Digital Government

Apple: <span>i</span>Message and FaceTime Are Safe From the NSA's Prying Eyes

The company adds that the government asked for data on up to 10,000 user accounts in the past 6 months.

Cybersecurity

IG: DHS Does Not Track Security Training of System Administrator Contractors

Department relies on companies to perform work historically done by government employees.

Cybersecurity

DHS seeking industry input on next-gen IT

Department's science and technology arm ready to share information about research priorities.

Cybersecurity

Is This PRISM 2.0?

Microsoft alerts feds to bugs before issuing a public patch, allowing Washington to exploit the vulnerabilities.

Modernization

CIA Gave Amazon a Leg Up on Cloud Deal

Intelligence agency unfairly allowed the company to weaken security requirements, auditor finds.

Cybersecurity

Inside the IBM/Amazon protest

GAO's ruling in the protest of the CIA cloud services contract sheds light on how the agency conducted the procurement.

Modernization

The ‘Ramp’ Into the Federal Cloud Market Is More Like a Climb

Government and industry concede FedRAMP does not cover all agency security requirement.

Cybersecurity

GAO: Agencies underuse TechStat for IT programs

The accountability review intended to help evaluate programs at risk of failure is seeing inconsistent use.

Cybersecurity

Army releases cybersecurity handbook

A new Army publication provides a quick reference to address threats such as phishing or the aftermath of a data breach.

Cybersecurity

UK healthcare trust fined for faxing mental health records to wrong recipient

Healthcare and Public Health // Staffordshire, UK

Cybersecurity

You too can store data like the NSA

Technical director details how agency structures and protects its massive datasets.

Digital Government

Why Your Metadata Is Your Every Move

The National Security Agency is collecting more than just what's on the phone bill.

Cybersecurity

IG: Coast Guard needs improved laptop security

A report reveals that some USCG laptops don't meet the service's own security standards.

Cybersecurity

NSA shows how big 'big data' can be

Experts say the massive scale of metadata that the NSA is collecting represents a daunting challenge in finding useful information within it.

Cybersecurity

Credit card company tells West coast food chain of ‘questionable’ Net activity

Financial Services // Food and Beverage // Healthcare and Public Health

Cybersecurity

Whistleblower Snowden outs NSA data to upend U.S. spy regime

Defense Industrial Base // Government (U.S.) // United States

Cybersecurity

Leaker: NSA Has Been Snooping on China Since 2009

'We hack backbones—huge Internet routers, basically' for access to smaller computers, Snowden tells Chinese paper.

Cybersecurity

The Gaming-Cyber Nexus Feds Should Explore

To improve cybersecurity, look to the gaming community.

Digital Government

Contractor Work on $2 Billion NSA Computer Compounds Is Kept Quiet

Construction crews are speeding toward completion of a mammoth data center in Utah and computing facility in Maryland.