Cybersecurity
NSA director predicts major cyberattack by 2025
Adm. Michael Rogers, leader of NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, testified on Capitol Hill on Nov. 20 about pending cybersecurity legislation.
Cybersecurity
Israeli breakthrough and special ops RFI
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Should social media affect your security clearance?
As continuous evaluation efforts ramp up, the intelligence community is testing ways to fold online postings into the mix.
Acquisition
Cyber recruiting, a notable election loss, NetCents setbacks and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Can DHS get it together?
Slowly but surely, the agency's ability to handle cybersecurity has evolved -- but experts say key hurdles remain.
Cybersecurity
IARPA unveils work on predictive intelligence
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity held its first industry day Oct. 30, and in doing so underlined predictive intelligence as a priority.
Digital Government
NGA releases unclassified mapping tool for Ebola relief
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants to support Ebola relief with a customizable mapping tool.
Modernization
A mountain of net neutrality comments, a privacy paradox, ransomware warnings and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Former DIA director to join SBD Advisors
Retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn is the latest in a growing list of former Pentagon officials to join the consulting firm.
Acquisition
Cloud standards, SEWP protests and NGA gamification
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
NSA CTO's moonlighting gig ends
Former NSA Director Keith Alexander drops collaboration with CTO Patrick Dowd after conflict-of-interest questions arise.
Cybersecurity
Information sharing: Are we safer?
A decade after the 9/11 Commission identified agencies' reluctance to share information as a dangerous shortcoming, the government is moving in the right direction.
Cybersecurity
IT contracts' (gentle) squeeze, a new spending site, NSA ties and Pistole retires
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
The government 'transformation queen'
HUD’s Tarrazzia Martin was one of the first 100 employees at the Department of Homeland Security.
Cybersecurity
Jedi mind tricks, Virginia tech and Ebola modeling
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
NSA IT, a better interface for CBP, data worries and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
ODNI crowdsources speech-recognition software
Automatic speech-recognition software that works in challenging acoustic environments is the "holy grail of the speech research community."
Cybersecurity
DHS network scanning authority, federal lab feedback and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
4 cybersecurity gurus to follow on Twitter
Here are four particularly insightful cybersecurity experts worth following on Twitter.
Modernization