Cybersecurity
Trump taps Gordon to be principal deputy in ODNI
Current NGA Deputy Director Susan Gordon is a career intelligence official who helped create In-Q-Tel and has been a key driver of ICITE.
Cybersecurity
Officials press Congress to reauthorize spy powers
The Trump administration is asking Congress to reauthorize a critical foreign surveillance program without any amendments and to eliminate the sunset clause.
Cybersecurity
Former fed and contractor charged with spying for China
A mobile device tipped off feds to a Virginia man who now faces life in prison on charges of passing classified national defense information to Chinese intelligence agents.
Cybersecurity
Senate Dem wants answers on reported Booz Allen leak
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) wants answers from Booz Allen Hamilton about its security posture and ability to manage sensitive intelligence data.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog: NSA needs to boost insider-threat protocols
While the intelligence agency has implemented several of the Secure-the-Net initiatives launched in the wake of the Edward Snowden leak, additional steps are still needed.
Cybersecurity
In an Era of Russian Hacks, the US Is Still Installing Russian Software on Government Systems
Agencies bought Kaspersky anti-virus to secure their systems, but intel officials and lawmakers worry it's a liability instead.
Modernization
CIA CIO: Private cloud 'the best decision we’ve ever made'
Four years into its embrace of an on-premises cloud, the intelligence community is seeing both cost and mission benefits.
Cybersecurity
Spy powers overshadowed by Russia in Senate hearing
Officials testifying about the extension of a key surveillance program spent most of a Senate hearing dodging questions about President Trump.
Digital Government
Bray to join NGA as chief venture officer
The FCC CIO is taking his change agent game to the intelligence community.
Cybersecurity
ShadowBrokers launch subscription service for stolen NSA tools
The enigmatic ShadowBrokers have launched a new subscription service in their latest attempt to monetize stolen NSA hacking tools.
Cybersecurity
What the PATCH Act doesn't do
Proponents of the current Vulnerabilities Equities Process say the proposed PATCH Act will likely improve the process, but it is just one piece of a larger cybersecurity puzzle.
Cybersecurity
ShadowBrokers threaten to release more NSA tools
The cryptic ShadowBrokers are threatening to release more stolen NSA hacking tools through a new subscription service unless someone buys all the data from them.
Cybersecurity
Why disclosure rules didn't prevent the WannaCry attack
The WannaCry ransomware attack that crippled computers across the globe exploited a vulnerability that Microsoft had patched well in advance, but countless users failed to update their systems in time.
Cybersecurity
DOJ warned Flynn could be blackmailed by Russia
Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates told the Senate Judiciary Committee she warned the White House on Jan. 26 that then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was vulnerable to blackmail by Russia.
Cybersecurity
Intel act highlights cyber, STEM and Russia
Prioritizing STEM education, improving cybersecurity, reviewing the ODNI and countering Russian influence are among the priorities Congress has spelled out in the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act.
Digital Government
NSA halts Section 702 'upstream' collection
The NSA says it is halting "upstream" collection of email traffic that mentions targets of foreign surveillance after an internal review of "inadvertent compliance incidents" involving information collected on U.S. persons.
Cybersecurity
Clapper: Russia, nonstate actors emboldened in digital world
Russia has been emboldened by its successful intervention in the 2016 election, and nonstate actors, such as WikiLeaks, are a growing threat in the digital space, said former director of national intelligence James Clapper during a ranging public appearance.
Cybersecurity
ODNI lobbies for FISA 702 reauthorization
While trying to avoid a government shutdown will be the first order of business when Congress returns, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is upping pressure on lawmakers to focus on reauthorizing the foreign surveillance powers under FISA Section 702.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft says it's all patched up
The latest Shadow Brokers release of alleged NSA hacking tools included a trove of Microsoft exploits, but the software giant says it has now patched all of the vulnerabilities in the leaked code.
Cybersecurity