Cybersecurity
White House Orders All Federal Sites Go HTTPS By the End of 2016
Today, most of the federal government's roughly 1,200 websites use HTTP technology, which exposes website content, browser format, search terms and other user information to eavesdroppers.
Digital Government
Syrian Electronic Army Claims Hack of Army Website
The Army’s official website was inaccessible Monday afternoon.
Digital Government
Survey: Federal CIOs Say Cyberattacks are on the Rise and They Can't Compete for Cyber Talent
But more than half of CIOs said it was difficult to compete for professionals with tech expertise, especially because of “limited compensation compared to the private sector."
Emerging Tech
Scientists Are One Step Closer to Predicting Solar Storms
The refrigerator-sized Deep Space Climate Observatory is a joint partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Air Force.
Digital Government
It’s a Fantastic Time to Graduate in the US as an Engineer or Computer Scientist
The class of 2014 is doing pretty well for itself
Emerging Tech
When Google Self-Driving Cars Are in Accidents, Humans Are to Blame
The autonomous vehicles have been in a dozen crashes since 2009, but haven’t caused any of them, the company says in a new report.
Cybersecurity
RIP, HTTP
Federal websites will be required to tack on the "s" for "secure" by the end of next year.
Cybersecurity
Syrian hackers say they knocked army.mil offline
The Pentagon acknowledged the hack, but did not confirm the attacker.
Acquisition
Should the National Labs be exempt from FITARA?
Senate bill carves out exemption for supercomputing and other lab IT; an earlier version of the measure would have exempted the entire Department of Energy.
Cybersecurity
OPM records the 'Holy Grail' of counter-intelligence
'Very old systems' and a lot of valuable, unencrypted data left millions vulnerable, despite the application of interior and perimeter defenses.
Digital Government
Homeland Security Radio Silence Persists
After almost three years, the Department of Homeland Security has made little progress toward improving internal communication via radio, according to a recent IG verification review.
Digital Government
World’s First Biolimb: Scientists Are Growing Rat Arms in Petri Dishes
Harald Ott at Massachusetts General Hospital and his colleagues have now taken a step toward the dream of building a biolimb.
Cybersecurity
We Need an International Law of Cyberspace
The level and breadth of cyber exploitations suggests a world in which actors are engaged in a race to the bottom of every data well they think might be useful for their own purposes.
Cybersecurity
Why Did China Hack Federal Employees' Data?
Officials think the massive data breach revealed this week is part of an effort to build a database of U.S. government workers.
Modernization
Study: Cybersecurity, cloud adoption lagging
The Professional Services Council's CIO and CISO survey also highlighted worries over an aging IT workforce.
Digital Government
Pentagon working on federated app store
To save money and time, Defense Department officials are moving gradually toward a shared catalog of approved mobile applications.
Acquisition
OFPP to issue acquisition lab guidance
Using HHS Buyers Club as a model, the procurement office wants to encourage other agencies to launch acquisition innovation labs.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Outwit Global Financial Body and Love Seeing ISIS in NYC
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity