Cybersecurity

Austerity opponents sock Jordanian PM’s website

Government (Foreign) // Jordan

Cybersecurity

What World Governments Are Most Likely to Snoop on Your Facebook?

In Barbados, it's very unlikely the Man will scoop private data from your account.

Modernization

Plastic With Invisible Images May Allow Swipe-Free Payments and Stop Someone From Stealing Your Car

Plastic manufacturers can embed information directly into the plastic.

Cybersecurity

How a shutdown would raise attack risk

Even with many security measures automated, widespread furloughs would create vulnerabilities.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Don Tin Foil Caps, Loot Barclays, and Hack Their Own Clients

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Cybersecurity

GAO: Mixed results thus far implementing FISMA

Agencies have improved compliance with FISMA requirements, but checking all the boxes has not translated into taking full advantage of the enhancements that are available.

Digital Government

GAO: Fifty Percent of Feds Aren’t Informed of Cyber Risks

Agencies for 15 years have been unable to move information security off a list of the government’s most imperiled programs.

Cybersecurity

Borras named DHS acting deputy secretary

More than a dozen top leadership spots remain without permanent appointees.

Cybersecurity

Iranian cyber strike on U.S. Navy bad for newfound diplomacy

Government (U.S.) // United States

Cybersecurity

ID theft peddler tapped LexisNexis and other big data clearinghouses

Financial Services // Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Web Services

Cybersecurity

Can China Protect Itself From NSA Spying?

Beijing has kickstarted its domestic cybersecurity industry. But there's still a long way to go.

Cybersecurity

NSA scandal hampers cyber legislation

Congress's efforts to pass a cybersecurity bill may be hopeless for now.

Cybersecurity

Hockey footage aids in biometric system choice

DHS plans to use video footage shot at a hockey game to compare the capabilities of facial recognition systems.

Cybersecurity

6 sci-fi DARPA projects

FCW focuses on the business of federal technology, but really — who doesn't like lasers and robots?

Cybersecurity

Shutdown would not threaten NIST framework schedule

NIST's preliminary cybersecurity framework, due in October, is essentially complete.

Cybersecurity

NSA Chief Appeals for Cybersecurity Legislation

Alexander would compel companies to share more information with the government.

Cybersecurity

Agencies to push out emergency news with Twitter Alerts

FEMA and other agencies are signing up for a new Twitter service to highlight important bulletins.

Emerging Tech

Q&A: How City Governments Go Digital

The future of digital government will be about smaller companies and citizen security, GOV2.0LA founder says.

Cybersecurity

Is FISMA enough?

A survey reveals that many federal security professionals find the framework inadequate and outdated.