Emerging Tech
Long-Range Iris Scanning Is Here
An engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon says he’s invented technology that can identify someone from across the room with the precision of a fingerprint.
Digital Government
This Senator Is 'Shocked' by How Little Data NSA Is Collecting
The NSA bulk-data program is so scaled down, it might not even be effective, the Senate Foreign Relations chairman claims.
Cybersecurity
DHS looks to migrate, upgrade ID system
The Office of Biometric Identity Management wants to replace the Automated Biometric Identification System.
Cybersecurity
Child Abuse Images Displayed on a Holocaust Remembrance Site
Government (Foreign) // Austria
Cybersecurity
Cyber Threats Will Keep Coming if Public and Private Sectors Don't Collaborate, Says DHS Cyber Exec
Securing the cyber ecosystem against national threats requires a partnership between government and industry players, according to a DHS cyber official.
Cybersecurity
Debating the Sino-Russian cyber pact
Mike Rogers, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, weighed in on the growing Russian and Chinese threats to U.S. assets in cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
Post-Snowden, NSA Crafts New Plan to Protect National Secrets
The spy agency's framework could help employees assess, and potentially mitigate, the risk of sharing sensitive information.
Digital Government
NSA Critic Named No. 2 White House Tech Official
After ribbing on NSA and the White House cyber czar, Princeton researcher Ed Felten was appointed U.S. deputy chief technology officer.
Cybersecurity
Geodata brokers, spear-phishing feds, a Data Act playbook and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Crooks Sold ‘Photof*ckit’ Tool that Hacked Photobucket Users
Web Services // United States
Cybersecurity
Spy gadgets, transparency and 800 monkeys
Robert Litt, general counsel for the ODNI, argues that Congress and the courts have a say on intelligence policy, but not on the tech used to implement it.
Cybersecurity
NSA chief wary of proxies
Adm. Michael Rogers says nation-states might increasingly turn to surrogates to conduct cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
Federal Employee Retirement Plan Struggles with Cyber Conflict of Interest
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board refuses to let auditors probe until satisfied that FISMA directives will not fracture the Chinese wall between OMB and the board.
Cybersecurity
Four reasons to start with system-wide visibility
As agencies consolidate their IT infrastructures and move to the cloud, infrastructure performance management becomes critical.
Cybersecurity
Third-Party Software Was Entry Point for Background-Check System Hack
Intruders piggybacked on a vulnerability in an enterprise resource planning application.
Cybersecurity
Healthy Living Natural Foods Store Probing Possible Payment System Hack
Food and Beverage // United States
Cybersecurity
Hackers Rig Ratings of Pro-Putin Videos and Spy on Iranian Expat Living in the US
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon frets over China's cyber capabilities
The annual report to Congress comes not long after the Chinese defense ministry objected to what it said was the offensive nature of the Pentagon's cyber strategy.
Cybersecurity
Why insider threats keep succeeding
Outdated security models rarely address insider threats, argues John Sellers, and perimeter defense and background checks are not going to keep attackers out.
Cybersecurity