Cybersecurity
9 States Accept DHS' Election Security Support
Homeland Security Jeh Johnson urges more states to take up the department's offer.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Bill Would Let Agency Heads Be Fired If There’s a Data Breach
The bill would also allow OMB's director to ensure the agency head doesn't get "any cash or pay awards or bonuses for a period of one year after submission of the explanation" for the incident.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Attacks on Government Agencies Tripled in Past Year
About 4 percent of government agencies have been exposed to Nymaim, a ransomware strain, and 3 percent to Locky.
Digital Government
How FITARA Changed the CIO Game
Legislation gave CIOs new visibility into their own agencies.
Digital Government
Pentagon Seeks Tech for New Background Investigation Bureau
DISA seeks commercial options to support the new background check system.
Modernization
Evil Charging Stations, Smartphone Hackers: NIST Outlines Mobile Threats
NIST seeks input on the wider threats mobile devices pose to enterprises.
Digital Government
Incomplete Fingerprint Records May Have Helped Criminals Gain Citizenship
DHS needs to digitize its fingerprint records, according to a report from the Inspector General's Office.
Ideas
The Inside Job: How to Stop Attacks from Within
Internal threats can use alternative tactics such as visual hacking to target sensitive data.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Leak More DNC Data and Medical Records; Air Bag Software Bug Leads to 4.3M Vehicle Recall
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
The Insider Threat: A Historical Perspective
Trained as a forensic psychologist and a 15-year veteran of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Michael Gelles has long had an interest in the bad guys within organizations.
Digital Government
NOAA Awards 2 Contracts Under Commercial Weather Data Pilot
Under the deals, two companies will essentially act as private sector guinea pigs, using their satellites to collect and distribute radio occultation data to NOAA.
Ideas
Alexa, How Can Government Adopt Artificial Intelligence Faster?
If I were Alexa, I'd say open source and transparency.
Digital Government
VA Innovator Network To Expand, Less Than 1 Year In
It started out at eight pilot sites in November, but could soon expand to about a dozen more this year.
Digital Government
Hurd Introduces Modernizing Government Technology Act to House
New IT legislation is a combination of Hurd’s MOVE IT act and the IT Modernization Fund championed by U.S. CIO Tony Scott
Ideas
Combating Hackers with Multimodal Biometrics
A recent study found the global biometrics market is projected to become a $21.9 billion industry by 2020.
Cybersecurity
Quiz: How Likely Are You to Fall Victim to a Data Breach?
Hackers targeting federal agencies are a serious threat to keeping the government's information safe but careless mistakes by employees can be just as dangerous.
Digital Government
Feds Should Investigate Digital Loss Prevention Protection
Even though most federal networks are already packed with cybersecurity protections, the need for DLP could easily be overlooked.
Digital Government
How the Postal Service Regained Customers’ Trust After Throwing Packages
In today’s era of retail behemoths like Amazon and Wal-Mart and delivery giants like FedEx and UPS, improved customer service has helped keep the Postal Service competitive.
Cybersecurity