Cybersecurity

Some key events in the history of cyber warfare

Track the timeline of significant cybersecurity attacks.

Modernization

U.S. and Mexico talk safety across the fence

U.S. and Mexican officials announced an agreement to set up a cross-border network to enhance safety and law enforcement at the border.

Modernization

Schliesske lured by 'cool stuff'

After seeing the 'cool stuff' his twin brother and father were doing in the Army, Harold Schliesske left the private sector for government leadership — and he hasn’t looked back.

Cybersecurity

US-CERT director resigns

Mischel Kwon, director of the Homeland Security Department's operational cybersecurity team that handles cyber incident detection, warning and response activities for civilian agencies’ networks, has resigned. She will join RSA in early September.

Cybersecurity

Cyberattacks add fuel to cybersecurity debate

Cyberattacks on government agencies' Web sites underscore the complex policy questions of cyber defense and offense, experts say.

Modernization

U.K. mulls handing off national health records to Microsoft, Google

A reported plan for turning over government health records to Microsoft and Google is the subject of debate in the U.K.

Cybersecurity

China's cybersecurity fears sound very familiar

I came across a fascinating article while traveling in China that tells us a lot about Chinese perceptions of cybersecurity issues — and something about the human psyche as well.

Cybersecurity

Britain to establish new cybersecurity office

The British government is establishing a new Office of Cyber Security, as part of a broader strategy dedicated to protecting Britain's information technology infrastructure.

People

Megacommunities: The next big idea

Cybersecurity, climate change and other complex challenges require a new kind of thinking, two consultants say

Cybersecurity

DNI: Improvement needed tracking cyberattacks

Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence, said today intelligence agencies are working to improve their ability to accurately and quickly attribute the sources of cyber attacks.

Modernization

DHS border security plan contains millions for technology

Upgrades to border security technology are a major part of the Homeland Security Department's new plan to help stop drug-related violence along the Mexico border.

Cybersecurity

Federal 100 winner: Robert Childs

Childs, senior director of the Information Resources Management College at the National Defense University, has led several innovative IT teaching programs.

People

Federal 100 winner: Stu Shea

Shea, head of Science Applications International Corp.'s Intelligence, Security and Technology Group, founded the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and the GEOINT Symposium to bring people who work in geospatial intelligence together and promote the GEOINT trade.

Acquisition

FCW Insider: U.K. gets serious about open source

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People

FCW Insider: U.K. task force urges 'information stimulus'

A task force recently delivered a beta version of its report on how the United Kingdom could make greater use of all the digital information in government systems.

Cybersecurity

Biden urges cooperation on cybersecurity

Vice President Joe Biden urged cooperation with European allies on cybersecurity during his first major foreign policy speech since becoming vice president.

Digital Government

IT groups lobby against Buy American provisions

Several dozen companies and IT industry groups are lobbying to block the Buy American provisions in the Senate's economic stimulus package.

Cybersecurity

DHS travel program rushed

The Homeland Security Department is jeopardizing security by rushing its new Electronic System for Travel Authorization program, Lieberman says.

Digital Government

Commission to fund research on China's cyberwarfare capabilities

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission is seeking a contractor to conduct research and produce an unclassified report on China's cyberwarfare capabilities.

Digital Government

The Lectern: Banned in China

A long time ago (I think I'm dating myself here), people used the phrase "banned in Boston" to call people's attention to material, presumably somewhat salacious, that had been banned in Boston -- as a way of getting people in other parts of the country interested in getting it.