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Cybersecurity
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The Office of Management and Budget is developing new guidance, updating existing policy and creating a brand new council to raise the prominence of privacy issues across government. Federal News Radio’s Executive Editor Jason Miller shares all the details with Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 04, 2015 -
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Chris Miranda, vice president of the Telecommunications Studies Center for LGS Innovations, makes the case to agencies that analyzing software before and after it’s deployed is the best way to protect data and networks from cyber attacks.
December 03, 2015 -
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Somebody's got to keep tabs on all of the cybersecurity breaches that hit federal agencies. One of the people taking up that grim task is researcher Riley Walters of the Heritage Foundation. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his latest report.
December 03, 2015 -
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Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan announced three major efforts to boost privacy and civil liberties across the government. OMB will create a new federal privacy council modeled after the CIO Council and issue new guidance in the coming months.
December 03, 2015 -
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The federal government has designated 15 private sector industries as being or operating critical infrastructure. Each one has a corresponding federal agency with whom that industry shares cybersecurity threat information. Trouble is, the so-called sector-specific agencies haven't done a good job in assessing whether the infrastructure operators are getting better at cyber. That's according to the Government Accountability Office. Its director of cybersecurity issues, Greg Wilshusen, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin more.
December 02, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management Tuesday opened its online answer desk for potential victims of the massive data breach. So far, OPM says it has sent out more than 17 million letters to victims.
December 01, 2015 -
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The House passed a bill on Monday that formally authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to train state and local law enforcement officials in counter-cyber crime techniques.
December 01, 2015 -
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The Office of Management and Budget is telling federal agencies and the General Services Administration to draw up plans that would let them hire private sector help to respond to a cyber intrusion as quickly as possible. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, OMB says it’s clear that no civilian agency has the resources to clean up after a major cyber intrusion on its own.
November 30, 2015 -
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Even for long-serving federal managers, moving from one federal department to another can produce some surprises. Systems, cultures, people might all be different. Just a few short weeks into her job as NASA chief information officer, Renee Wynn has a lot of work to do. Recently decamped from EPA, she compared the two agencies for Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 30, 2015 -
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Cyber breach victims who haven't yet received a notification letter from the Office of Personnel Management can visit a verification center in the next few weeks for extra help. OPM said its verification system is live but won't be made available to the public just yet.
November 23, 2015 -
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The DHS Office of Inspector General listed nine management and performance challenges for the department in 2015. Better acquisition, financial management, IT and department integration are among the suggestions.
November 23, 2015 -
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The Department of Homeland Security is implementing revving up efforts to secure civilian government networks. The announcement came as some Defense Department officials said the U.S. is entering a cyber Cold War. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione has more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 20, 2015 -
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The Professional Services Council’s 51st annual Vision Forecast found Defense Department and civilian agency spending on technology spending to increase over the next few years.
November 20, 2015 -
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The Department of Homeland Security has been running 136 sensitive or top-secret programs without the proper authorizations, a watchdog report has found, leaving the agency vulnerable to hackers.
November 19, 2015
