Cybersecurity
Does the Federal Government Need a New $400M Cyber Campus?
The Obama administration has proposed spending more than $227 million next year for the first phase of the facility’s construction.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: VA Teleworkers Breached Security in China and India
The Department of Veterans Affairs allowed contractors to access the agency’s network using personally owned laptops while traveling abroad in China and India.
Cybersecurity
NIH's big IT contract, FEMA's weather alert app, hacker-on-hacker attacks and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Former FBI Director Talks Cybersecurity
Mueller admitted it was his responsibility, as director of the FBI, to ask for clarification on broad technology projects.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon to release cyber strategy next week
Newly minted Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's prioritization of cybersecurity will cross a threshold when the Pentagon releases a multi-year cyber strategy.
Cybersecurity
Hacked Victims Unwittingly Call Their Assailants and Help Rob Themselves
Financial Services // Mainly North America
Cybersecurity
In Fierce Battle for Cyber Talent, Even NSA Struggles to Keep Elites on Staff
The agency has leeway in bypassing the sluggish federal hiring process to onboard staff more quicker, but that’s not enough to stop some top-level technical talent from jumping ship.
Ideas
How Agencies Can Cut Through the ‘Fog of More’ in Cybersecurity
A constantly changing threat landscape is creating a “fog of more” scenario, where it’s increasingly difficult for agencies to focus on the greatest cyber risk.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon: US Cyber Reserve Is in the Works
The Defense Department is bringing in security reinforcements, as it contends with a cyber workforce shortage and growing Internet threat.
Modernization
There’s One Part of the Tech Industry that Mobile Is Not Disrupting
Criminals and other malicious actors tend to prefer more traditional means to break into networks than mobile devices.
Cybersecurity
'Data is the new oil' -- a window into cyber forensics
A visit to Lockheed Martin's cyber forensics facility shows just how much cyber intelligence is in private hands.
Cybersecurity
US and Ukraine Top List of Cyber Spy Victims
Both nations were the targets of a combined 40 percent of cyberspy assaults on governments, based on statistics provided to Nextgov.
Digital Government
The Federal Government Needs a ‘Master Plan’ for Getting More Cyber Talent into Government
The government continues to face a laundry list of challenges in recruiting and retaining cyber talent, including fierce competition from the private sector and an inability to shell out top-dollar salaries.
Cybersecurity
Skip the buzz, get to the innovation
For DHS CIOs, beating the other guy at innovation is sometimes a matter of life and death.
Cybersecurity
Information-sharing bill on tap in House Homeland panel
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul’s bill offers liability protections for firms to share cyber-threat information with the government.
Cybersecurity
Critical infrastructure cyberattacks increase across the Americas
A report from the Organization of American States shows cybersecurity is a hemispheric concern.
Cybersecurity
AT&T Call Center Employees Sold Customer SSNs to Black Market Cellphone Mob
Telecommunications // United States
Cybersecurity