Cybersecurity
What does the House retirement wave mean for tech?
More than a few committee chairs and members with cyber and technology policy chops are leaving Congress. Will it matter to the govtech space?
Cybersecurity
SEC moves to quash insider trading on cyber breach news
The Securities and Exchange Commission released new guidance on how publicly traded companies should handle data breach disclosures.
Cybersecurity
IG: DHS still can't account for expired PIV cards
The Department of Homeland Security still lacks effective protocols to ensure old contractors don't retain access to their facilities and systems.
Cybersecurity
Russian troll farm indictment could boost social media legislation
The indictment of 13 Russian nationals accused of online and offline activity designed to interfere with the 2016 election may boost the fortunes of a bill to strengthen disclosure rules around online political ads.
Cybersecurity
Inconclusive encryption report straddles ongoing policy debate
By design, a long-awaited report on encryption from the National Academies of Sciences lacks hard conclusions or recommendations to settle the "going dark" debate.
Cybersecurity
How vulnerable are contractors when it comes to data breaches?
A survey of more than 1,200 public sector contractors found that healthcare, defense and IT contractors lead vendors in reported incidents since 2016.
Cybersecurity
Wyden grills FBI chief on encryption
Following an exchange with the FBI director over encryption standards, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released a letter from four experts arguing that "responsible encryption" is not possible.
Cybersecurity
Intel chiefs: No direction from Trump on election security
At a Senate hearing, three intelligence chiefs acknowledged the White House has not specifically directed them to dedicate resources towards securing election infrastructure, but told lawmakers they are still focused on addressing the issue.
Digital Government
Trump budget stresses modernization, cyber
The administration rolls out a $210 million IT modernization fund and puts cybersecurity front and center in its $4.4 trillion budget request.
Cybersecurity
New CLOUD Act splits industry, civil liberty orgs
Major tech companies are on board with a newly proposed bill that would give the U.S. and select nations greater access to cross-border data, but digital privacy advocates are sounding the alarm.
Cybersecurity
Christopher Krebs picked to lead NPPD
The current acting undersecretary brings both federal and private sector cybersecurity expertise to a position that is becoming increasingly important to the DHS mission.
Cybersecurity
DHS reauthorization remains a heavy lift in Senate
A Senate hearing on reauthorizing the Department of Homeland Security made some headway, but long-running jurisdictional disputes threatened to once again derail the process.
Cybersecurity
Trump administration announces new cyber office at State
The announcement, made in the middle of a House hearing examining the State Department's decision to downgrade its cyber office last year, could leave the Cyber Diplomacy Act in limbo.
Cybersecurity
McCaul calls on the Senate to act on cyber bills
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) urged the Senate to move on restoring the State Department's cyber office and reorganizing DHS' National Protection and Programs Directorate.
Cybersecurity
Trump taps Evanina for counterintel chief
The White House has nominated William Evanina to continue his service as director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
Cybersecurity
House committee threatens subpoena in Kaspersky doc request
The chairman of a House committee told the DHS secretary he would force compulsory production of documents over the Kaspersky Lab software ban if they weren't shared voluntarily.
Acquisition
Can DHS purchase innovation?
At a reverse industry day, representatives from DHS and industry discussed what's keeping government from innovating.
Modernization
Why DHS is changing the way agencies connect to the internet
A forthcoming revamp of the government's Trusted Internet Connection policy will facilitate cloud adoption and align with the White House IT modernization plan.
Cybersecurity
White House continues push for access to overseas data
A new legal framework would allow the U.S. government to access data stored abroad by American companies.
Modernization
Regulating, securing IoT market remains a work in progress
From securing personal data to stopping botnets, there's a global race to regulate smart devices. How to do so remains elusive.
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