Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity index aims to penetrate the fog of marketing hype
Dan Geer, information security chief at CIA investment arm In-Q-Tel, wants to develop meaningful threat metrics.
Digital Government
Agencies get down to business with computer games
Using high-tech puzzles that reward ingenuity and play, feds are tapping crowds for answers to problems they can't solve on their own.
Modernization
Humvees, UAVs could create route to Internet in Afghanistan
DARPA plans to bring connectivity to remote battlefields by turning unmanned aircraft and Humvees into mobile hot spots.
Digital Government
Pentagon-funded games would crowdsource weapons testing
Facing a shortage of computer specialists, Defense officials look to 'ordinary people' for help rooting out software glitches.
Cybersecurity
Iran Censorship Efforts Gain Urgency Amid Stuxnet Fears
Iran's efforts to disconnect its Internet from the rest of cyberspace have gained urgency amid fears of another Stuxnet worm and other perceived moves by the U.S. government to exert influence through the Web, a report suggests.
Digital Government
Reducing the cost of IT security: 'The challenge of the decade' expert says
Dan Kaminsky explains why security, to be effective and efficient, must be engineered into systems, not added later.
Cybersecurity
DARPA seeks security expertise from a nontraditional source: the hacker community
The program, called Cyber Fast Track, will reward security research done within "a matter of months and at a small price tag."
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