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Cybersecurity Must Be Embedded in Every Aspect of Government Technology
While cybersecurity has evolved, it has not kept pace with cyber threats that have become increasingly sophisticated.
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Don’t Let Data Die in the Dark
The ramifications of disorganized data can impact a business far beyond paying consumers financial settlements for non-compliance.
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How Feds Can Work Safely Despite Coronavirus
Technology has made it so that many workers can do their jobs from home, especially if the right precautions are taken.
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Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Order Welcomed with Mixed Reactions
Some stakeholders applauded the administration’s attention to PNT services while others said the order kicked the real work down the road.
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How to Stop ‘Force Multiplier’ Tactics from Hitting Your Supply Chain
Here are six steps agencies can take to mitigate third-party compromises.
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Dark Web, Not Dark Alley: Why Drug Sellers See the Internet as a Lucrative Safe Haven
First, it's safer than dealing in person.
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The Official Coronavirus Numbers Are Wrong, and Everyone Knows It
Because the U.S. data on coronavirus infections are so deeply flawed, the quantification of the outbreak obscures more than it illuminates.
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Predicting the Coronavirus Outbreak: How AI Connects the Dots to Warn About Disease Threats
While the CDC and laboratories around the world race to find cures for the novel coronavirus, researchers are using AI to try to predict where the disease will go next.
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The Path to Improved Citizen Digital Experiences
Measuring digital efforts is critical to creating meaningful improvements for citizens.
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The Problem With Telling Sick Workers to Stay Home
Even with the coronavirus spreading, lax labor laws and little sick leave mean that many people can’t afford to skip work.
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'Surfing Attacks' Could Let Hackers Read Your Texts
“We want to raise awareness of such a threat,” says Ning Zhang, assistant professor at the Washington University in St. Louis.
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A Checklist for Congress and the President in a Divided America
There are technologies waiting to be tapped as forces for good.
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How Can We Prepare for the Coronavirus? 3 Questions Answered.
First and foremost, people need to be prepared for their daily life to be affected.
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Where Everyone Goes When the Internet Breaks
Downdetector is a simple, ugly utility, which becomes a weird little life raft for displaced communities when their websites crash.
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FBI Cyber Crime Report Shows the Weakness of Password Protection
It’s time we see passwords for the paper tigers that they are.
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Ancient Animistic Beliefs Live on in Our Intimacy with Tech
We’re learning that humans can bond, form attachments and dedicate themselves to non-conscious objects or lifeless things with shocking ease.
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Keeping Up with Compliance in the Digital Age
Late adopters to the Homeland Security Department’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program can still benefit.
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