Digital Government
International cooperation to shape common policies for cybersecurity and data protection
The United States and the European Union pledge to extend their cooperation on security and human rights issues, including cybersecurity, fighting cyber crime, and data protection. The next step is negotiating a binding agreement.
Cybersecurity
Finding common cause
The global terrorist threat, brought to U.S. soil on 9/11, has not gone away. And it now includes the ever looming war in cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
Cyber warfare: Sound the alarm or move ahead in stride?
Military leaders and analysts say evolving cyber threats, which some believe could produce a "digital Hurricane Katrina," will require the Defense Department to work more closely with experts in industry.
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.
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