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
Autistic Boy Commits Suicide after Virus Accuses Him of Illicit Online Activity
Web Services // Windsor, England
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.
Cybersecurity
Hacker behind Leaks of Madonna’s, Other Entertainers’ Songs Is Apprehended
Entertainment // New York, United States
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.”
Cybersecurity
Crayola’s Facebook Page Tries out Some New Shades of Grey
Manufacturing // Social Media
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