Cybersecurity
Here’s How DHS Says a Shutdown Would Affect Cyber Operations
A shutdown could delay the issuing of a key contract award under the multibillion-dollar continuous monitoring program DHS manages.
Cybersecurity
The Two Acronyms That are Key to Obama’s New Plan to Fight Hackers
The terms are essential for explaining how the government will expand information sharing with the private sector.
Cybersecurity
Info sharing, Carter's confirmation and Facebook cyber
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
DHS shutdown could affect the C in CDM
Assistant Secretary Andy Ozment said the appropriations stalemate threatens crucial cybersecurity functions.
Cybersecurity
OMB updates info security guidance, accelerates real-time monitoring
OMB is rewriting outdated standards in response to new legislation, while an increased focus on cybersecurity offers a window into federal networks.
Cybersecurity
Senate Bill Pushes Sharing of Sensitive Cyber Threat Data Between Government and Companies
Sen. Thomas Carper’s bill seeks to cajole the private sector into increased information-sharing with the government by offering liability protection.
Cybersecurity
Daniels: CTIIC will take pressure off White House
The new cyber intel center will have about 50 staffers to start, with about half permanent employees and half detailees from intelligence agencies.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Not Briefed About Obama's New $35 Million Cyber Agency
“I believe [the news] is how everyone else found it . … We know about as much as you do.”
Digital Government
Judge Dismisses Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance
A California district judge found that "the Plaintiffs’ version of the significant operational details of the Upstream collection process is substantially inaccurate.”
Cybersecurity
Can the Senate make sense of the Internet of Things?
Lawmakers and experts discuss how to ensure IoT security without getting in the way of innovation.
Cybersecurity
Feds respond to critical Windows flaw
OMB and DHS are collaborating on implementing the fix across federal networks.
Cybersecurity
Commodities Trading Firm Wires $17.2 Million to Phishing Scammer
Financial Services // Omaha, United States
Cybersecurity
Obama’s New Cyber Agency Puts Spies in Charge of Sharing Threat Tips with Agencies
The new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center will be patterned after the intelligence fusion center stood up in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Cybersecurity
Critical tech, reverse auctions and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
US Government Requests for Information on Twitter Users Spike
Most of the time, the publishing platform gave officials what they wanted.
Cybersecurity
White House Creates Cyber-Sharing Hub for the Federal Government
The $35 million cyberhub is intended to better coordinate intelligence among government agencies to ward off hacks like the one that brought Sony Pictures to its knees.
Cybersecurity
19 Dot-Gov Domains to Use HTTPS Encryption By Default -- But Not WhiteHouse.gov
HTTPS ensure sensitive data aren’t encoded in plain text format and makes it more difficult for interlopers to redirect visitors to a different site.
Cybersecurity