Cybersecurity
Awards Recognize Best in Federal Cybersecurity
Winners include NIST senior fellow, Air Force general.
Digital Government
Bill to Bolster DHS Cyber Workforce Advances
The department must hire 'the best and brightest that this emerging field has to offer,' lawmaker says.
Cybersecurity
NIST opens latest cyber framework draft for public comment
The request for comment is the latest in a series of engagements with the general public, including private sector companies, operators of critical infrastructure, public sector employees and members of academia.
Digital Government
ICE Hacked Its Own Employees to Teach Self-Defense in Cyberspace
Eighty percent of trained personnel successfully fought off potential cyberspies.
Cybersecurity
How Hackers Compromised Links in an Obama Twitter Account: Through Email
Phishing attack may have helped the Syrian Electronic Army to gain access via a link-shortening service.
Cybersecurity
Hacker Arrested for Compromising Federal Employee and Service Member Info
NASA and Missile Command Agency were among the suspect's targets.
Cybersecurity
Obama Twitter Account, Campaign Group's Emails Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
Pro-regime hackers say the U.S. president's terrorism capabilities 'are quite high.'
Cybersecurity
Certification: check. Now what?
Cybersecurity certifications are proliferating, but developing an agreed-upon measure for experience and expertise is still difficult.
Cybersecurity
Why Was NSA's Website Down for 11 Hours?
Multiple groups have taken credit for hacking NSA.gov.
Cybersecurity
NSA Surveillance Back in Crosshairs on Hill
Senators work behind closed doors to lift the opacity of NSA's domestic-surveillance.
Cybersecurity
The fight against biometric spoofing
Make-up, photographs and digital recorders are tools in the biometric hacker's toolbox, but efforts are underway to make systems more resistant to them.
Cybersecurity
Brit allegedly hacked federal networks to obtain service member details
Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Hagel Wants Unclassified Sensitive Data Protected From Cyber Spying
Oct. 10 memo lays out the new directives.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Avenge Kissers, Snap Hospital Photos and Graffiti Qatar
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
NIST draft cyber framework spotlights workforce woes
Emphasis is not on recruiting, but on defining the skills that will be needed.
Cybersecurity
Is Jeh Johnson ready for DHS' tech challenges?
President's pick to head the Department of Homeland Security has lots to learn about the sprawling agency.
Cybersecurity
Stuxnet Leaker Might Be the General Credited with Getting It Started
Investigation reportedly zeroing in on James Cartwright.
Cybersecurity