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