Emerging Tech

Republicans To Pioneer Internet Presidential Voting Next Week

For the first time in America, Internet voting is being deployed as an option in a presidential contest.

Cybersecurity

DHS Threat Data Sharing Program a Good First Step But Here Are Its Shortcomings

The only real barrier to this program’s success won’t be technical. It will be trust.

Emerging Tech

Why We Should Call in the Drones When There’s an Emergency

A small drone couldn’t take someone to the hospital, but might be able to bring a virtual medic to assess the situation.

Modernization

3 CIO Insights on Cloud, Security and Mobile

The need for more collaboration was the focus of many of the discussions this year at the semi-annual Government Technology Research Alliance Summit.

Emerging Tech

Decrypting the Encryption Debate

The ability to encrypt and use cyphers to hide messages from unauthorized readers goes back at least as far as Roman times.

Emerging Tech

Review of IronKey W700: A Portable Computer on a Stick for Security-Minded Agencies

It wasn’t too long ago key drives were seen only as a danger to the security of federal networks. Not anymore.

Cybersecurity

Explainer: Why We Have Yet to See a Catastrophic Cyberattack Take Out the Power Grid

Compromising an email server or stealing personnel and customer records, while bad, won’t let an attacker stop the flow of water at a dam or overload a substation.

Ideas

Why America Needs New Voting Technology

Municipalities that upgraded election tech in the years after the 2000 debacle are now working with equipment that is more than 10 years old.

Ideas

Review: Finally, a Better Inkjet Printer?

With printers, the technology pretty much hit a plateau and remained stable for years. Until now.

Emerging Tech

An SOS for GPS: Act Now, Or the Entire System Risks Collapse

Aging satellites have begun to fail, and many still in operation are already past their estimated lifespans.

Ideas

Cracking Open Windows 10: Can Windows 10 Serve and Protect Government Users?

Moving from Windows 7, the last “traditional” operating system from Microsoft, to Windows 10 is not going to be as traumatic as previous Windows updates.

Cybersecurity

Einstein Explained: Can EINSTEIN Rescue Government Cybersecurity?

DHS' Einstein is a bit less impressive than the human it’s named after, but could nonetheless one day lead to better protection for government networks and data.

Emerging Tech

Will 3D Printing Be Useful in Government?

Some of you might remember a time when 2-D printing was not so ubiquitous in government, either.

Cybersecurity

Could a Free Tool Have Stopped the OPM Hack? (And How to Get One for Yourself)

Created by two nonprofit companies, this software is completely free, can be used by anyone, and is actually pretty good at generating real, actionable intelligence.