Cybersecurity
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A 10-year old hacker discovered a flaw in certain games for smartphones.
August 09, 2011 -
A new memo from OMB Director Jacob Lew puts agency technology managers in charge of commodity IT purchasing. The White House had hoped to get Congress to change the CIO\'s authority, but decided to do it by policy instead. OMB also details other changes to the CIO\'s role based on the 25-point IT reform plan.
August 09, 2011 -
Patrick Weadon, the curator of the National Cryptologic Museum, joined the Federal Drive to discuss the U.S. Cryptologic Museum\'s enigmatic offerings.
August 08, 2011 -
Dr. Andrea Matwyshyn is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at University of Pennsylvania.
August 05, 2011 -
The first \"CyberLympics\" — a global cybersecurity challenge — will launch this September, spanning six continents competing for $400,000 in prizes.
August 05, 2011 -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program to fund hacker research. DARPA announced Cyber Fast Track program at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas this week.
August 05, 2011 -
Anonymous gets a boost in its efforts to boost your agency\'s information. Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update.
August 04, 2011 -
Computer-savvy kids at the Defcon Kids convention will hear from the Army\'s computer crime investigative unit, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency, which is the Pentagon\'s code-cracking division.
August 04, 2011 -
Security vendor McAfee has released the details of its Operation Shady Rat effort — the name the company gave its five-year research effort that it said has revealed several national cybersecurity lapses.
August 04, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive, an update on the FAA shutdown, the White House names a new federal chief information officer to replace Vivek Kundra and the General Services Administration adds nearly 600 small IT firms to the STARS II contract.
August 04, 2011 -
A recent Government Accountability Office review found agencies lack policies for records management, privacy and security associated with social media.
August 02, 2011 -
Daniel Goure of the Lexington Institute discussed what exactly constitutes cyber warfare, the policy options DoD faces in the cyber domain and the role that industry can play.
August 02, 2011 -
Increasingly federal agencies are looking for computer hacking skills. The National Security Agency is one of those agencies that will attend an annual hacker convention this week.
August 02, 2011 -
As defense contractors face tighter global budgets many are buying up companies with niche technology services. In just the latest move, L-3 announced it would spin off its systems engineering division.
August 01, 2011 -
Davi D\'Agostino, director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues at GAO, discusses highlights from the report.
July 29, 2011