Cybersecurity
Largest U.S. energy marketing agency used outdated security patches
Western Area Power Administration was susceptible to Internet attacks.
Digital Government
Cyber protections might accidentally tumble down fiscal cliff
Security initiatives are so intertwined with IT programs it may be hard to shelter them from cuts.
Cybersecurity
Feds take kickbacks from outsiders to steal digital intellectual property
Public administration and financial services offices make up two-thirds of cases.
Cybersecurity
Retired OMB IT chiefs urge federal cyber policy rewrite
White House could change 12-year-old rule underpinning computer security.
Modernization
Think twice before you click that dot-gov link from your cellphone
Symantec reports 15 percent of clicks on 1.USA.gov sites take users to bogus pages.
Cybersecurity
Confused by Defense cyber threat alerts? A translation is on the way
Added context will help 2,600 companies understand virus warnings.
Cybersecurity
Pacific Command repels hackers with cyberwar Xbox
Pentagon and allies practice protecting communications during simulated attack.
Cybersecurity
The economic threat overlooked during the debate
Diagram breaks down the candidates’ cyber platforms.
Digital Government
Air Force extends anti-leak tool to space system
Crew timed installation to military satellite users’ schedules.
Digital Government
Meet the NSA officer charged with balancing surveillance and civil liberties
John DeLong, the National Security Agency’s first-ever compliance director, keeps citizens out of the crosshairs.
Emerging Tech
Feds pilot ‘rapid DNA’ to potentially identify casualties, immigrants
Portable genetic scanners spark privacy concerns.
Cybersecurity
Panetta: Intruders ‘successfully gained access’ to critical control systems
The Pentagon is finalizing offensive rules of engagement to protect civilian cyberspace
Cybersecurity
DHS dangles respect -- in lieu of high pay -- for cyber experts
The Homeland Security Department is instituting a roadmap for cultivating needed computer security skills.
Cybersecurity
DHS urged to create reserve cadre of cyber experts
Specialists from government and industry would mobilize to address emergencies.
Cybersecurity
China’s defense of Huawei? U.S. tech companies spy too
Blocking the foreign telecom giant might backfire on American manufacturers.
Digital Government
Tiny aircraft slated to fly over Oklahoma during DHS drone tryouts
The trial will gauge the potential for using unmanned systems in public safety operations.
Cybersecurity
Nation-state sponsors learn lesson of too-sophisticated cyber weapons
Only organized governments are capable of targeted system destruction and surveillance, so their handiwork is easier to identify.
Cybersecurity
Cyber crooks should make you very nervous
To raise awareness, the FBI is going public about hacker takedowns.
Modernization
Doodle-recognition technology could help curb voter fraud
Federally-funded ID pilot lets citizens renew their driver’s license by drawing a passcode.
Emerging Tech
DHS and academic researchers build a better shoe bomb . . . detector
Northeastern University obtains $1.1 million grant to outfit CT scans with tools for recognizing explosives triggers.
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