Modernization
Truly committing to innovation and the cloud
Government's success is enabled by using contracting practices that reward rather than discourage new ideas and approaches.
Cybersecurity
Clinton calls for 'Manhattan-like project' on encryption
Clinton has elevated her voice among current and former Obama administration officials warning of the potentially dire consequences of "going dark."
Acquisition
White House hopes to trim $9B software spend
Can smarter management and detailed reporting requirements help agencies stop overpaying for software?
Cybersecurity
Can the U.S. push the world to accept cyber norms?
As international cyber norms take shape at a slow pace, experts consider how individual nations can lead, follow and take matters into their own hands.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Chief Didn't Violate Governmentwide Ban on Using Personal Email for Business
Using personal email while carrying out government business is an issue that’s come up repeatedly in recent months.
Cybersecurity
Clinton Campaign Voter Records Breached; Hackers Invade Juniper Networks, & Pickpocket Bubba Gump Patrons
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Ideas
5 Cyber Risk Trends for 2016
These are the top themes CIOs and CISOs should have on their radar in the new year.
Cybersecurity
Payment Thieves Breach Restaurateur That Owns Bubba Gump, Morton's, Others
Food and Beverage // United States
Digital Government
The Life-Saving Train Technology That Congress Isn’t Fully Funding
The omnibus budget bill allocated money for a railroad-safety measure that prevents accidents. But not enough.
Cybersecurity
Sanders Staff Improperly Accessed Clinton Voter Data at Length
Nonprofit // United States
Digital Government
Mark Zuckerberg’s Plea for Internet Freedom Means Nothing if he Keeps Kissing up to China
Where was Zuckerberg’s statement when China blocked Instagram, another property owned by Facebook?
Digital Government
DuckDuckGo, the Search Engine That Doesn’t Track its Users, Grew More Than 70% This Year
But it has also struggled to crack the mainstream.
Cybersecurity
Security Bugs in Widely-Used Juniper System Might Have Been Planted by Foreigners
Defense Industrial Base // Financial Services // Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // Manufacturing // Social Media // Technology // Telecommunications // Web Services // Washington, DC, United States
Digital Government
Special Ops Want Agile Experts to Process Top Secret Data
The military force wants to embed a "multidiscipline agile development team" to process data so frontline decision makers can use it.
Modernization
Video: How to Track All of Your Holiday Packages
Be more efficient than Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
Digital Government
10 Tech Takeaways in $1 Trillion Funding Bill
There are 423 references to “cyber” in the 2,000 page bill.
Modernization
How Mobile Carriers Skirt Net-Neutrality Rules
“There’s something stomach-twisting about a company offering free video streaming but charging for filling out an online job application.”
Digital Government
DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones
The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.
Emerging Tech