Cybersecurity
HHS mirrors Google, bank regulators' IT shortcomings and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Why Americans Don’t Trust the Government to Safeguard Their Data
Many consumers do not have much faith in federal agencies keeping their personal information safe, according to a new report.
Ideas
After the OPM Breach, It’s Time for IT Organizations to be Accountable
Modernized technology and formal standards like FISMA won’t be enough -- mindsets must change, too.
Cybersecurity
California Employee Faces Charges over College Hack and Drug Possession
Education // California, United States
Cybersecurity
DHS Alerts Public to OPM-Related Phishing Scams
Emails claiming to come from the agency and contractor CSID might be after money, U.S. secrets or both, say experts.
Cybersecurity
VA CIO: OPM Breach Is a Lesson for All Employees
VA defends against 55,000 new malware variants every day, according to the agency.
Cybersecurity
Is the White House Skirting Governmentwide Cybersecurity Rules?
The White House’s unclassified networks were breached by hackers last fall.
Cybersecurity
e-QIP fallout and more phishing schemes
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Warren: Cyber won't suffer in VA budget crunch
Acting VA tech head Steph Warren says malware attempts are trending down from a peak in March, a result of the wider use of Einstein 3.
Cybersecurity
Halvorsen's Silicon Valley trip shakes up JRSS
An RFP for Joint Regional Security Stacks software will ask vendors to incorporate big-data analytics capabilities that DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen observed firsthand in Silicon Valley.
Digital Government
State Department Posts Back Online after Tech Glitch Snarls Visas
A hardware bug corrupted the agency’s database used for processing biometric information.
Cybersecurity
Why the Lawsuit Against OPM over the Massive Data Breach Faces an Uphill Battle
Demonstrating damages have been suffered will be the challenge, legal experts say.
Digital Government
Nextgov Prime 2015 to Shine Spotlight on Cybersecurity and Data
The event will give federal IT influencers insight into the top challenges of managing, leveraging and securing data and tackling emerging cyberthreats in 2015 and beyond.
Digital Government
Court Revives Defunct NSA Mass Surveillance Program
NSA’s phone dragnet is back—for now.
Cybersecurity
OPM May Announce Size of Second Data Breach Next Week
The embattled federal agency is planning to reveal details about a breach of security-clearance information as soon as early next week, according to Hill sources.
Cybersecurity
Federal Employee Union Sues Over OPM Hack, Citing Financial and Emotional Distress
Agency Director Katherine Archuleta and CIO Donna Seymour are named in the class action lawsuit.
Cybersecurity
Contractors Hacked Other Contractors and Agencies for Financial Gain
Government (U.S.) // Technology // United States
Cybersecurity
DHS Group Wants Homeland Security to Share Database of Cyber Incidents with Private Sector
The effort builds on a 2015 White House executive order encouraging more cyberthreat information sharing between the public and private sectors.
Digital Government
After Hack, Officials Pull Plug on Pentagon and OPM Background Check Systems
A vulnerability in an OPM tool that links to the Pentagon system was discovered during a probe.
Modernization