Cybersecurity
McCaul readies cyber bill with added liability protections
The Homeland Security Committee chairman said the White House's proposal does not do enough to alleviate private-sector liability concerns.
Cybersecurity
Carter visits Cyber Command
The new defense secretary's first visit was to Cyber Command, where he stressed the importance of keeping the command and NSA under one leader.
Cybersecurity
Drawing back the curtain on cyberwar
Shane Harris' book "@War" details the personalities and turf battles behind the U.S. government's conclusion that cyberspace is a national security asset.
Cybersecurity
Meet the Air Force's future cyber force
FCW visited the Air Force Academy outside Colorado Springs, where a team of young cyber cadets is racking up medals and experience prized by Pentagon leaders.
Cybersecurity
Can the Pentagon keep pace on biometrics?
The Defense Department has launched an improved version of its biometrics repository, but the system still lacks the latest technology.
People
No-longer-acting Pentagon CIO holds forth
On his first full day as DOD's permanent CIO, Terry Halvorsen spoke with FCW about his push for hybrid data centers, the commercial cloud and cultivating trust with industry.
Cybersecurity
Peering into the cyber future
A new IARPA program looks to fund technology that can anticipate rather than react to cyber threats.
Modernization
The uncertain marriage of CDM and FedRAMP
Two vast risk management programs are gradually converging. How smoothly and quickly they can do so remains an open question.
Cybersecurity
Top cyber brass warn Congress on sequestration
Mandatory cuts could have a "significant impact" on Cyber Command's ability to defend DOD information networks.
People
Levine tapped for DCMO
President Barack Obama has nominated the longtime Senate staffer as the Pentagon's new deputy chief management officer.
Cybersecurity
A lackluster FISMA report card
Federal agencies reported a 15 percent increase in information security incidents last year over 2013.
Cybersecurity
ICITE faces 'cultural resistance'
Former Acting DIA Director David Shedd said an IC-wide IT platform faces bureaucratic resistance, the same day that DNI James Clapper said the platform was key to promoting intelligence integration.
People
Departing DISA director plans for smooth transition
Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, who earned a reputation as a cost-cutter, says leveraging more efficient IT has been key.
Acquisition
Software-defined networking key to Lockheed's DISA deal
It has been more than two years since Lockheed Martin nabbed a $4.6 billion contract to manage DOD's global data network.
Cybersecurity
DNI worries about cumulative, not catastrophic, cyber threat
DNI James Clapper is less worried about a cyber Pearl Harbor than death from a thousand cuts.
Modernization
DOD may need congressional help on data centers
Acting Defense Department CIO Halvorsen told a House Armed Services subcommittee that consolidating DOD data centers could require legislation.
Cybersecurity
How (and why) the CIA plans to expand cyber capabilities
The spy agency wants to better integrate cybersecurity into its traditional human intelligence operations.
Cybersecurity
Cyber threat challenges military structure
The military's traditional, top-down way of operating is being challenged by the non-diffuse nature of computer networks, says Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon, head of Army Cyber Command.
Cybersecurity
NSA's Rogers makes the case for cyber norms
Responding indirectly to evidence that Iran’s cyber capabilities have improved because of a U.S.-Israeli cyberattack, NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers said clearer norms could help prevent such escalation.
Cybersecurity
The new frontier for information sharing
A week after two big moves on cybersecurity policy, cyber czar Michael Daniel reflects on the avenues for public-private information sharing.
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