Cybersecurity
Cyber Threats Are Emerging Faster Than DHS Can Address Them, Secretary Says
The agency needs industry to help it “innovate while under attack,” according to Kirstjen Nielsen.
Cybersecurity
House VA Committee Looks into Trolls Targeting Veterans Groups
Someone’s spreading misinformation to veterans and their families and Congress wants to know who.
Cybersecurity
Top Navy Admiral Warns of Cyberattacks Against Brass
CNO says that’s why the service stopped publishing promotion lists in October.
Cybersecurity
China’s Cyber Prowess is Shaping How the Pentagon Buys
It's imperative for security to coincide with modernization, a Defense Department acquisition official said.
Cybersecurity
CISA Cyber Chief Warns Political Candidates 'Everybody's a Potential Target'
There’s no telling what races online adversaries might try to sway, says Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Jeanette Manfra.
Ideas
Don’t Call It an ‘Arms Race’: U.S.-China AI Competition Is Not Winner-Takes-All
The most common framing of the two countries’ artificial-intelligence development is dangerous.
Cybersecurity
Researcher: The West Isn’t Ready for the Coming Wave of Chinese Misinformation
Beijing’s social-media operations are larger and more effective than many realize.
Cybersecurity
The U.S.-China Tech War Is Being Fought in Central Europe
The Czech Republic’s complicated relationship with the Chinese giant Huawei offers a lesson in the benefits and pitfalls of courting Beijing.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Cybersecurity Threats from Careless Insiders and Foreign Governments Reach All-Time Highs
A survey suggests risks have risen substantially over the last five years, but cyber professionals still feel agencies are doing a good job in IT security.
Digital Government
Congress Moves to Ban Discriminatory Advertising on Social Media
Lawmakers also introduced bills to help both vets and the larger U.S. workforce navigate an increasingly tech-centric job market.
Ideas
How Government Agencies Can Build Cyber Trust in 2019
For all the damage that can come as the result of cyberattacks, the cost of severed trust is almost always the highest.
Ideas
White House’s Race to Maintain AI Dominance Misses Opportunity
The administration supported a race for AI when it could have supported a race for ethical innovation.
Cybersecurity
ECS Wins a $38 Million Contract to Secure FBI Networks
The company will stand up multiple teams of cyber experts within the bureau to spot and address digital threats.
Cybersecurity
Russian Attacks Hit US-European Think Tank Emails, Says Microsoft
The same groups that hit the DNC recently targeted prominent think tanks, including one election-monitoring organization
Cybersecurity
White House Orders Agencies to Defend the Skies From Cyberattacks
In its National Strategy for Aviation Security, the Trump administration called on the government to be more proactive in spotting threats to U.S. airspace.
Cybersecurity
Supply Chain Attacks Spiked 78 Percent in 2018, Cyber Researchers Found
But general phishing attempts dropped for the fourth year in a row.
Cybersecurity
You Have 19 Minutes to React If the Russians Hack Your Network
After Moscow's hackers breach one PC, that network's defenders have less than a half-hour to prevent wider data theft or destruction, a new report finds.
Cybersecurity
DOJ Indicts Former Intel Officer For Helping Iran Hack Her Colleagues
Monica Witt, a former Air Force officer and intelligence community contractor, also allegedly disclosed information about a sensitive Pentagon program, according to Justice Department officials.
Artificial Intelligence
China’s Rapid AI Development Has Its Limits: Report
Chinese artificial-intelligence researchers are aware of ways their work lags the United States’—and Beijing is working to fix those.
Ideas
Federal Networks Under Attack: How Artificial Intelligence Will Save the Day
It's time to stop being a step behind hackers.
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