Cybersecurity
OPM Hiring IT Staff to Work on Cyber Upgrades
The agency that suffered three big data breaches needs $170,000 project managers to move forward with a computer upgrade.
Cybersecurity
Hillary Clinton: China Hacks Into 'Everything That Doesn’t Move'
The former secretary of state accused China of stealing large amounts of government information.
Cybersecurity
FBI Director James Comey Says He’s ‘Not a Maniac’ About Encryption
Previewing a round of testimony before Congress later this week, James Comey warned that too-tough-to-crack encryption allows bad actors to “communicate with impunity.”
Cybersecurity
The private-sector focus of the Pentagon's annual cyber exercise
"Participants rehearsed a whole-of-nation response to destructive cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure," according to the Pentagon's official news service.
Cybersecurity
The quest for command and control in cyberspace
Since the U.S. military declared cyberspace an operational domain in 2011, it has been a question of how and when, not if, the Pentagon will organize its capabilities.
Cybersecurity
ICE names new CIO
Michael Brown, an IT executive in DHS's CIO office, will take over as CIO at Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 26.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Spy on Federal Investigator, Get Into Harvard Illegally and Email Themselves School Secrets
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Contractors Rank Below Retailers and Banks When it Comes to Cybersecurity
Pentagon suppliers score below hacked retailers and banks on cyber defense, according to industry-developed metrics.
Cybersecurity
Attackers Breached Systems Serving 8 Harvard Colleges and Offices
Education // Massachusetts, United States
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