Cybersecurity
Are Microsoft and Google Better at Cybersecurity than the CIA?
Questions arise following the hack of John Brennan's personal email.
Cybersecurity
CIA: Brennan AOL Files on WikiLeaks ‘Absolutely’ Not Official Agency Work
The six documents published on the website date from 2007 and 2008, and include an application for a security clearance to handle classified information.
Digital Government
What We Know About the Hack of the CIA Director’s Private Email
The CIA said it was investigating but wouldn’t confirm if the account was legitimate.
Digital Government
CIA Social Media Team: We Use Twitter to 'Explain Our Mission'
The small team is more interested in using the platform to push out historical tidbits than having conversations with individual users.
Digital Government
CIA Announces First ‘Digital’ Directorate
The digital office is the first new directorate in more than 50 years.
Cybersecurity
Some Legacy IT in Government Is so Old, It’s 'Indefensible,’ Official Says
Security remains a “bolt-on” rather than embedded into many IT systems.
Digital Government
CIA's Genius Twitter Strategy
Why this shadowy government agency is showing its sense of humor.
Digital Government
IC Hones in on New CIO
Raymond Cook formerly led multiagency IT infrastructure, data sharing and compliance within the CIA.
Digital Government
How Much Damage Can OPM Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints?
The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said.
Modernization
How To Break Into the CIA’s Cloud on Amazon
Looking to steal America’s spy data from Amazon? Hope you’re up for a challenge.
Modernization
What Do US Intelligence Agencies and Netflix Have in Common? Both are Amazon Cloud Customers
It’s been almost a year since Amazon Web Services stood up a cloud computing infrastructure for the 17 agencies within the intelligence community.
Modernization
CIA Is Trying to Hack Your iPhone
New Snowden documents reveal a decade-long CIA push to break Apple’s encryption protections.
Emerging Tech
CIA’s New Big Data Hub Will be Hosted in the Cloud
CIA Chief Information Officer Doug Wolfe confirmed Wednesday the intelligence agency will start using Cloudera’s Enterprise Data Hub platform by April.
Modernization
CIA is Bringing Amazon’s Marketplace to the Intelligence Community
In the coming months, Amazon Web Services will launch an IC-only cloud marketplace that aims to shake up the way spy agencies purchase software.
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.
Cybersecurity
Torture Report: Seized Computers, Not Waterboarding, Thwarted Would-be Bomber
A confiscated computer and the CIA's cyber capabilities -- not waterboarding -- were essential in yielding information.
Digital Government
CIA’s Official Book Reviewer Unimpressed with Tomes on Snowden
The spy agency describes Glenn Greenwald’s recent book as full of “bitter ad hominem rationale.”
Modernization
Daring Deal
Amazon is building a cloud for the intelligence community under a plan to upend the status quo.
Cybersecurity
Why branding matters -- even in government
More focus on building and enhancing the employer brand could help agencies find and keep talent.
Cybersecurity
Who's the top employer among IT and engineering students?
Government agencies make the top 10 list of best employers.
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