Cybersecurity
Navy challenged by spear phishing, software patches
The less discriminate act of phishing is apparently a Defense Department-wide problem.
Digital Government
This DHS Computer System Will Cost $2 Billion More than HealthCare.gov
DHS has reversed course on software development strategies, leading the price tag to balloon, auditors said.
Cybersecurity
White House: IRS, OMB appropriations bill increases cyber risk
Republicans pointed out that the IRS has authority to reallocate some of its funding, and also criticized agency spending on employee bonuses and union activity.
Cybersecurity
CIS not so agile with agile
A GAO report says an inability to effectively implement agile and open source techniques contributed to delays and added a billion dollars to an immigration processing system's price tag.
Cybersecurity
Federal CIO: Cyber is ‘Our Most Important Mission Today’
Tony Scott said his mission "is to dramatically reduce the number of cyber incidents.”
Cybersecurity
Timeline: What We Know About the OPM Breach (UPDATED)
A recent hearing yielded new details about how hackers were able to make off with data on millions of current and former federal employees.
Cybersecurity
Passwords Aren't the Problem. You Are.
It’s abundantly clear that we are living in an era of profound data insecurity.
Cybersecurity
Dot-govs Score Points for Protecting Privacy but Poor Email Authentication Remains An Issue
Almost half of the websites evaluated have failed to adopt adequate email authentication technologies, according the seventh annual report from the Online Trust Alliance
Cybersecurity
OPM Data Breach Also Snares Hill Staffers
Both House and Senate employees were told Tuesday their personal information had been compromised.
Cybersecurity
Heated House Hearing Offers New Clues Into How Hackers Broke Into OPM Networks
Attackers made far greater headway into federal personnel systems than was first disclosed by the government.
Digital Government
Oversight Chairman: Obama Needs to Fire OPM Chief
“I think it’s time for them to resign, and if they don’t, I think the president should fire them,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz said of leadership at the Office of Personnel Management.
Cybersecurity
OPM Director Defends Cybersecurity Protocol in Wake of Massive Hack
The recent intrusion "may have been the most devastating cyberattack in our nation's history," House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz said.
Cybersecurity
FBI Investigates Whether St. Louis Cardinals Hacked Houston Astros
The alleged hacks center around former Cardinals executive Jeff Luhnow, who left the team to become the Astros general manager in 2011.
Cybersecurity
US and China are Two Top Botnet Attack Targets
The United States is both attacker and victim.
Cybersecurity
FirstNet RFP, Navy CIO and S&T on Facebook
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
DISA five-year plan treats cyber as warring domain
Defense Information Systems Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins says network operators need to adopt the "principles of war, whether it is maneuver, speed [or] surprise" to defend DOD networks.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers rip OPM's 'failure'
Members of Congress heaped hard questions on federal IT leaders at a June 16 hearing and suggested strongly that somebody needs to be fired.
Cybersecurity
Senate panel OKs cybersecurity funding
The fiscal 2016 DHS funding bill includes $1.638 billion for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, an increase of $135 million above fiscal 2015.
Cybersecurity