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

GAO nudges DHS on high-risk areas

A new report both commends and jabs DHS for its work on IT acquisition and management.

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.