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
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
Report: Joint U.S.-China Aviation Ventures Are More Prone to Cyber Intrusions than U.S. Firms
But other nation states and crime groups are the primary suspects, not the Chinese.
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.
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