Cybersecurity

Senate panel skeptical about U.S.-China cyber accord

Intel and defense chiefs defend the administration's cyber deal with China, but key lawmakers are skeptical.

Cybersecurity

The coming private cyber 'war'

Will U.S. companies, fed up with getting hacked and not getting the government backup they want, launch cyberattacks against foreign actors – and would that qualify as “warfare”?

Cybersecurity

Intel chiefs say cyber norms, deterrence strategy still elusive

DNI James Clapper told lawmakers that absent a clear U.S. cyber deterrence policy, hacks of the magnitude of the OPM intrusion will continue.

Modernization

The Internet's watchmen applaud privacy

Security pros demonstrated that they, too, value privacy as they listened to a debate between a former NSA chief and one of the world's foremost privacy advocates.

Cybersecurity

Can America thump China for the OPM hack – and should it?

Foreign relations experts tackle tough questions of how, and if, the U.S. should retaliate against China for the latter's suspected orchestration of the biggest act of cyber espionage in history.

Cybersecurity

Bigger IRS breach, institutionalizing PIF, and FAA drones and glitches

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

FITARA good and bad, US-CERT warns of spear phishing and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

China hacking map, getting behind Einstein and Alabama cyber

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Feds targeted in Clandestine Wolf phishing campaign

DHS and the FBI are briefing agencies about a new threat from Chinese hackers.

Modernization

Domain name delay, DHS funding, McCain on acquisition and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

People

A chairman returns and Skype in space

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

Want digital services tips? Watch Singapore

The Southeast Asian city-state's government may have cracked the code for providing the services citizens actually want online: listen, don't force.

Digital Government

Hardware still hindering State visa process

After a June 9 hardware failure ground the State Department's process for issuing visas overseas to a near halt, two-thirds of the department's posts are now back online and issuing visas.

Cybersecurity

New glitch stalls State's visa and passport database

A June 9 hardware failure stalls passport and visa issuances, but is apparently unrelated to last year's failure of the Consular Consolidated Database.

Acquisition

Mobile app criteria, new Snowden revelations and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

A more efficient path to online accessibility

Karen Evans explains why a global accessibility standard is in everyone's interest -- and why agency CIOs should help push for it.

Cybersecurity

Britain's cyber envoy, in his own words

The Anglo-American relationship in cyberspace is flourishing thanks in part to bilateral measures agreed to by Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama.

People

GSA's Dorris honored, Ambrose moves to VA and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Debating the Sino-Russian cyber pact

Mike Rogers, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, weighed in on the growing Russian and Chinese threats to U.S. assets in cyberspace.

Cybersecurity

NSA chief wary of proxies

Adm. Michael Rogers says nation-states might increasingly turn to surrogates to conduct cyberattacks.