Cybersecurity
Cyberattacks Block Lloyds Customers from Online Banking
Financial Services // United Kingdom
Digital Government
When 'social gov' goes quiet
Agency Twitter posts have dropped off markedly since Inauguration Day.
Acquisition
EPA plans tilt to agile
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to build agility into the acquisition process, move to procure IT services from vendors who specialize in agile and to try to move the culture of the whole agency toward agile methodologies.
Digital Government
Agency seeks clarity on DHS election role
The independent federal commission that helps states improve their voting systems wants more clarity on what DHS' critical infrastructure designation means.
Cybersecurity
Update Every Apple Device You Have As Soon as Possible
Eliminate some newly discovered vulnerabilities.
Ideas
FITARA Must Become the Catalyst for Change in Federal IT
Many still consider FITARA a compliance drill rather than a way to transform IT.
Cybersecurity
The Encryption Wars Will Return One Way or Another
House Homeland aide predicts another encryption standoff, urges tackling the issue before there’s a crisis.
Digital Government
DHS IG Says Immigration System Could Grant Citizenship to National Security Threats
The inspector general made the urgent recommendation to stop the department from reactivating the system.
Artificial Intelligence
The Demon Voice That Can Control Your Smartphone
Researchers have created creepy sounds unintelligible to humans but still capable of talking to phones’ digital assistants.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Breach at Hospital; McDonald's User Info Exposed; and a Gmail Scam
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Modernization
Klopp stays on board as SSA CIO for now
The Trump administration has asked SSA CIO Rob Klopp to remain in his role to provide continuity as his agency continues modernization projects and agile adoption.
Digital Government
NOAA's First Images from Next-Gen Geostationary Satellite
GOES-16 enters the testing phase, beaming back images with four times higher resolution than other NOAA satellites.
Cybersecurity
Legacy systems, hygiene top Air Force 2017 cyber list
The Air Force will prioritize making legacy and mission systems cyber secure and instilling a culture of cyber security in the workforce in 2017, says CISO Pete Kim.
Modernization
Samsung Finally Explained What Caused Galaxy Note 7 Explosions
The company claims engineering—not mismanagement—was to blame.
Modernization
State of federal IT report charts needs in cyber, workforce
A weighty report from the CIO Council takes a sweeping view of the challenges facing the federal IT community.
Ideas
Avoiding Failure of Imagination in Cyber Conflicts
It's not enough to prepare for known cyber threats.
Digital Government
DHS watchdog warns agency on ELIS system
DHS Inspector General urged the Citizenship and Immigration Services to keep the struggling Electronic Immigration System unplugged.
People
Trump signs federal hiring freeze
As promised during the campaign, President Trump has signed an executive order implementing a hiring freeze across most of the civilian federal workforce.
Digital Government