Cybersecurity

A Sixth Grader Is Selling Superstrong Passwords for $2

This 11-year-old can help you become cryptographically secure.

People

Funding IT projects in an era of constrained budgets

With money tight, experts say CIOs need to be creative and collaborative to find funding for new IT projects.

Cybersecurity

DHS banks on data repository for cyber insurance

Insurance is a market-based way to offset cybersecurity risks in the absence of regulations, but the lack of data and disclosure requirements remains an obstacle to widespread adoption.

Digital Government

Is the revised A-130 already obsolete?

A new top-level federal IT policy document, years in the making, is out for review. But did it neglect to incorporate lessons learned from big changes in IT management?

Cybersecurity

BIS dinged on cyber posture by Commerce IG

The Bureau of Industry and Security lacks a full inventory of network-connected devices and isn't doing all it can to protect against cyberattack, according to a new report.

Cybersecurity

Computer Theft at University Unnerves Human Rights Community

Education // Nonprofit // seattle, Washington, United States

Cybersecurity

Three New York Teens Arrested for Changing Grades and Schedules

Education // New York, United States

Cybersecurity

Hacktivists Leak Data on State-run Thai Communications Agency

Government (Foreign) // Telecommunications // Thailand

Digital Government

The New Tinfoil Hat? NSA-Proof Wallpaper

A Utah company has a new nickel-carbon material that could help the Pentagon fight off some of its most haunting threats.

Cybersecurity

Are Microsoft and Google Better at Cybersecurity than the CIA?

Questions arise following the hack of John Brennan's personal email.

Digital Government

Pentagon: We Need More People Tweeting to Combat ISIS Online

In the war of online influence, the U.S. is gaining ground but is still hopelessly outmanned.

Digital Government

Intelligence Office: Don’t Trust Your Facebook Friends

An educational video from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is warning people to be wary of foreign spies on social-media sites

Digital Government

OPM Pilots ‘Resume Mining’ for USAJobs

The end goal, Holden said, is for USAJobs to transition from a static jobs site.

Digital Government

OMB Picks Companies for Agile Acquisition Training Pilot

ICF International and ASI Government won OMB's challenge from June.

Digital Government

No smart city is an island

NIST is pushing a framework to ensure that smart technologies work across multiple municipalities -- and give small companies a fighting chance in the metropolis of tomorrow.

Cybersecurity

The Federal Government Is Finally Updating Y2K-era Cybersecurity Baselines

The last time the federal government updated its IT strategy, the requirements dealt with protecting "dial-in access," bulletin boards, and passwords.

Ideas

To be Successful, Hackers Need These 3 Elements

Hackers’ reconnaissance activities are shrouded within massive amounts of data, and are difficult to detect.

Cybersecurity

$37 million in emergency OPM funding left out of CISA

The Senate's information-sharing cybersecurity bill cleared a procedural hurdle Oct. 22, but conspicuously absent from the bill was an amendment for $37 million in funding for the Office of Personnel Management's IT modernization efforts.

People

Can better personnel management smooth presidential transitions?

When the next U.S. President takes office in January 2017, he or she will inherit a sprawling and complex bureaucracy that will need an injection of talent at the highest levels. Are there new and better ways to make that happen?