Cybersecurity
OPM Hackers Stole Data on Every Federal Employee
The breach compromised the personal information of millions of government workers.
Cybersecurity
Integrated acquisition, agile procurement and defense tech spending
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Senate Dems to McConnell: Tying Hacking Measure With Defense Bill Is 'Ridiculous'
“This is a pure political ploy that does nothing to advance America’s national security.”
Cybersecurity
Mobile pushes changes in biometric identifiers
Evolving biometrics should be more difficult to spoof, but they present challenges for accuracy and privacy.
Cybersecurity
McCain touts DOD/Silicon Valley ties, RAND ponders cyber reputations, and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Senators: End sequester to pay for cybersecurity
OPM's fiscal 2016 request of $272 million includes $21 million for finishing network upgrades begun in fiscal 2014.
Ideas
OPM Hack: Why Email Notification Makes a Bad Situation Even Worse
By using a third party to manage data breach communication, OPM has now, in essence, provided phishers with a blueprint for creating an attack.
Cybersecurity
Army fights a two-front cyber war
The Army has been testing weapon systems for sophisticated cyber threats, but it was an attack on its public website that underscored the breadth of the challenge facing defense agencies.
Cybersecurity
How OPM Can Find Its Missing Data on the Dark Web
The best way to recover from breaches is to assume that they’re inevitable — and start looking for your data before you know it’s gone.
Cybersecurity
It's Costing OPM $20 Million to Contact Hacked Feds
OPM issued a solicitation to identity theft protection companies a week before disclosing a hack that exposed private information on millions of current and former federal employees.
Cybersecurity
McConnell to Pair Cybersecurity Measure With Defense Bill
Privacy advocates still fear the information-sharing bill could lead to more NSA spying.
Ideas
Here's What You Can Do to Secure Your Network as the Internet of Everything Nears
A “network as a sensor” approach can help IT security teams leverage mobile, cloud and IoE endpoints to increase transparency.
Cybersecurity
Execs think their networks are safe (they’re not)
New survey shows that CEOs, CIOs and CISOs might have the wrong idea about how secure their networks really are.
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