Cybersecurity

Spy Turned Privacy Pro Mike Janke Talks Secret Codes Oct. 16

Co-founder of secure messaging service Silent Circle will speak at Nextgov Prime about the tension between secrecy and privacy.

Cybersecurity

Postal Service Taps Canadian Firm To Test Viability of a Single Online ID

The contract with SecureKey aims to help agencies rely on third-party ID verifiers.

Digital Government

Pentagon Weighs Enlarging Nuclear Surveillance Program

An upgraded monitoring system would fine tune algorithms and enhance data analysis to better detect foreign nuclear activity.

Cybersecurity

Coast Guard Aviators Shop for a Course-Plotting iPad App

To avoid a cockpit computer hijacking, USCG should require the software be made-in-America, security experts warn.

Cybersecurity

DHS Awards Contractors $6 Billion for Agency Network Surveillance

Booz Allen Hamilton and 16 others earn spots on the continuous monitoring project.

Digital Government

Meet the Anti-Snowden

An ex-SEAL's firm is caught between privacy and security.

Digital Government

Defense Contractors Aren't Ready to Comply With Anti-Counterfeit Rule

By March 2014, the Pentagon will withhold pay from companies that don’t develop an acceptable detection and avoidance system.

Cybersecurity

Hack Linked To Feds Probably Yielded a List of Tor Users

Developers of the identity-masking Web browser are weighing their options for response.

Digital Government

Privacy Hamstrings Protection of White House Staff Gmail

Hack underscores the national security challenge when private lives and government roles intersect.

Modernization

The Untested Mobile Security System Defense Just Bought Isn't Functioning at USDA

The same contractors are providing both departments with similar software to prevent government-issued consumer gadgets from compromising networks.

Cybersecurity

Introducing ThreatWatch: A New Way to Explore the Evolving World of Cyber Dangers

Index of breaches hitting sectors worldwide provides an ever-changing look at the risks of the digital era.

Cybersecurity

Turkish Group Might Be Behind White House Hacks, Analysts Say

Forensics specialists trace malicious emails to a webpage associated with supporters of the Islamist organization.

Cybersecurity

White House Employees’ Personal Email Hacked

Targeted campaign aims to extract social media team’s Gmail and Twitter logins.

Cybersecurity

NSA: Employee Privacy Laws Hamper Leak Detection

But don't change those laws, senior official says.

Modernization

NSA's New Spy Facilities Are Seven Times Bigger Than the Pentagon

The man and the story behind the National Security Agency's massive data centers.

Cybersecurity

Maryland and Estonian Civilians Take Up Arms Against Hackers

Baltic nation’s ambassador likens her country’s volunteer cyber corps to the U.S. National Guard netwarfare squad.

Modernization

Federal Cloud Security Is Now Partially Privatized

The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, rather than the government, will vet firms that want to inspect commercial data centers.

Digital Government

Now Fliers Can Keep Their Shoes On -- If They Let Big Brother Inspect Their Big Data

TSA this fall will open express screening once reserved for frequent international travelers to the entire American public.

Modernization

Pentagon Denies Inadequately Vetting Defensewide Smartphone Security Service

Testing the technology would have required too much time and effort for contractors and Defense.