Cybersecurity

A security solution that's simple for government, tough for attackers

Format-preserving encryption can secure legacy systems and new solutions alike.

Cybersecurity

ICS-CERT analyzing grid-crippling malware

ICS-CERT is teasing out signatures of a new family of malware to help identify code that targets critical infrastructure.

Emerging Tech

Predictions for What Robots Will Do to the U.S. Workforce, Ranked From Certain Doom to Potential Utopia

No matter what you think, there’s probably a research-backed prediction that supports your view.

Cybersecurity

After a Series of Hacks, Cryptocurrency Issuers May Turn to Old-Fashioned Bank Vaults for Security

It's difficult to keep even the most sophisticated new technology safe and secure.

Emerging Tech

The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With YouTube

Surprise eggs and slime are at the center of an online realm that’s changing the way the experts think about human development.

Digital Government

Border Walls Work in Cities, DHS Officials Tell Lawmakers

Lawmakers want a higher-tech border patrol, but a watchdog agency is concerned CBP isn't measuring how useful its technology is.

Modernization

Google's SOS Alerts Can Help You During An Emergency

The tech company is helping provide citizens with important information through Google search results.

Digital Government

IRS Pilot Lets You Settle Tax Disputes From Home

The agency will test a online conferencing platform that taxpayers can use from their homes or wherever they click the link.

Digital Government

IT Modernization Gets Nod, But No Money, In House Funding Bills

Funding for a major tech upgrades push will have to wait on Senate action on a modernization bill.

Cybersecurity

Tech and wall are inseparable, border security managers say

A physical wall isn't effective without integrated technology and agents who have access to real-time data.

Acquisition

Agencies should look to industry for scaling shared services

Adopting standards and building partnerships with industry will accelerate agencies' ability to take advantage of shared services, says a GSA executive.

People

Former GSA FAS execs start consulting firm

Two top managers from GSA's Federal Acquisition Service have launched their own consultancy after settling with the agency over a whistleblowing complaint.

Emerging Tech

Time for Agencies to Rethink the Internet of Things, NIST Official Says

It's hard to secure the internet of things if parties can't agree what it is.

Ideas

A Tool That Can Keep Federal Data Centers Safe Amid Cloud Chaos

To help secure clouds, agencies need to visibility into nebulous infrastructures.

Acquisition

GSA moves OASIS management team to FEDSIM

Personnel changes at the agency continue with the naming of a new team to manage the popular multiple-award contract for professional services.

Emerging Tech

Will Democrats Need to Break Up Amazon And Google to Beat Donald Trump?

Senate Democrats are taking up an anti-trust platform.

Cybersecurity

The enterprise risk management approach to cybersecurity

Better cybersecurity tools are not even half the battle.

Digital Government

US Navy Gunners Are Testing A Wearable Heads-Up Display

A service lab has turned a lieutenant’s brainstorm into a testable prototype dubbed the GunnAR augmented-reality headset.

Modernization

Navy makes old signals new again

A new project will bring a 200-year-old seaborne communications technology into the current digital ocean.