Cybersecurity
Dropbox Addresses Government Spying
New policy lays out the service's 'government request principles.'
Modernization
Cost of Obamacare Contract Has at Least Quintupled
The cloud that supports HealthCare.gov has nearly doubled in cost since the days before the site’s troubled launch.
Cybersecurity
DHS seeks assessment of cybersecurity market for smaller companies
The agency wants to encourage small and midsize businesses to adopt the Cybersecurity Framework.
Cybersecurity
How DHS is helping implement the cyber framework
C3 program will help critical infrastructure operators with readiness and risk management.
Cybersecurity
Think a cyber breach won’t happen to you? Think again
A report from Dell showed that only 18 percent of those surveyed consider predicting and detecting unknown cyber threats a top concern.
Cybersecurity
'Cultural shift' aids continuous monitoring
Security checklists and formal reviews are giving way to technologies that allow for real-time threat awareness.
Cybersecurity
Navy honors Cieslak, others for IT excellence
Seven of FCW's Fed 100 winners came from the Navy, including Navy Cyberspace/IT Person of the year Randall Cieslak.
Cybersecurity
Hacker raids in Singapore vandalize possibly more than 180 sites
Nonprofit // Singapore
Digital Government
DHS Taps Contractors to Continue Supplying Biometric IDs
Temporary move comes as department reevaluates $103 million award to HP for developing iris and facial recognition credentials.
Cybersecurity
The cyber framework: What's next
Some in the private sector argue that legislation will be needed to provide the incentives necessary for the NIST standards to be widely adopted.
Digital Government
Analysis: DHS Explores Mass Surveillance of Car Trips
The government wants a national database noting where license plates were spotted. Congress should regulate the runaway data-collection industry instead.
Digital Government
Pentagon to Ask for More Cyber Spending in Next Budget
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the department would focus more on intelligence gathering, reconnaissance.
Cybersecurity
Australian blunder exposes asylum seekers’ identities
Government (Foreign) // Australia
Digital Government
Edward Snowden Just Got Yet Another New Job
University of Glasgow students elect the former NSA contractor to represent them as rector.
Cybersecurity
The Target Data Hack Cost Banks More Than $200 Million
New estimates pin the cost of last year’s robbery higher than previously thought.
Cybersecurity
U.S. Spied on More Than 300,000 AT&T Customers in 2013
Like Verizon, the telecom titan received far more requests for customer data than Internet companies did.
Cybersecurity
Automated passport system expands
Two Texas airports recently joined the program, which is decreasing wait times for international travelers.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Targeted Key U.S. Industries Through Compromised Websites
DHS disclosed the malicious "watering hole" campaigns in a summary of 2013 network assaults on industrial control systems.
Cybersecurity