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

HP, Lockheed Make the Cloud Security Cut

Five Web services providers now comply with mandatory protections for government clients.

Cybersecurity

Turkey's Government Doesn't Understand Its Digital Enemy

The Turkish government has incurred the wrath of Anonymous and the Syrian Electronic Army.