Cybersecurity

White House Names First Chief Information Security Officer

The White House selected Gregory Touhill, a retired Air Force general, for the new role.

Cybersecurity

Senator to Twitter: Help Us Fend Off Russian Spambots

A top Democrat on the homeland security committee today wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Digital Government

Watchdog: DOD Needs Better Insight Into National Guard’s Cyber Response Capabilities

The Pentagon doesn't have full visibility into what the national guard could do, a GAO report finds.

Cybersecurity

Spy Agency To Pilot Insider-Threat Hunting Tech

NGA intends to sole-source a contract for technology that analyzes employees' text.

Digital Government

Biggest Benefit of Going Paperless? Saving on Salaries

Agencies should take the long view when determining whether to digitize a process, according to a new report.

Cybersecurity

Report: Backups May Not Be Enough Protection from Ransomware

Threat intelligence firm CrowdStrike warns criminals are ramping up the frequency and cost of ransomware attacks.

Digital Government

Secret Service's New Threat Tracker Underway

The agency is trotting out a new system that replaces two old ones.

Emerging Tech

How the Federal Government is Thinking About AI

Artificial intelligence's first forays into federal government operations won't be decision-making.

Artificial Intelligence

Obama to Host Tech Conference in Pittsburgh

The president is also scheduled to guest-edit an issue of Wired magazine.

Digital Government

IARPA's New 3-D Mapping Effort: Drones, Sensors and No Humans

The intelligence agency wants technology that can automatically recreate a geographic scene, including buildings, from sensor data.

Cybersecurity

Ransomware 101: FBI's Education Effort

The bureau has seen an uptick in this type of cyberthreat over the last couple months.

Digital Government

HHS Revises Open Gov Policy to be More Open

The agency published the fourth draft of its open government plan.

Modernization

Help FBI Catch Bank Robbers With Your Phone

The bureau launched a mobile app that lets users send tips about robberies.

Emerging Tech

Why Agile is Still So Hard for the Government

Pockets of the federal government want to change the buying process so technology can be acquired in sprints, preventing large-scale failures like the HealthCare.gov rollout.