Cybersecurity

Bill Would Let DHS Pay Cyber Workers as Much as the Pentagon Pays

A Senate panel advanced the legislation.

Cybersecurity

eBay Tells Users to Change Their Passwords After Cyberattack

Compromised employee log-in credentials were first detected about two weeks ago.

Cybersecurity

Senate panel approves DHS cyber hiring measure

The bill is aimed at giving the Department of Homeland Security more flexibility in hiring cybersecurity specialists.

Cybersecurity

Infrastructure cyber intrusion: A cautionary tale

ICS-CERT typically does not provide much detail when reporting incursions, but it made an exception for two recent cases to highlight the dangers.

Cybersecurity

Veterans and the cybersecurity gap

Vets need jobs. Everybody needs cyber-specialists. And situational awareness could be the thread to connect the two.

Cybersecurity

Should U.S. Hackers Fix Cybersecurity Holes or Exploit Them?

Maybe someday we'll patch vulnerabilities faster than the enemy can use them in an attack, but we're not there yet.

Cybersecurity

The US Indictment of Five Chinese Army Officers Is Really About Redefining “Cyberspying”

Are some types of cyberspying worse than others?

Cybersecurity

Survey: Abuse of Network Access Privileges Is Rampant

Agencies are more concerned about insiders leaking citizens’ and partner organizations’ information than their own business data.

Cybersecurity

China Hits Back Over Hacking Charges

U.S. accused of relying on 'deliberately fabricated facts.'

Cybersecurity

VA medical center mismailing leaves nearly 250 vets with the wrong test results

Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health

Cybersecurity

Why It's Hard to Run a Background Check Through the Cloud

The FBI has stringent regulations for cloud companies that want to provide remote access to criminal records.

Digital Government

Former NSA Director: Big Data Is the Future

NSA’s only failure was letting Snowden breach its data, Keith Alexander says.

Cybersecurity

U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Chinese Military Officials for Hacking American Companies

This is the first time that U.S. is taking legal action against employees of a foreign government over cyber crimes.

Digital Government

In the Next Big Data Breach, Crowdsourcing Could Find the Culprits

Personal finance app Billguard hopes to address financial data theft.

Cybersecurity

China faces cyber espionage charges

The Justice Department accused five officers from a People’s Liberation Army hacking unit with stealing proprietary information from U.S. companies and a labor union.

Cybersecurity

Can the federal government get its IT groove back?

High-profile failures have eclipsed the sometimes exceptional work that federal IT workers do, said one of the leaders of the ACT-IAC Management of Change conference.

Cybersecurity

Dysfunctional Congress contributes to IT insecurity, report finds

IT workers on the front lines of securing government systems are concerned about lack of funding and the inability of lawmakers to pass tougher cybersecurity legislation.

Cybersecurity

Alexander: Big data 'is what it's all about'

Former NSA head says guarding agencies' vast data stores is the critical challenge going forward.