Cybersecurity

ODNI attorney: 'Security and privacy are not zero-sum'

General counsel discusses NSA surveillance, says new technology demands new thinking from the intelligence community.

Cybersecurity

Impersonator withdraws $15,000 from expat’s overseas account

Financial Services // Social Media // India

Cybersecurity

NASDAQ online message exchange robbed

Financial Services // Social Media

Cybersecurity

Fallout from Snowden Leak Should Be Greater Transparency

We must find a way to protect privacy and promote our innovation economy beyond our borders.

Cybersecurity

Officials testify on cyber order progress

DHS and NIST detail successes and challenges stemming from the recent cybersecurity executive order.

Cybersecurity

This Is What a Destabilizing Cyberattack on Financial Markets Would Look Like

More than half of security exchanges have faced cyber attacks in the last year.

Digital Government

How the US Government Uses Information From Spying on Foreign Companies

US officials insist they don't use the information gleaned from industrial espionage to help US corporations.

Cybersecurity

The Creepy, Long-Standing Practice of Undersea Cable Tapping

The newest NSA leaks reveal that governments are probing "the Internet's backbone." How does that work?

Cybersecurity

Congress Needs a Lesson in Passwords

Anonymous claims to have the 'current valid credentials' of more than 2,000 people.

Modernization

Pentagon Buys Untested Mobile Security System for 300,000 Users

Contract did not require a past performance evaluation of vendors tapped to configure smartphones and tablets.

Digital Government

Congressional Picks for DHS Head Include Backers of Mass Surveillance

Names floated include lawmakers, a former New York Police Department commissioner and a former Coast Guard commandant.

Cybersecurity

Next year's models

Some core building blocks of federal IT are primed for radical improvement.

Cybersecurity

Hospital where Kardashian gave birth axes workers for breaching medical records

Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States

Modernization

Why the Smart Grid Might Be a Dumb Idea

Security experts worry that the more connected our electric utilities are to the Web, the more vulnerable they’ll be to cyberattack.

Cybersecurity

One Big Threat to Cybersecurity: IT Geeks Can’t Talk to Management

A new report helps explain why IT employees and their corporate bosses don’t see eye to eye about hacking and other threats.

Cybersecurity

AFCEA to honor Spires

The former DHS CIO, who resigned in May, will be honored later this month.