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More than a year into its Security Summit, the IRS said it's building on the lessons it learned and progress it made to add a series of new authentication and information sharing measures.
Jack Midgley, executive officer, Defense and Social Infrastructure, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co. Ltd., joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the company's 2016 Global Defense Outlook. June 28, 2016
The Office of Personnel Management hopes a redesigned FAQ section will make it easier for victims of the two cyber breaches to access online information on how to protect themselves. OPM also sent a letter to those impacted by the breach, highlighting the work that's been done to strengthen credit monitoring and identity theft insurance in the year since the breaches were announced.
The National Security Agency is the repository for much of the government's cybersecurity chops. NSA has its own cyber threats to worry about. But it also advises other agencies and the White House on governmentwide and industry cyber issues. Federal Drive with Tom Temin talks to the point man for this effort, Philip Quade, special assistant for cybersecurity to the NSA director.
Leaders at the Homeland Security Department say they need industry's help to meet agency mission, and modernize the department's acquisition and cybersecurity efforts.
To judge the progress of cybersecurity preparedness in the federal government, you've got to take a long-term view. One person who's been tracking cybersecurity and cyber education for more than 20 years, Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Defense Department is still searching for a solid answer on how it will respond to a cyber attack on U.S. infrastructure.
Keith Wilson, the chief information officer of Federal Student Aid in the Education Department, said the FSA-ID portal is getting a facelift one year after it launched.
DHS leaders say the public and private sector now more than ever need to work together to protect the country's critical infrastructure and cyber systems.
The U.S. Naval Academy is preparing officers for conflict on the next battlefield with a cybersecurity major.
The Defense Department is moving ahead with new rules for defense contractors aimed at limiting damage from insiders with security clearance. Jim Harris, senior counsel for the law firm Holland and Knight, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer his insight.
When the Naval Academy graduated its first set of cybersecurity majors a year ago, the group included submariners, surface warfare experts, pilots and Marines. Many seemed destined for great careers. Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Retired Capt. Paul Tortora, director of the center for Cybersecurity Studies at the Academy, and Ensign Zac Dannelly, the top performer in that first graduating class, to find out how cybersecurity education is changing the Navy.
DoD CIO Terry Halvorsen is trying to create a dialogue around how to move off the Common Access Card. But experts say without money or an official program, not much can happen beyond plans and concepts in the short term.
In the first “Hack the Pentagon” challenge, the department asked anyone with expertise in IT security to find security flaws on five of its largest public-facing websites, including the Defense.gov homepage.