Cybersecurity
Beware the Unwitting Insider Threat
Employees who click on dubious email attachments, plug in unsecured storage devices or leave laptops unsecured, among other problematic IT practices, may be the biggest threat posed to securing federal agency networks.
Cybersecurity
House Intel organizes, TSA gears up for Super Bowl and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Radio Station Systems Held Hostage Twice In One Week
Entertainment // Michigan, United States
Cybersecurity
E-Patient Records System Helps Nab Snoop
Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States
Digital Government
DHS Reveals Super Bowl Surveillance Techniques -- Sort Of
Agents will not be using sarcasm-detecting software they have expressed an interest in buying, the Secret Service said.
Cybersecurity
A committee organizes, an app for snow days and a tool to fight vandals
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Here’s What the US Could Learn From Estonia About Cybersecurity
Cyber attacks cost an estimated $400 billion in damages per year, but that number may soon soar thanks to what Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves called “the “little green men-ization of cyberspace."
Modernization
This Is How Feds Will Protect Sensitive Data in the Cloud
The so-called high-impact baseline has become a major priority because of recent demand from both the Defense Department and civilian agencies.
Cybersecurity
Surveillance disclosures haunt search for common ground on cybersecurity
The White House and Republicans in Congress are getting closer on cybersecurity, but industry has new concerns.
Cybersecurity
Accidental breach is top cyber threat concern
A survey of federal IT managers shows that while insiders pose a bigger danger, cybersecurity funding is targeted at exterior threats.
Digital Government
DHS to Launch Iris and Facial Recognition at the Border
The project is part of a coming overhaul of DHS' biometric system, which currently contains more than 170 million foreigner fingerprints and facial images.
Emerging Tech
Feds Get a How-To Guide for Responding to Social Media Hacks
If you’re a fed whose job involves dealing with your department’s social media accounts, this resource is worth a look.
Cybersecurity
Could this be the year for data-breach legislation?
Widespread support exists for creating a national data-breach reporting standard, but details remain to be ironed out.
Digital Government
Your Appliances May Be Spying on You
FTC issues privacy and security guidelines to the companies creating the Internet of Things.
Cybersecurity
Fed data at risk in attacks on university computers
DHS is warning that a college's information-filled IT infrastructure can provide access to sensitive federal networks.
Cybersecurity
TSA and Inspectors Tussle Over Redactions in JFK Tech Audit
A Jan. 23 review found numerous cyber gaps, most having to do with hazardous climates in computer rooms and missing fire protection systems.
Cybersecurity
NGA to merge CIO and IT services
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency reorganization is an effort to bolster IC ITE, an ambitious IC-wide IT architecture.
Cybersecurity
DHS IT compliance head moves to USDA
Richard Young is the new CIO at the Foreign Agricultural Service.
Cybersecurity