Ideas
Modernizing IT Infrastructure is Critical to Combating Today’s Threats
Legacy systems carry innate vulnerabilities because of their age.
Cybersecurity
How will Trump tackle legacy IT?
In order to advance policy priorities, the next administration will have to navigate a government that is both reliant on and slowed by legacy IT. Exactly how remains an open question.
Emerging Tech
GSA Has New E-Signature Software
Adobe is selling the technology as a way to help agencies comply with security standards for online services.
Emerging Tech
US Lead in Quantum Computing 'Under Siege,' Says White House Cyber Adviser
The nation needs a workforce that can pursue quantum computing.
Cybersecurity
Top Dems Seek Full Congress Briefing on Russian Election Hacks
A whole-of-Congress classified briefing is necessitated by the threat the hacks pose to Democratic institutions, the top national security Democrats write.
Cybersecurity
Commerce Secretary to Industry: Don’t Let Cyber Report Collect Dust
Penny Pritzker endorses report’s anti-regulation stance, says regulation inhibits cyber info sharing.
Digital Government
Video: Social Media Giants Take on Terrorist Propaganda
These tech companies are taking a collaborative approach.
Cybersecurity
How the Government Makes It Easier to Share Cybersecurity Data
To make the cybersecurity game competitive again, cyber defenders need to let everyone know what they are being hit with, what techniques the attackers are using and what they are doing to mitigate those attacks.
Digital Government
Why DOD needs a mobile upgrade
A new report from the Center for a New American Security argues the Pentagon needs to ditch its risk-averse culture and procurement procedures and embrace next-generation mobile technology.
Cybersecurity
Industry sees coming regulatory 'pause' on cyber
The new White House cybersecurity commission report sets the stage for the next administration to make it easier for companies to share cyber threat information.
Acquisition
GSA adds data security solutions to Schedule 70
The agency says Adobe’s electronic signature solutions and other tools will help agencies manage a broad list of federal security requirements.
Cybersecurity
Agencies still aren't acing FITARA
Twelve of the 24 CFO Act agencies governed by FITARA improved their grades on the latest scorecard.
Cybersecurity
Congressman pushes Obama on cyber deterrence policy
The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee says one of the remaining imperatives for the President Obama is to develop a cyber deterrence strategy and pass it forward to the Trump Administration along with a host of other cyber challenges.
Digital Government
No Agency Gets an A in Latest FITARA Scorecard
Twelve agencies improved since their May grades, 11 held steady and one—the Transportation Department—dropped.
Digital Government
The Origin of Silicon Valley’s Gender Problem
In most places, more kids are considering a career in science than a decade ago, but what scientific field differs vastly.
Emerging Tech
It’s Looking More Likely Everyone in the EU Will Get Free Wi-Fi—Except Those in the UK, Thanks to Brexit
The free Wi-Fi would be in public spaces like libraries, parks and town squares.
Emerging Tech
Come Talk About Encryption and Internet of Things Dec. 8
Join Nextgov for the last Tech + Tequila of 2016.
Artificial Intelligence
Uber’s New AI Team Is Looking for Shortest Route to Self-Driving Cars
Data has become the currency of artificial intelligence—conventional wisdom says the more information your machines can learn from, the better they’ll be. But what if Uber could do less with more?
Digital Government
Open source is so much more than free code
The former Department of Veterans Affairs CIO shows how successful development and use of open source software requires collaboration, transparency and a commitment to management.
Cybersecurity