Cybersecurity
GPO designs Commerce website, coalition battles botnets and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
House Set to Move Major Cybersecurity Bill This Month
Early vote could be good news for advocates still hoping for NSA reform this summer.
Cybersecurity
Linux Conference Attendees Hacked
Nonprofit // Technology // Web Services // Australia
Cybersecurity
Medical ID Theft Costs Victim Creditworthiness & Home Mortgage
Financial Services // Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States
Cybersecurity
At Joint Base San Antonio, Air Force lags on JRSS
Lt. Col. Timothy Kneeland, commander of Joint Base San Antonio’s 502nd Communications Squadron, says the base’s Air Force component is running behind on a key DOD IT modernization project.
Digital Government
The Dot-Gov Rejects: The 1,000 Government Websites Shuttered Over Past 10 Years
Some of the websites clearly never caught on.
Digital Government
How 1990s DEA Surveillance Became Blueprint for NSA Spying
By exposing the NSA’s spying regime, Snowden forced the Justice Department to shut down a separate phone-surveillance operation.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Wants Briefing on Russian Hack of White House
“Russia is reassembling its evil empire in many ways," the Republican said Tuesday.
Cybersecurity
Hacktivist Targets Falkland Islands Broadcaster to Commemorate 33rd Anniversary of War
Media // Falkland Islands, UK
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard IT security gaps cited
A DHS IG report said Coast Guard IT remains vulnerable to removable media and email threats.
Cybersecurity
Analyzing the F-35, fighting algal blooms and strategic planning at DHS
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Navy’s Forthcoming Cyber Strategy Aims for Global Capability
A soon-to-come cyber strategy will focus on building the force’s capacity to conduct cyberattacks from anywhere around the Earth.
Cybersecurity
Heartbleed lives, D.C. loses power and the Fed gets high marks
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Clearing up confusion about data on nonfederal systems
NIST is seeking comment on the final draft of its guide to handling security for nongovernmental data.
Digital Government
Contractors Could Get New Rules for Handling Sensitive Government Data
The published draft requirements are for nonfederal groups with access to “controlled unclassified information”.
Cybersecurity
Exclusive: FAA Computer Systems Hit by Cyberattack Earlier this Year
Hackers earlier this year attacked a Federal Aviation Administration network with malicious software, an assault that has gone undisclosed until now.
Cybersecurity
The importance of cyber offense: Sanctions are a good start
Cybercrime is too serious to rely solely on network defenses, Peter Harrell argues.
Cybersecurity
Burr stumps for cyber bill
The North Carolina senator made CISA the focus of the Republican Party's weekly radio address.
Cybersecurity
Florida Elections Division Breached Voter Privacy
Government (U.S.) // Florida, United States
Cybersecurity