Cybersecurity
Symantec traces Swift banking hacks to North Korea
A recent spate of successful and attempted online bank robberies is being attributed to North Korea by cybersecurity vendor Symantec.
Cybersecurity
Senator asks Fed about SWIFT heist
Hackers are stealing millions by cracking weak links in SWIFT's interbank money transfer system, and Sen. Tom Carper wants to know what the Fed and others are doing about it.
Digital Government
USAID's beta site is meant to look nongovernmental
In a bid to democratize development worldwide, USAID is partnering with other organizations to create a website that doesn't even end in .gov.
Modernization
Pentagon CIO: U.K. a model on cloud adoption
The British government hosts commercial cloud services within government facilities. That's "the right way for us to go," says Defense Department CIO Terry Halvorsen.
Digital Government
New EU passenger data measure gets warm reception at DHS
The European Union's vote to relax privacy restrictions on collecting and disseminating airline passenger data will help sharpen its anti-terrorism focus, said DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.
People
To buy better, government must know what it spends
Agencies can put more money on mission by analyzing accounts payable data. The former leader of the U.K.'s Government Procurement Service explains what it takes.
Cybersecurity
Nuclear Security Summit addresses cyberthreats
President Obama used the global stage of the Nuclear Security Summit to discuss cooperation among more than 50 other countries in protecting nuclear facilities from cyberattacks.
Digital Government
Tech startups with Chinese characteristics
Steve Kelman travels to China, and finds a different twist on incubators and innovation.
Cybersecurity
Russia, China continue to pose cyber threat to U.S. networks
Top intelligence officials tell a Senate committee they remain wary of ever-growing cybersecurity risks.
Digital Government
New trans-Atlantic data deal welcomed on Capitol Hill
A framework governing the transfer of European citizens' data into systems owned by U.S. companies includes more consequences for U.S. firms that don't play by the new privacy rules.
Cybersecurity
Carter calls on Cybercom to intensify online push against ISIS
A year and a half into the U.S. military campaign, the Islamic State group's cyber capabilities are not as menacing as some had feared.
Cybersecurity
U.S. warned of exploit in Ukrainian cyberattacks
The cyberattacks that blacked out power systems in Western Ukraine late last year used techniques very similar to those ICS-CERT warned infrastructure companies about in 2014.
Cybersecurity
Gauging North Korea's cyber operations
With reports this week of South Korea being on high alert for cyberattacks from the North, a new CSIS report examines what Kim Jong Un's regime is capable of in the digital realm.
Digital Government
Why the State Department is adopting responsive design
State officials are redesigning and consolidating the websites for its foreign missions to streamline content management and better accommodate mobile users.
Cybersecurity
U.S. official: Russian cyberwarfare getting more sophisticated
Robert Giesler, chief of strategy and plans in the secretary of Defense's Strategic Capabilities Office, believes Russia's use of cyberwarfare has grown more sophisticated, from Estonia in 2007 to Ukraine in 2016.
Cybersecurity