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Amid Coronavirus, CISA and NIST Issue Guidelines to Boost Federal Telecommuting
Hackers are taking advantage of the telecommuting chaos to launch attacks across the spectrum.
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How Feds Can Work Safely Despite Coronavirus
Technology has made it so that many workers can do their jobs from home, especially if the right precautions are taken.
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FBI Cyber Crime Report Shows the Weakness of Password Protection
It’s time we see passwords for the paper tigers that they are.
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Why It’s Time to Drop Passwords for Federal Networks
At very least, stop using pop culture references.
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Happy Lunar New Year, Although New NASA Models Suggest We Might Have Fewer Left
Looking at the world in NASA’s new model makes it easy to see why climate change is a global problem.
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CES Gives a Peek at 2020 Technology
It’s more difficult to predict the next great advancement in government technology but you can spot trends.
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New Year’s Resolutions Federal Employees and Their Agencies Can Actually Keep
Don't worry: Losing weight isn't one of them.
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How Agencies Can Use Open Source Intelligence to Close Cybersecurity Loopholes
Open source intelligence isn't just for spies.
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Quantum Supremacy Is (Maybe) Here. Now What?
Quantum computing is more than a concept now.
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Wrap-up and Honoring Animal Heroes
Fix your cyber posture and honor patriotic pets.
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Robots Learn about Feelings and Maybe Plot Their Takeover
So how far away are we from a machine uprising?
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Why I Changed My Mind about Federal User Cyber Training
Layer on all the protective systems you want—at the end of the day, the user still has to make a good decision.
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Happy Insider Threat Awareness Month!
Insider threats are potentially far more dangerous than those attacking from outside.
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The Dangers in Smart Cities
Smart cities make for a larger attack footprint, and more potentially devastating results from a breach or hack.
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How Cities Are Getting Smarter
There isn’t one definition of a smart city technology, but here are places governments are making progress.
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Can New Technologies Restore a Robust Federal Cyber Perimeter?
Many agencies are deemphasizing traditional notions like perimeter security and concentrating more on the concept of resiliency, recovery and ways to mitigate the effects of a breach.
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NASA May Bring a Laser-Based Internet to Space for Mars Missions
NASA will need to boost its comms to support human space travel.
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Government May Tap Older Tech to Secure Modern Infrastructure
There might be something to keeping physical switches in power grids.
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