Cybersecurity

Mixed messages for VA IT

A report from Mandiant offers an upbeat assessment, but an IG report is critical of IT project management.

Cybersecurity

CIS gearing up for deferred action

Citizenship and Immigration Services wants to hire secure IT personnel ahead of an expected tsunami of new application forms.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Defile Crayola, Borrow F-35 Designs and Tick off Madonna

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Cybersecurity

What Do CENTCOM’s Twitter Hack and GoDaddy Have in Common?

Two Tennessee Valley Authority sites were compromised in 2013, when an adversary broke in through a software flaw.

Cybersecurity

'404 — Plane Not Found'

Transportation

Cybersecurity

How Did They Hack Minecraft?

Entertainment

Cybersecurity

Why Obama's Cybersecurity Plan May Not Make Americans Safer

The president's proposal promises to anonymize data. Experts don't think that will help.

Cybersecurity

New spectrum chief and a Coast Guard cyber plan

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Management

New Cybersecurity Center in Pennsylvania Aims to Help Fend Off Attacks

Keystone State’s former CIO: “We’re trying to improve security awareness, information, specifically in the government space in state, county and local government.”

Digital Government

Obama Pledges to Release Report on NSA Spying Reforms

"Next month, we'll issue a report on how we're keeping our promise to keep our country safe while strengthening privacy," Obama said Tuesday night.

Cybersecurity

U.S. intelligence challenged by technology, cyber

In what might be described as a State of U.S. Intelligence address, Undersecretary of Defense Michael Vickers said insecurity in cyberspace is on par with terrorism but IT can help with the challenge.

Cybersecurity

Experts Say to Expect Action After State of the Union Cyber Shout Out

The major holdup to passing new cyber legislation remains liability protections for breached companies that share intelligence with the government.