Cybersecurity
5-year-old hacks dad’s Xbox account to play prohibited games.
Entertainment // California, United States
Modernization
Meet the Company That Secretly Built ‘Cuban Twitter'
This is what Internet diplomacy looks like.
Digital Government
Sometimes the Best Big Data Questions Raise the Biggest Privacy Concerns
For social scientists, big data has its limits.
Digital Government
DHS Prepares Overhaul of Internal Security Operations
Agency wants 'kill chain' to drive the revamp.
People
Identifying and managing troubled projects
CEB research shows that early problem identification and escalation are crucial to project success, yet the warning signs are all too often overlooked.
People
Air Force names new head of contracting
Brig. Gen. Casey Blake will replace Maj. Gen. Wendy Masiello, who has been nominated to run the Defense Contract Management Agency.
Modernization
Navy trims NGEN transition timeline
The transition of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet to a new government-owned system had been delayed by bid protests and the government shutdown, but
Modernization
A mixed forecast for dark cloud services
Disaster recovery as a service offers advantages, experts say, but agencies must understand the risks.
Digital Government
Is It Time to Make Cyber Jobs a National Imperative?
'We have uncoordinated initiatives, but not a national strategy coupled with a national program,' executive says.
Modernization
NASA Wants You to Play Its Satellite Moon-Crash Guessing Game
When will a satellite go splat on the moon? Guess now and you could be a winner.
Modernization
IT Dashboard now rates HealthCare.gov as 'moderately high risk'
The escalation from medium risk reflects critical back-end tasks that remain incomplete and comes after most consumer-facing problems have been fixed.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Mine DVRs for Bitcoin, Raid Liquor Stores and Target Web TV Watchers
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Emerging Tech
When NASA Cut Ties With Russia, Was It Really Targeting Congress?
Crimea created an opportunity to restart the space race and push for a full space budget.
Emerging Tech
Senators: Slow Hunt of Patent Trolls Isn't Gridlock. It's Genius.
Panel promises it is on the precipice of a grand compromise on how to best slay patent trolls.
Digital Government
Remember the HealthCare.gov Woes? State Exchanges Had the Same Problems
Issa argues state exchanges were redundant and unnecessary.
Digital Government
Census Needs Better IT Plans for 2020, Auditor Says
The bureau is considering using Internet surveys and asking field workers to BYOD.
Cybersecurity
One Chart Shows Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Feds With Your Data
The number of reported information security incidents involving personally identifiable information has more than doubled in recent years.
People