Cybersecurity
DHS lays out cyber framework details
Intrusion detection and prevention, netflow analysis and firewall monitoring are among the services that will be provided to states and territories.
Cybersecurity
Industry Needs to Step Up to Protect the Power Grid From Cyber Attack
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends a new governing body to improve security.
Emerging Tech
Are Conflicting Priorities Making Your Job Harder?
We want to know the toughest challenges you’ve faced in federal technology.
Cybersecurity
America Is the Prime Target of International Cyberattacks
That’s the conclusion of a study released by cyber-forensics company FireEye.
Cybersecurity
Report seeks more opportunities in shared services
Beyond saving money, the approach can help agencies focus on their core missions and improve accountability.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon CIO points to in-phone security
Teri Takai wants industry to develop mobile devices that DOD can certify quickly -- and cheaply.
Cybersecurity
Analysis: A Key NSA Overseer's Alarming Dismissal of Surveillance Critics
The NSA's inspector general mischaracterized Edward Snowden's critique of the agency in remarks at Georgetown.
Cybersecurity
Shoppers Decided to Avoid Target After Its Giant Data Breach
There was a 5.5% decline in customer transactions during Target’s fiscal fourth quarter.
Cybersecurity
Feds' facial recognition systems fall outside code of conduct
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's code of conduct will apply only to commercial uses, at least to start.
Modernization
Boeing Enters the Super-Secure Smartphone Market With a Focus on Hardware
The Black looks and functions like a generic Android device but doubles as a classified information system capable of scanning for intrusions.
Cybersecurity
States aiming at NSA might hit contractors
Proposals under consideration in several legislatures would limit state interaction with firms assisting warrantless data collection.
Modernization
The Bitcoin Industry Embraces What It Was Built to Avoid—Rules and Regulation
The crash of the prominent bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is the latest sign that bitcoin needs to adopt some sort of oversight if it is going to survive and thrive.
Cybersecurity
Report: Big data, cybersecurity intrinsically linked
Analysts see 'tremendous value' in data the government collects, but say infrastructure and policy prevent making the best use of it.
Cybersecurity
Draft language signals more transparent NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has been on the defensive since it was revealed that the NSA subverted encryption standards.
Cybersecurity
Mental health and developmental disability patient data visible on Google for 10 months
Healthcare and Public Health // Pennsylvania, United States
Cybersecurity
Hagel outlines looming DOD budget cuts
Cybersecurity is one of a few areas set to receive a boost, at the expense of troop strength.
Cybersecurity
The US Won’t Spy on Angela Merkel—But Everyone Around Her Is Fair Game
The NSA is now spying on over 300 German politicians and businesspeople.
Cybersecurity
NSA-endorsed cyber training institution hacked by prankster
Defense Industrial Base // Education
Cybersecurity
Harvard supercomputer exploited to mine Dogecoin
Education // Massachusetts, United States
Cybersecurity