Cybersecurity
Pentagon Hires Investigators to Find Hacked Feds
A tool for determining why mail notifications are returned must be running by Oct. 9 and a website for individuals to check if they're affected by the breach must be running by Nov. 17.
Cybersecurity
Federal Inspectors Want to Double-Check How Agencies Fared During ‘Cyber Sprint’
Ground-truthing is partly a way for IGs to maintain a role in information security oversight, now that DHS is in charge.
Cybersecurity
OPM’s IT Security Overhaul Remains Under Scrutiny
In a new report made public today, the agency’s internal watchdog blasts the agency for dismissing the findings of an emergency report issued earlier this summer.
Cybersecurity
DHS: Here’s Why Agencies Should Not Try to Boot Hackers by Themselves
The OPM hack as a teachable moment.
Cybersecurity
NSA Stepped In to Thwart OPM Hackers -- Eventually
It wasn't until after the intrusion NSA was able to provide OPM with help to try to figure out what had happened, NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers said.
Cybersecurity
Here’s What OPM Is Offering to Protect Hack Victims from Blackmail
Hint: It’s not $330 million worth of ID protection services.
Cybersecurity
The Nation’s 24-Hour Cyber Watch Center Still Has Some Empty Seats
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center might have some communication challenges.
Cybersecurity
DHS Secretary OKs Bill to Monitor Federal Networks
Measure would let Homeland Security see other agency's Internet traffic to find and block intruders, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson says.
Cybersecurity
Bill to Let DHS Monitor Internet Traffic on Government Systems Advances
The federal data security upgrade would the agency closer to the center of cybersecurity operations.
Cybersecurity
ID Theft Prevention Might Not Protect OPM Hack Victims, Top Democrat Says
Experts advise those affected learn how to spot deception in emails, phone calls and social interactions.
Cybersecurity
Senate Committee Poised to Upgrade Agency Anti-Hacking Laws, Again
Bill expected in the next few days would mandate all departments pass Internet traffic through a governmentwide network surveillance system.
Cybersecurity
Senators Want to Give DHS New CYBERCOM-Like Powers to Thwart Civilian Agency Hacks
Lawmakers think there is now enough momentum to grant DHS power over government networks.
Cybersecurity
Were Background Investigations Falsified During the OPM Hack?
Administration will not confirm or deny it has verified the integrity of 21.5 million compromised records.
Cybersecurity
OPM Changes Privacy Rules to Let Investigators Inside All Databases
About 40 systems, holding medical files and complaint records, among other things, are affected by the policy change.
Cybersecurity
There’s A Plan to Immediately Purge Some Governmentwide Network Surveillance Data
Destruction could free up storage space and have the added benefit of protecting privacy.
Cybersecurity
After Dodging the Bullet that Hit OPM, Interior ‘Owns’ Up to Cyber Problem
Department CIO Sylvia Burns was horrified to learn another agency's database was hacked inside her IT facility.
Cybersecurity
House Panel Dents Budget for Cyber Tool That Scoped out OPM Breaches
Citing proposed pay raise costs and concerns about contracts for the EINSTEIN tool, lawmakers pass $5 million reduction.
Cybersecurity
OPM Says 84,000 Hack Victims Still Not Notified
Are you affected? There’s a hotline to call.
Cybersecurity
Not Just OPM -- Agency Cybersecurity Incidents on the Rise
The number of security incidents affecting federal agencies has increased every year since 2006.
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