Cybersecurity
Border Patrol finding new uses for data
Border security now means not only the basic metrics of apprehensions, but using that data to gauge and interdict looming threats.
Cybersecurity
Morgan Stanley Insider Exposes Private Client Names
Financial Services // New York, United States
Modernization
Watchdog Wants to Know if DOD Has Actually Saved Money by Jumping to the Cloud
Audit to determine whether DOD components performed cost-benefit analyses before buying cloud services.
Digital Government
NWS Says 'No Involvement' from China-Owned Unit in IBM Supercomputer Deal
The National Weather Service will get forecast-boosting supercomputers that will increase processing capacity by almost tenfold.
Digital Government
CIA Watchdog Who Revealed Senate Hack is Resigning
Inspector General David Buckley will step down at the end of the month, the agency said.
Ideas
Why Commercial Clouds are More Secure than Federal Data Centers
It’s time to add security as a reason for, not against, moving federal applications to the commercial cloud.
Modernization
The Mobile Wave Still Looks Like a Trickle in Government
With thousands of federal websites that haven’t yet been optimized for miniature screens, agencies are making a slow go of making government services mobile-friendly.
Digital Government
SEC moves to ease access to financial statement data
The move could empower data scientists and programmers to build securities analysis tools that scale across the entire U.S. market.
Cybersecurity
We Still Don't Know Who Hacked Sony
Welcome to a world where it's impossible to tell the difference between random hackers and governments.
Acquisition
Feds' procurement shortcomings a threat to industry
Bob Davis argues that the lack of a strong federal procurement workforce is not just a government problem -- and it’s time for industry to get involved in solving it.
Cybersecurity
Unsecured webpage put 7,000 vets at risk for years
The website flaw has been fixed, but the VA is planning further investigation of possible exfiltration of data from its network.
Cybersecurity
FBI wants cyber sleuths with some muscle
The bureau’s cybersecurity job requirements require applicants to complete a stiff physical fitness test, even though most of their time will likely be spent behind a desk.
People
What private-sector CIOs are saying
A new survey explores industry CIOs' frustrations, ambitions and compensation.
Digital Government
Accenture retained, Army database approved, drones descend and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
How a New Social Network Could Help Close the Cyber Worker Shortage
By this spring, organizers aim to have 10,000 registered users participating on the CyberCompEx site, a partnership of the U.S. Cyber Challenge and Monster.com.
Cybersecurity
Muslim Extremists Hacked Bus Schedule In Misguided Cyber Terror Plot
Transportation // Bristol, England
Cybersecurity