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
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.
Cybersecurity
Student president-elect rigged his win by cribbing coeds’ keystrokes
Education // California, United States
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