINSTEIN tool, lawmakers pass $5 million reduction.
Digital Government
How Much Damage Can OPM Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints?
The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said.
Cybersecurity
OPM Says 84,000 Hack Victims Still Not Notified
Are you affected? There’s a hotline to call.
Cybersecurity
Transportation Command upbeat in cyber progress report
Ten months after a Senate Armed Services Committee report faulted Transportation Command's cyber posture, the commander and his potential successor said progress has been made.
Cybersecurity
House bill would halve digital services request at DHS
The administration wants to use a tech team to fast-track better immigration data reporting, but the House is holding the line on funding
Cybersecurity
Here’s Everything the White House Says It’s Done on Cyber in 2015
The administration’s 30-day cybersecurity sprint officially wrapped up Sunday.
Digital Government