Cybersecurity
Hayden calls Russian email hack 'honorable state espionage'
The former CIA and NSA director discusses Russia's recent hacks of Democratic party emails, as well as Apple's stand against the FBI over encryption.
Digital Government
CIA Can Anticipate Social Unrest ‘Three to Five Days’ Out in Some Cases
The agency's use of sophisticated algorithms and analytics have significantly improved its ability to predict events.
Digital Government
The CIA Is Trying to Protect the Privacy Rights of Someone Who Doesn’t Exist
This fictional journalist is immune to FOIA.
Cybersecurity
CIA commits to the cloud
The CIA cloud project provided a reference model for other agencies looking for ways to bring their operational data into the cloud.
Cybersecurity
Hackers storm DOD networks
In a 1996 information-sharing effort, then-CIA director John Deutch proposed working with DOD to create an Information Warfare Technology Center staffed with 1,000 people and located at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Md.
Cybersecurity
FCW @ 30
Since 1987, FCW has covered it all -- the major contracts, the disruptive technologies, the picayune scandals and the many, many people who make federal IT function. Here's a look back at six of the most significant stories.
Cybersecurity
Brennan: Government 'cannot just hope' private sector will protect digital domain
CIA Director John Brennan warned of the need to improve government defense of the digital domain before a catastrophic event.
Cybersecurity
Two more arrests in hack of CIA's Brennan
Federal authorities have arrested two more alleged members of a hacker group that targeted senior U.S. intelligence and security officials and publicly posted personal information on FBI and DHS employees.
Cybersecurity
IC: Technology is a threat and a tool
Intelligence community leaders say technology continues to present new threats and new opportunities to combat them.
Modernization
CIA Official: ‘Cloud Has Been a Godsend’
The technology has bolstered the agency's cyber defenses and the speed at which it addresses threats to the nation.
Digital Government
Former CIA Chief Calls Trump a National Security Threat
Michael Morell announced he will be casting a vote for Hillary Clinton in the November presidential election.
Digital Government
CIA Director: Open Source a ‘Tremendous Advantage’
Combining data sets offers a clearer picture of an event, John Brennan said.
Digital Government
Spy Chief 'Excited' about Agency’s Modernization Effort
Initial skepticism "has dissipated as we've been able to explain what the purpose is," John Brennan said.
Cybersecurity
CIA chief says digital directorate will help with agency’s myriad IT needs
CIA Director John Brennan said his agency's Directorate for Digital Innovation would help operatives mask their digital tracks and would help defend against foreign cyberattacks.
Modernization
Will Amazon’s IC Marketplace Disrupt IT Acquisition?
The IC Marketplace is essentially a classified version of AWS’ public marketplace.
Cybersecurity
Obama taps former spy as CIA watchdog
After 16 months without a Senate-confirmed leader, the CIA has a nominee to head its Office of Inspector General.
Cybersecurity
Brennan warns on encryption
In public testimony, CIA Director John Brennan cautioned lawmakers on how terrorists and other malefactors are taking advantage of commercial encryption tools.
Digital Government
CIA Only Follows One Non-US Account on Twitter
The United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters, an intelligence and security agency, joined Twitter today.
Digital Government
With Job Website, Spy Agencies Try to Reach Younger Applicants
The intelligence community’s new website includes a “job exploration” function that tells high school students how to get involved in government work.
Digital Government