Cybersecurity
FBI Director Argues Private Companies Shouldn’t Decide Encryption Debate
A key lawmaker questioned whether the Justice Department’s position is at odds with the Defense Department’s.
Cybersecurity
Weakening Encryption Could Impact Election Security, Coalition Says
An election security group said the Justice Department’s renewed calls for access to encrypted data could impact more than privacy.
Cybersecurity
Facebook's Push for End-to-End Encryption Is Good News for User Privacy, as Well as Terrorists and Paedophiles
Every decision has tradeoffs.
Acquisition
DOD wants prime contractors to be 'help desk' for new cybersecurity model
The Defense Department is pushing forward with its unified cybersecurity standard for contractors and wants large companies and industry associations to show startups and smaller firms the way.
Cybersecurity
Cybercrime at the center of IRS investigations in 2019
Officials from the agency's criminal investigations unit touted a major shift over the past year towards multi-stakeholder partnerships to investigate cybercrime and cryptocurrencies in financial crime.
Cybersecurity
NIST official says post-quantum environment still years away
Despite industry claims of quantum supremacy, a NIST official said there's no danger in the near future that modern tools will be able break current encryption methods.
Ideas
Take the First Steps To Quantum-Safe Security Now to Avoid Mistakes Later
No enterprise—whether a government, a military or a private company—can afford to be unprepared.
Emerging Tech
Don’t Rush Quantum-Proof Encryption, Warns NSA Research Director
Quantum computers could crack the codes that secure the world’s digital information but racing to a solution could create more threats, according to Dr. Deborah Frincke.
Cybersecurity
DOJ Makes Another Plea for Encryption Backdoors
While officials have long framed end-to-end encryption as an impediment to fighting terrorism, the department is now focusing on its impacts on child sex abuse.
Cybersecurity
Attorney General, DHS Secretary Call on Facebook to Build Encryption Backdoors
“Security enhancements to the virtual world should not make us more vulnerable in the physical world,” they said in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Podcasts
Critical Update: A Quantum Leap
Quantum computers will be able to crack our encryption but when?
Ideas
Cryptology from the Crypt: How I Cracked a 70-year-old Coded Message from Beyond the Grave
The code was created by the late Cambridge professor and scientist Robert Henry Thouless, who passed away in 1984.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: Hiring freeze increased cyber risk at State
An extended hiring freeze at the Department of State delayed key cybersecurity initiatives and placed highly classified information at risk, according to a watchdog report.
Cybersecurity
How government entities can combat cyber threats
Rather than getting to the point of no return, agencies should manage cybersecurity through preventative action, technological excellence, hygiene and training.
Ideas
The Arguments for Weakening Encryption Aren't Any Better Under Trump
Law-enforcement backdoors would still make everyone less safe, even as U.S. officials set their sights on broader access to data.
Cybersecurity
Barr Calls For An End to ‘Warrant-Proof’ Encryption
The attorney general railed against the tech during a speech in New York City, reinvigorating a debate that’s long rankled law enforcement officials and the tech community.
Ideas
Federal Data is Exploding at the Edge. Is It Secure?
Mobility means the government needs to be able to lock down information, retrieve it back, encrypt it—even after it’s already been sent.
Cybersecurity
The Pentagon is Trying to Secure Its Networks Against Quantum Codebreakers
The Defense Information Systems Agency is exploring new encryption strategies that could withstand an attack from quantum computers.
Cybersecurity
NIST pushes new encryption protocols for quantum, connected devices
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is inching closer to developing two new encryption standards to protect the federal government from new and emerging cybersecurity threats.
Digital Government
What Mark Zuckerberg Thinks People Want
The Facebook CEO had a change of heart that could recast the future of the internet.
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