Cybersecurity
Ground rules for improving federal cybersecurity
In today’s complex cybersecurity environment, these three elements form the foundation of agencies’ ability to defend networks and data.
Cybersecurity
OMB cyber group meeting with a dozen agencies on steps to improve security
New oversight program targets slow progress on two-factor authentication and other cybersecurity practices.
Cybersecurity
White House Orders All Federal Sites Go HTTPS By the End of 2016
Today, most of the federal government's roughly 1,200 websites use HTTP technology, which exposes website content, browser format, search terms and other user information to eavesdroppers.
Digital Government
Syrian Electronic Army Claims Hack of Army Website
The Army’s official website was inaccessible Monday afternoon.
Cybersecurity
RIP, HTTP
Federal websites will be required to tack on the "s" for "secure" by the end of next year.
Cybersecurity
Syrian hackers say they knocked army.mil offline
The Pentagon acknowledged the hack, but did not confirm the attacker.
Cybersecurity
OPM records the 'Holy Grail' of counter-intelligence
'Very old systems' and a lot of valuable, unencrypted data left millions vulnerable, despite the application of interior and perimeter defenses.
Cybersecurity
We Need an International Law of Cyberspace
The level and breadth of cyber exploitations suggests a world in which actors are engaged in a race to the bottom of every data well they think might be useful for their own purposes.
Cybersecurity
Why Did China Hack Federal Employees' Data?
Officials think the massive data breach revealed this week is part of an effort to build a database of U.S. government workers.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Outwit Global Financial Body and Love Seeing ISIS in NYC
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Ex-Russian Cop Leading a Double Life in Australia Snooped on Girlfriend Using a Police Database
Government (Foreign) // Australia
Cybersecurity
Sen. Pat Leahy Denounces Alarmists Over Latest Massive Cyberattack
“You'd almost think ISIS was marching up Pennsylvania Avenue during this last debate, if we didn't pass it immediately,” the Vermont Democrat said.
Cybersecurity
OPM Hackers Skirted Cutting-Edge Intrusion Detection System, Official Says
The technology, EINSTEIN 3, is not designed to catch malware never been seen before, experts say.
Cybersecurity
Government Pwned: A Recent History of Hacks
The OPM hack certainly isn't the first -- or the last -- breach to happen to government.
Cybersecurity
Before Breach, OPM Requested Millions of Dollars to Upgrade Network Security
OPM's request budgeted funds to "implement and sustain" network upgrades.
Cybersecurity
Security experts: OPM breach shows Einstein isn't enough
Post-mortems on the OPM hack show that former officials agree on one thing: that Einstein 3 and CDM, cornerstones of federal civilian cyber defense, need to be enhanced.
Cybersecurity
OPM Says Massive Data Breach May Affect 4 Million Federal Employees
OPM says it detected a cyber intrusion in April.
Cybersecurity
4 million feds exposed in massive OPM breach
U.S. officials reportedly suspect China’s involvement in the hack.
Cybersecurity