Digital Government
Iris Recognition Specs for DHS Employee IDs Are No Longer Hypothetical
NIST has finalized guidelines for exchanging eye images between cameras and card readers.
Cybersecurity
Japanese officials, confused about Google Groups privacy settings, aired emails on global treaty negotiations
Government (Foreign) // Healthcare and Public Health
Cybersecurity
Five Critical Cyber Questions for the Next DHS Chief
Napolitano steps down from Homeland Security as threats are growing.
Cybersecurity
Analysis: Senate Cybersecurity Bill Is Uncontroversial but Also Unambitious
Draft legislation looks nothing like the much-reviled House version.
Cybersecurity
Edward Snowden Says He Wants to Stay in Russia, for Now
The former intelligence contractor said he doesn't intend to harm the United States.
Cybersecurity
Senate signals piecemeal approach on cybersecurity
A bipartisan Commerce Committee draft looks for common ground on critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity research and training.
Cybersecurity
Russia’s Solution to NSA Spying? Typewriters
Russia uses the outdated technology for top-secret messages.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano to leave DHS
Janet Napolitano is about to add university president to her <i>curriculum vitae</i>.
Cybersecurity
Hacker Conference to Feds: Stay Home
Many in the community are 'uncomfortable with this relationship' after NSA revelations, says event founder, himself a DHS adviser.
Cybersecurity
Intruders nick British military data by sneaking into defense contractor’s system
Defense Industrial Base // Government (Foreign)
Cybersecurity
There Are at Least Three Easy Ways to Hack the Emergency Alert System
The small-scale hacking of the Emergency Alert System in Montana to broadcast a supposed zombie apocalypse has revealed the vulnerabilities in alert systems.
Modernization
No Wonder China Is Worried About Android -- NSA Helped Write Its Source Code
That explains why China is so eager to encourage alternative smartphones within its borders.
Cybersecurity
Agencies prepare new acquisitions
An online storefront for one agency, a re-competed IDIQ for another, will bring some new technology into the government.
Cybersecurity
Twitter for disaster responders
FEMA tells Congress how the agency is building social media into response planning.
Digital Government
Commerce Trashes $170,000 Worth of Tech to Disinfect Imaginary Viruses
IG: Computer Incident Response Team member assigned to handle the perceived malware wasn't trained, lacked critical skills.
Cybersecurity
The IRS Mistakenly Exposed Thousands of Social Security Numbers
Data breach concerns transactions by nonprofit political groups known as 527s.
Cybersecurity
Why the ‘two-man rule’ is only the beginning
NSA’s new guard against insider threats is a good start but not nearly enough.
Cybersecurity