Cybersecurity
Hackers Take Over Twitter Accounts, Attack Power Grid and Set Up Ad-Watching Network
Another busy week in Threatwatch, Nextgov's regularly updated index of cyber incidents.
Ideas
Why Machine Learning Will Help Improve Government Cybersecurity in 2017
Here are some security predictions for 2017 that will affect both industry and government operations moving forward.
Cybersecurity
Exit Interview: Trevor Rudolph
The former Office of Management and Budget lead on CyberStat and other civilian agency cybersecurity issues sounds off on Congress, the fabled sprint and the new federal CISO role.
Artificial Intelligence
In the Race to Build the Best AI, There’s Already One Clear Winner
Almost every major tech company is partnered up with Nvidia and uses its hardware.
Modernization
FTC: Your Holiday Shopping Apps Might Be Fake
The agency warned consumers to watch out for fraudsters seeking credit card information.
Cybersecurity
NIST Issues Cyber Recovery Playbook
The guide is for CIOs and CISOs in federal agencies.
Emerging Tech
The Urban Drone Invasion is Nigh
Will unmanned aerial vehicles make city life easier, safer or just weirder?
Digital Government
First Voice Transmission from Space was Eisenhower Wishing Peace on Earth from a Nuclear Missile
The U.S. mission known as SCORE would transmit a human voice from orbit for the first time.
People
What to make of the NDAA's latest DOD reorgs
The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act splits the undersecretary of acquisition, technology and logistics position into two new undersecretary roles -- one focused on acquisition, the other on innovation. What does that mean for the future of defense tech?
Modernization
Here Are the Apps Most Citizens Think Would Help Vets
Career development apps were high on the list.
Cybersecurity
The Most Urgent Questions About the Russia Hacks
No foreign power has ever intervened to try to shape a U.S. election with this kind of sophistication and potency.
Digital Government
Will Trump Bring Back Outsourcing and A-76?
Prepare for the debate about which agency functions are “inherently governmental” and whether contracting out saves money.
Ideas
Low Code, Not Open Source, is Key to Federal IT Agility
The government should eliminate code, not try to develop open-source methods.
Cybersecurity
Video: Parsing Cyber in the Trump White House
There are a few clues that will predict how the next administration will treat cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
How to talk cyber at the holiday table
Holiday dinner conversations can get heated, and one topic that's been on fire this year is cyber. Here's FCW's holiday guide to how to discuss "the cyber" with family members who are more analog than digital.
Cybersecurity
Russian 'Methbot' rakes in millions
Although a recently detected bot platform has a specific, commercial target, it dwarfs other high-profile botnets and breaks disturbingly innovative ground.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers: Snowden a fabricator, not a whistleblower
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who stole and leaked sensitive documents was a disgruntled employee and liar who is in league with Russian intelligence, says a newly declassified House Intelligence Committee report.
Digital Government