Cybersecurity
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has introduced a new piece of cybersecurity legislation that would strengthen data breach laws.
August 16, 2011 -
The Federal Trade Commission has fined a software developer $50,000 for an application that collected private information from children using an online character.
August 16, 2011 -
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has become the first Navy vessel to undergo a cybersecurity inspection while at sea. The ship passed with a score that surpassed what the Navy has been able to accomplish even at its shore-based units.
August 15, 2011 -
Dickie George, the technical director of the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency, joined the Federal Drive to discuss the agency\'s robust hiring efforts, including in the cyber realm.
August 15, 2011 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology unveiled a plan for cybersecurity education. The agency will take public comments on the draft plan through Sept. 12.
August 15, 2011 -
Setting the trap for a shady RAT. Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.
August 12, 2011 -
Rep. Mary Bono Mack announced she wants a briefing on the recent wave of cyber attacks and whether public disclosure would help or hurt efforts to combat cyber crime.
August 12, 2011 -
At the recent Black Hat cyber conference, a proof-of-concept demonstration exposed many security holes in Mac\'s OS 10.
August 12, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: USPS announced it\'s considering massive job cuts, Veterans Affairs large-scale IT contract under siege from bid protests and expanded benefits to the post-9/11 GI Bill.
August 12, 2011 -
It turns out a hack into law enforcement agencies did expose personal information. The hacker group that claimed responsibility is also thought to be behind a hack into government contractor Booz Allen earlier this year.
August 11, 2011 -
The GAO found the State Department had improved real-time awareness of cyber vulnerabilites, however it still has some areas to cover, according to the watchdog agency\'s latest report.
August 11, 2011 -
The Navy\'s cyber command will welcome a new leader as it approaches its one-year anniversary since declaring full operational capability.
August 10, 2011 -
The Coast Guard will being replacing its aging inventory of smartphones with iPhones and Android-based devices. In doing so, the Coast Guard becomes the first military service to adopt the new generation of mobile devices.
August 10, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security\'s seventh annual conference on cybersecurity is underway. Lee Rock, the acting director of US-CERT is slated to speak.
August 10, 2011 -
A \"back door\" into Siemens could wreak havoc on nuclear power plants and oil and gas pipelines globally, according to a research firm\'s report.
August 09, 2011