Cybersecurity
Cyber Command: Observers worry about unintended consequences
The size and importance of DOD’s military operations have caused some observers to wonder about how big an effect the Cyber Command might have outside its own domain.
Cybersecurity
Obama names DHS management honcho
President Barack Obama has named Rafael Borras as DHS under secretary for management.
Cybersecurity
Is there an air-tight case against the use of social media in DOD?
To some FCW readers, the idea of allowing military personnel to access social-media sites at work is nothing less than a national security disaster waiting to happen.
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard seeks new IT directorate
To fully carry out its modernization plans — including a new command structure for IT — the Coast Guard must obtain additional authorization from Congress, GAO says.
Cybersecurity
DOD creates Cyber Command as U.S. Strategic Command subunit
The director of NSA will lead the U.S. Cyber Command, which will be a subunit of the U.S. Strategic Command and will reach initial operating capacity in October.
Cybersecurity
DHS to kill satellite surveillance program
The Homeland Security Department is going to halt a controversial program to make intelligence and military satellite imagery available to civilian agencies for domestic purposes.
Cybersecurity
Tom Davis says he doesn't want cyber-coordinator job
Tom Davis, the former congressman from Virginia who has been reported to be a top contender to be Obama's cybersecurity coordinator, says he isn't currently seeking the job. But, he also said "you never say never."
Cybersecurity
Open Government Initiative may increase security woes
The Obama administration's Open Government Initiative to make government information more accessible could lead to the inadvertent exposure of sensitive data.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity, info sharing: House approves 2010 funding boost
The House recently approved a fiscal 2010 budget plan for the Justice Department that would increase funding compared to 2009 levels for some key information technology programs.
Cybersecurity
DOD: Be wary of social media's 'loose lips'
Two Defense Intelligence Agency experts explain how adversaries can use social-networking tools to gather information on targets.
Cybersecurity
E-Verify extension in contention
The Senate and House would each extend the E-Verify program in their Homeland Security appropriations bills, but they differ on by how long.
Cybersecurity
New bill seeks to replace Real ID with PASS ID
Legislation that proponents say could revitalize the moribund Real ID program would do so by removing expensive and controversial information technology requirements from current law. However, critics said the new bill would not really solve the problems they see with the program.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers differ on DHS data center funding
House and Senate bills to fund the Homeland Security Department in fiscal 2010 are at odds over how much money to give DHS for its data center consolidation program.
Cybersecurity