Cybersecurity
Should You Need a License to Practice Cybersecurity?
The government should sponsor a national body to ensure cyber professionals are qualified for their jobs, a military expert says.
Cybersecurity
Senate Defense Bill Unearths NSA ‘Sharkseer’ Program
Lawmakers want to drop $30 million on an obscure National Security Agency cybersecurity program.
Digital Government
Senate Defense Bill Mulls Bonuses for Cyber Pros
Legislation also directs the services to consider if the cyber battleground warrants new career fields.
Cybersecurity
Army Awards No-Bid Cyber Range Deal to Lockheed Martin
The facility will allow the military to study virulent software code.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Stalk a Utility; Promote Godzilla
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
HHS, DHS and EPA Don’t Need to Dole Out New Cyber Rules
Voluntary measures will suffice, the White House has concluded.
Digital Government
Why Does the Air Force Spend Twice as Much to Hack than to Deflect Threats?
The service's cyber operations budget sheds little light on actual spending.
Cybersecurity
USPS Employees Get Fake USPS Phishing Emails, Too
Here's an inside peak at what happens next.
Cybersecurity
Bill Would Let DHS Pay Cyber Workers as Much as the Pentagon Pays
A Senate panel advanced the legislation.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Abuse of Network Access Privileges Is Rampant
Agencies are more concerned about insiders leaking citizens’ and partner organizations’ information than their own business data.
Cybersecurity
Why It's Hard to Run a Background Check Through the Cloud
The FBI has stringent regulations for cloud companies that want to provide remote access to criminal records.
Cybersecurity
Heartbleed Superbug Found in Utility Monitoring Systems
Patches are available to fix the vulnerability.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Take Pacific Sea Battle Online, Destroy Crypto-currency and Stun Themselves
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Justice Is Fast-Tracking Cyber Hires
Department officials are using special rules to fill vacancies more quickly.
Cybersecurity
FCC Employees, Is Your Internet Running Sluggish Today?
Some website operators are slowing FCC staff's access to their sites in protest of potential paid Internet fast lane regulations.
Cybersecurity
New NIST Guidance: Don't Make Security an Afterthought
Protections for critical systems will be baked into technology engineering from the get-go, under new standards.
Cybersecurity
German iPhone Hackers Pledge to Fund Snowden
The Chaos Computer Club, or CCC, aims to promote technical research and social issues, including privacy.
Cybersecurity
It Took Feds 13 Days to Unravel a TSP Cyber Hoax Perpetrated by... Feds
Documents acquired by Nextgov show how retirement fund officials scrambled to dissect a misguided Army cybersecurity exercise.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Target Nuke Data; Change Grades, Steal Mom's Identity
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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