Modernization
iPhones and iPads Poised to Win Key Pentagon Security Nod Next Week
The devices also earned a long sought-after governmentwide encryption certification last week.
Digital Government
Auditors Tell Congress to Halt Maritime Worker Biometric ID Rules
Testing to ensure control over employee access to secure locations was flawed, GAO reports.
Digital Government
DHS CIO Departs After Long Leave of Absence
In goodbye message, Richard Spires acknowledges long tenure at the department. says he will miss colleagues.
Digital Government
After Boston, DHS to Install Beleaguered Student Visa ID System
The struggle to fuse databases containing details on foreign youths began a decade ago.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon: Pyongyang Likely to Seek Foreign Help With Cyberwarfare
First Defense report to Congress on North Korean military might stops short of pinning responsibility for intrusions on regime.
Cybersecurity
Labor’s Toxic Exposure Website Serves Up Spyware to Energy's Nuclear Workers
Council on Foreign Relations, NBC and renewable energy firm Capstone Turbine were previously hit by similar assaults.
Cybersecurity
Feds Urge Major Industries To Take Steps To Deflect Data Wipe Virus
Tactics target Shamoon code that former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared ‘the most destructive attack’ to date.
Cybersecurity
NIST Reworks Cyber Guidelines for the Hacking Era
Standards now cover BYOD and supply chain threats.
Modernization
Authorities Are Mum on Information Sharing During Boston Bombings
Homeland Security’s $365 million intel pipeline was supposed to solve critical communications problems during crises.
Digital Government
Is There a Bomb in That Burger? The Pentagon Wants to Know.
Tool would remotely sense explosives concealed in dense material without emitting cancer-causing radiation.
Cybersecurity
What's the White House Policy on Neutralizing Damaging Tweets?
Administration social media accounts offered no assurance Obama was safe after the AP’s hacked Twitter account reported explosions.
Cybersecurity
Investigators: Chinese Government is Behind 96 Percent of Cyberspy Ops
The nation state’s motive appears to be economic growth, not physical destruction.
Cybersecurity
Encrypted Federal Radios Can Be as Revealing as Police Scanners
Research shows national security investigators inadvertently broadcast voice transmissions in U.S. cities.
Cybersecurity
Air Force and Army Disclose Budget for Hacking Operations
Services detail cyber offensive activities and tools for the first time.
Cybersecurity
Supercomputer Now Focused on Classified Nuclear Deterrence
California-based Sequoia also ranks No. 1 in the world at solving big data problems.
Digital Government
Transit Systems Apparently Not a Target in Boston Marathon Bombing
No reason to halt departing trains, former NYPD intelligence supervisor says.
Cybersecurity
Defense Plan for Cyber Intel Sharing Looks Like Controversial House Bill
CISPA-like program would be part of $79 million public-private initiative.
Digital Government
Obama Slashes Border Surveillance by $100 Million, Against Lawmakers’ Wishes
Both parties back bills to block illicit trafficking by deploying more digital detection tools.
Cybersecurity
State Department Looks After the Next Cyber Threat: Africa
Developing economies viewed as menace to themselves online with little security infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security No. 2 Departs After Fostering Civilian Cyber Workforce
Jane Holl Lute strove to position her department, not the Pentagon, as U.S. network defender.
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