Digital Government
GAO upends Justice's identity card project
The department picked a contractor for handling network logon credentials without considering the best value, the watchdog agency concluded.
Digital Government
FBI nets cyber informants with hacktivist sting
Some hackers have grown disillusioned with radical groups' tactics, including alleged plans to target Israel's industrial systems.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon taps McAfee, Northrop Grumman to teach military cyber pros
The program is shielding Defense networks from WikiLeaks-like data spills.
Cybersecurity
Standards body releases e-health hack calculator
Financial loss could be the best impetus for fixing poor security hygiene, ANSI suggests.
Modernization
Cloud computing's success hinges on rapid certification
The FedRAMP accreditation program aims to quickly approve security controls of Web-based services.
Modernization
Major update to governmentwide cyber manual takes on WikiLeaks
NIST's compendium of data security standards tackles supply chain risks, cloud privacy and smartphone wiping.
Cybersecurity
Researchers suggest U.S, China engage on cyberattack issues
A new report proposes China and the United States discuss taboo hacking topics, such as cyberattacks, to cool cybersecurity relations before the dispute becomes as explosive as global finance.
Digital Government
DHS pinpoints government computers set to lose Internet access
Federal agencies are taking steps to extract the DNSChanger virus that could cause disconnections on March 8.
Digital Government