Cybersecurity

DHS to Open Up Shop in Silicon Valley

The Department of Homeland Security is opening a branch in Google's territory.

Digital Government

Feds Heighten Scrutiny of TSA Screeners and Aviation Staff to Thwart Insider Threat

The prospective measures stem from a report the Department of Homeland Security requested after a former baggage handler last December allegedly helped smuggle loaded guns aboard a plane bound for New York City.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Publicize US Authorities’ Home Addresses and Freeze Cops’ Computers

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Cybersecurity

Why is the Army Handing Its Cyber Stars to Fox Entertainment?

It’s just one strategy U.S. organizations are trying out to deal with a workforce challenge as persistent as the cyber threat.

Cybersecurity

Watchdog: VA Teleworkers Breached Security in China and India

The Department of Veterans Affairs allowed contractors to access the agency’s network using personally owned laptops while traveling abroad in China and India.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon: US Cyber Reserve Is in the Works

The Defense Department is bringing in security reinforcements, as it contends with a cyber workforce shortage and growing Internet threat.

Cybersecurity

US and Ukraine Top List of Cyber Spy Victims

Both nations were the targets of a combined 40 percent of cyberspy assaults on governments, based on statistics provided to Nextgov.

Digital Government

Bionic Eyes Are No Match for the Curiosity of Pentagon Cartographers

Right now, technology is up against a problem that didn't exist in the Atari age: big data.

Digital Government

How Facial Recognition Technology Is Unearthing China's Artificial Islands

NGA is using "broad-based change detection" tools to calculate where in the water the Chinese might next break ground, so to speak.

Cybersecurity

Navy’s Forthcoming Cyber Strategy Aims for Global Capability

A soon-to-come cyber strategy will focus on building the force’s capacity to conduct cyberattacks from anywhere around the Earth.

Cybersecurity

Exclusive: FAA Computer Systems Hit by Cyberattack Earlier this Year

Hackers earlier this year attacked a Federal Aviation Administration network with malicious software, an assault that has gone undisclosed until now.

Digital Government

Immigration Ruling Also Halted Buildout of Digital Work Permit System

The injunction has halted plans to accommodate the intake of an additional 5 million undocumented individuals whose deportations would be postponed by Obama's policies.

Digital Government

TSA Just Handed a $15,000 Prize to Mystery Baggage Profilers

The agency-sponsored contest sought to figure out how to assess the threat-level of an individual passenger’s suitcase.

Digital Government

Lost Your Green Card? Now You Can Replace it Online

The advance was aided by a White House digital fix-it team, a squad that also saved Obamacare website HealthCare.gov.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon Personnel Now Talking on 'NSA-Proof' Smartphones

The Defense Department has rolled out supersecret smartphones for work and maybe play, made by anti-government-surveillance firm Silent Circle,

Cybersecurity

Why Cybersecurity Dollars Do Not Add Up At the Pentagon

Cyber budget numbers are squishy, partly, because authority over the cyber mission is fragmented.