Cybersecurity
IRS plagued by computer vulnerabilities five consecutive years
Latest critique of the tax agency's information security notes untrained contractors and liberal access to financial systems.
Cybersecurity
FISMA continues to challenge
Ten years after it first passed, FISMA continues to frustrate agencies trying to comply with its requirements.
Cybersecurity
China allegedly involved in Facebook scam against NATO officers
A fake profile for NATO's senior commander lured other officers into accepting a friend request, compromising personal information in the process.
Cybersecurity
Border Patrol and ICE data systems not working together, IG says
Stovepiped data systems are contributing to tensions in the operational relationship between the Border Patrol and ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit.
Cybersecurity
DISA broadens cybersecurity efforts
DOD is expanding the use of the host-based security system to include training and enterprise technologies.
Cybersecurity
Apparent disconnect on contractor lawsuit is business as usual
Continuing business, accolades for contractors accused of violations is common, experts say.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon taps McAfee, Northrop Grumman to teach military cyber pros
The program is shielding Defense networks from WikiLeaks-like data spills.
Cybersecurity
Federal agency push to reduce regulation results in savings
Federal agencies have found savings and reduced burdens by revising regulations, but not always to taxpayers' benefit.
Cybersecurity
Standards body releases e-health hack calculator
Financial loss could be the best impetus for fixing poor security hygiene, ANSI suggests.
Cybersecurity
IG faults Energy Department for not fully implementing HSPD-12
The Energy Department has not fully met the requirements for physical and access control credentials, according to a new report from the OIG.
Cybersecurity