Cybersecurity
FCC Employees, Is Your Internet Running Sluggish Today?
Some website operators are slowing FCC staff's access to their sites in protest of potential paid Internet fast lane regulations.
Cybersecurity
NIST's dream: Integrating security into design
New guidelines offer best practices for information systems security.
Cybersecurity
Vietnam government sites defaced by Chinese hackers, as sea tensions ignite
Government (Foreign) // Hanoi, Vietnam
Cybersecurity
New NIST Guidance: Don't Make Security an Afterthought
Protections for critical systems will be baked into technology engineering from the get-go, under new standards.
Cybersecurity
Edward Snowden's Other Motive for Leaking: Better Encryption
He wasn't just trying to spark debate. He also wanted programmers to build better security systems.
Cybersecurity
Emails between patients and Catholic hospital system intercepted by hacker
Healthcare and Public Health // United States
Science & Tech
What the Most Secure Email in the Universe Would Look Like
Here’s how you will one day be able to send invisible messages on your future quantum cell-phone. By Patrick Tucker
Cybersecurity
German iPhone Hackers Pledge to Fund Snowden
The Chaos Computer Club, or CCC, aims to promote technical research and social issues, including privacy.
Cybersecurity
Justice reassures ISPs on information-sharing
A DOJ white paper asserts that federal law does not preclude companies from providing aggregate data -- if that data contains no specific, detailed information on customers.
Cybersecurity
DHS looking for a few good private-sector executives
TSA and CBP are now participating in the Loaned Executive Program, which brings private-sector executives into federal agencies for unpaid six-month assignments.
Cybersecurity
It Took Feds 13 Days to Unravel a TSP Cyber Hoax Perpetrated by... Feds
Documents acquired by Nextgov show how retirement fund officials scrambled to dissect a misguided Army cybersecurity exercise.
Cybersecurity
The Hacker Who Worked on a Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier
And the sensitive information he and his friends stole
Cybersecurity
Lockheed looks to open standards
The standardized software is intended to boost the sharing of cyber-threat information through automation.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Target Nuke Data; Change Grades, Steal Mom's Identity
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Information security incidents by agency
The Office of Management and Budget's annual report to Congress on the Federal Information Security Management Act details which agencies are getting hit and how.
Cybersecurity