Cybersecurity
Congress Wants Companies Facing Cyberattacks to Share Data, and it‘s Not a Moment Too Soon
A longstanding reluctance to share information about cybersecurity threats and defensive measures has limited our ability to form teams of good guys.
Cybersecurity
Navy Needs Help Making Sure Its Drones are Hack-Proof
Aerial weapons systems were not expected to become part of the so-called Internet of Things.
Cybersecurity
Making the business case for DHS S&T
Industry leaders like what they have seen so far of the Science and Technology Directorate's efforts at collaboration, but they are not yet fully convinced.
Cybersecurity
Hacked Atlanta Billboard Displayed Grotesque Porn Image
Manufacturing // Technology // Georgia, United States
Digital Government
Chris Christie: Edward Snowden Is a Criminal and NSA Fears Are 'Baloney'
The Republican governor and likely White House hopeful will accuse Hollywood and “civil-liberties extremists” of hijacking the NSA debate in a speech Monday.
Cybersecurity
What the Pentagon Thought the Future of Cybersecurity Would Look Like in 2001
The agency forecasted things like touch screens and automated cyber defense.
Cybersecurity
FITARA implementation, simple innovation and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
State Department presents cyber norms to Congress
Maryland Democrat Benjamin Cardin is skeptical about how U.S. cyber adversaries will receive the State Department’s newly released peacetime norms for cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
(ISC)² honors information security leaders in government
Winners hail from DHS, Education, State, the Army and the Marine Corps.
Cybersecurity
China Allegedly Is Embedded in Penn State’s Engineering Computers
Education // Pennsylvania, United States
Cybersecurity
The Army Is In Talks with ‘Cyber Effects’ Vendors
A new market survey aimed at identifying suppliers is the third Defense Department document issued over the past month that points out a need to be able to execute "cyber effects.”
Cybersecurity
Hackers Raid Passport Agency and Milk Starbucks Customers
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
The Government Is Trying to Get Serious About Cyber as a Foreign Policy Issue
What if they held a hearing and only two senators came?
Cybersecurity
Fate of surveillance program lies in Senate's hands
After the House voted overwhelmingly to rein in the NSA's bulk-data collection program, the Senate is set for a showdown.
Cybersecurity
State Department Contractor Stole Passport Applicants’ Data
Government (U.S.) // Texas and Georgia, United States
Cybersecurity
Pennsylvania Hospital Succumbs to Phishing, Exposing Employees’ Financial Data
Healthcare and Public Health
Cybersecurity