Cybersecurity
Senate questions NSA head
Gen. Keith Alexander answers questions about information gathering, security clearance process.
Cybersecurity
NIST reports progress on cyber framework
Halfway to the executive order's deadline, best practices and clear standards are taking shape.
Cybersecurity
Past surveillance programs could predict Prism's path
Remember Clipper Chip? Carnivore? The current debate over domestic monitoring isn't the first such controversy.
Cybersecurity
Security beyond the firewall
In a mobile world, device-level encryption and digital rights management are essential to securing sensitive data.
Cybersecurity
Forget privacy. What about design principles?
NSA taken to task for abominable PowerPoint slides.
Cybersecurity
Nation split on NSA monitoring
A new poll reveals that a majority of Americans are ok with the NSA tracking telephone calls, but fewer approve of email monitoring.
Modernization
GSA Considers Mobile Options for Issuing Federal Employee IDs
The agency is asking vendors about identity proofing advances forecast for 2014.
Cybersecurity
NSA Leaks Shed Light on China's Complaints About U.S. Hacking
Washington's digital-surveillance systems are more powerful than many thought.
Digital Government
Contractors to Handle Marines Corps' Cyber Arsenal
Reliance on non-government employees for sensitive operations raises questions about insider threats.
Cybersecurity
Why Insiders, Not Hackers, Are the Biggest Threat to Cybersecurity
Edward Snowden's case reminds us that employees often pose a greater risk than foreign cyberspies.
Digital Government
Edward Snowden’s Lesson to Both Businesses and the NSA: Your IT People Are Your Biggest Risk
Whether you’re running a 20-person office or the world’s biggest intelligence agency, remember who has the power to blow you up.
Cybersecurity
Obama's Cyberwar Target List Just Made His Meeting with China Very Difficult
Cyberwar is all-but-officially the new Cold War.
Cybersecurity
What Google and NSA Snoops Have in Common
The world's Internet companies got rich behaving just like our government's intelligence apparatus.
Cybersecurity
Chinese Hackers Spied on the 2008 Elections, Too
Hackers accessed internal data from both the McCain and Obama campaigns.
Cybersecurity
Actually, Most Countries Are Increasingly Spying on Their Citizens, the UN Says
The NSA news is scary, but the U.S. is far from alone in the extent to which it monitors communications within its borders, a new report found.
Cybersecurity
Known crook swipes cops’ personal info from Danish police driver’s license system
Government (Foreign) // Government Contractor // Denmark
Cybersecurity
Anonymous avenges NSA spying on citizens with strategic leak
Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Twitter's Jaded Reaction to the NSA's Phone Records Collection Program
Many on social media are not shocked about the news.
Cybersecurity
HP, Lockheed Make the Cloud Security Cut
Five Web services providers now comply with mandatory protections for government clients.
Cybersecurity