Cybersecurity

Data breaches are getting more expensive

A study by the Ponemon Institute and IBM found the cost per compromised record rose 7 percent in the past year.

Cybersecurity

Navy sysadmin went on hacking spree at sea

Government (U.S.) // Government (Foreign) // Telecommunications // United States, Bolivia

Cybersecurity

Feds: You Need to Fix Your TSP Passwords This Weekend

The federal retirement program website is changing its policy to stop giving identity thieves clues about how to crack employee passwords.

Cybersecurity

Daughter of deceased potential ID theft victim livid over delayed notice

Healthcare and Public Health // Ontario, Canada

Cybersecurity

Defense authorization bill boosts cybersecurity

A House panel’s version of the annual defense policy measure would authorize increased cyber funding and require the administration to report back to Congress on a range of IT-related issues.

Cybersecurity

NSA funds 'science of cybersecurity' research

Four universities are participating through the creation of "lablets" -- small laboratories launched with a first-year cost of about $8 million.

Cybersecurity

Collaboration is wicked hard but essential

Cybersecurity demands leadership across agencies because of the widespread challenge it presents, says a new Brookings report.

Modernization

The Fingerprint Scanner You Don't Want on Your Smartphone

The FBI plans to offer agents smartphone apps for checking a suspect's biometric data against information in criminal records.

Modernization

Pentagon Smartphone Plan Is Off to a Slow Start

The Defense Department's program for adopting commercial mobile devices is officially operational, but problems remain.

Cybersecurity

The NSA Might Hire You If You Can Crack Their Coded Tweet

The challenge is 'part of recruitment efforts to attract the best and the brightest.'

Cybersecurity

Former Unisys exec joins ICE as CIO

Kevin Kern replaces Thomas Michelli, who took over as deputy CIO of the Coast Guard in February.

Cybersecurity

How Computer Viruses Get Their Names

From Heartbleed to Koobface, these digital threats get named in a variety of ways.

Cybersecurity

Sending cyber sense down the Navy chain of command

“Pockets of non-understanding” still plague the lower echelons of the Navy hierarchy when it comes to cybersecurity, says Vice Adm. Jan Tighe.

Cybersecurity

Lawmaker voices concern about possible DIA nominee

California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter takes issue with Lt. Gen. Mary Legere’s handling of the Army's Distributed Common Ground System.

Cybersecurity

Miami high schooler sent to the slammer for fudging grades

Education // Florida, United States

Science & Tech

We’re Saved! Experts Show How to Fix U.S. Cybersecurity

The four-hour experiment that showed how to fix our nation’s infrastructure from cyberattack. By Patrick Tucker