Cybersecurity
Op-ed: Yes, You Can Have Network Security
Building trustworthy information systems requires four key ingredients.
Cybersecurity
How to address the risks of 24/7 government
As government services and information become available around the clock, privacy and security become increasingly pervasive challenges. This excerpt from the IBM Center for the Business of Government's new report on 'Fast Government' explains how to identify and manage those risks.
Cybersecurity
Relative snoops into woman's baby adoption files
Healthcare and Public Health // Florida, United States
Cybersecurity
NSA Networks Might Have Been Missing Anti-Leak Technology
Former agency official says a Defensewide system aimed at countering insider threats was not installed as of summer 2012.
Cybersecurity
CIA docs find a home on Amazon
The cloud contract between the intelligence agency and the cloud-services giant is on hold for now, and yet...
Digital Government
How the CIA Aided the NYPD's Surveillance Program
After the attacks on September 11th, the New York Police Department has had at least four embedded CIA officers in their midst.
Cybersecurity
Cop robbed of laptop containing personal data from cases files, just as it was about to be encrypted
Government (U.S.) // Washington, United States
Cybersecurity
Private info on U.S. troops in South Korea exposed
Government (U.S.) // Government (Foreign) // South Korea
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Signs $5 Million Deal for Cyber Battleground
The contract with Apogee Research is part of Plan X, a DARPA program for developing cyberattack gear.
Digital Government
NSA Chief Delivers Pep Talk to Spy Staff
An agencywide memo from Gen. Keith Alexander states he will 'take the heat' for the controversy over ongoing domestic surveillance.
Cybersecurity
Your Passwords Aren't Nearly Strong Enough
Pretty soon, though, there will be a more secure alternative.
Digital Government
How Edward Snowden’s Encrypted Insurance File Might Work
Snowden has given copies of the files he purloined from the US National Security Agency, his former employer, to “many different people around the world.”
Cybersecurity
USCIS inconsistent in database use, IG says
The agency tasked with monitoring immigration may be compromising efforts to detect fraudulent applications for benefits.
Modernization
How Zombie Phones Could Create a Gigantic, Mobile Botnet
Android operating system is most vulnerable.
Cybersecurity
What's wrong with cybersecurity training?
An emphasis on academic accomplishment rather than real-world skills might be part of the reason the government has so much trouble filling cybersecurity positions.
Cybersecurity
Measuring cybersecurity progress
Agencies are making significant progress on priority cybersecurity goals, but may not meet their 2014 targets.
Cybersecurity
Snowden Went to Booz Allen to Steal Files
His reported admission raises questions about where else he may have acquired data.
Cybersecurity
Edward Snowden Realizes He Can't Live Without WikiLeaks
The organization played a major role in helping Snowden evade detection once he left the United States.
Cybersecurity