Cybersecurity
Why a Detection-Centric Approach to Cybersecurity is the Wrong Path for Federal
While detection is a key aspect of any complete program, a logical approach shows prevention is always preferred.
Cybersecurity
CIS: Help is on the way for OIT
Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Office of Information Technology has a chief of staff candidate in the hiring pipeline and expects to fill two other key spots by October.
Cybersecurity
Treasury Secretary warns of cyber threats to financial sector
Jacob Lew says cyber defense "will be a central test for all of us going forward."
Cybersecurity
Unclear Whether OPM Hackers Accessed Feds’ Names
No evidence "personally identifiable information" was lost, but names are not PII.
Cybersecurity
Privacy Groups, Reddit Are Urging Obama to Pledge to Veto the Cybersecurity Bill
A bill making its way through the Senate would hand over too much personal data to intelligence agencies in the name of cybersecurity, a coalition warns the president.
Modernization
FBI Explores Commercial Cloud Capabilities
Needs 1 petabyte of storage, which is enough to house the U.S. population’s DNA and then clone it twice.
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Panel recommends NIST declare independence from NSA
"NIST may seek the advice of the NSA on cryptographic matters but it must be in a position to assess it and reject it when warranted,” says a report from the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology.
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The CIA Might Have Your Password After All
According to journalist Barton Gellman, a confidant of Edward Snowden, the spy agency’s viral account is funny—but not telling the whole truth.
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Critical infrastructure under attack -- and unprepared
Only about one in four executives in a new survey said security was among the top five strategic priorities at their companies.
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Another day, another cyber indictment
A second indictment in as many months accuses the owner of a Chinese aviation firm of selling data stolen from U.S. defense contractors to state-owned companies in China.
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Chinese Citizen Allegedly Nicked Data on Boeing Military Cargo Plane
The owner of an aviation technology company also apparently plotted to burglarize other U.S. defense contractor networks.
Cybersecurity
Hacker compromises Google, Yahoo secure site credentials
Government (U.S.) // Web Services // New Delhi, India
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10,000 guests at Houston luxury retreat exposed to ID theft
Hospitality // Texas, United States
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Chinese man accused of nicking data on C-17 U.S. military cargo plane
Defense Industrial Base
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Chinese-Made Inventory Scanners Allow Hackers to Track Shipments
Malware traced to China was found on tools at seven shipping and logistics firms.
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Hackers Piggyback Off US Marshals Leak, Unnerve Wilmer Valderrama and Contaminate Videos
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Plastic surgeon provided a woman’s before-and-after photos to a TV station
Healthcare and Public Health // Utah, United States
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Terrorist tweets, spectrum modeling, gun tracking and video conferencing
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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