Cybersecurity
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These days, the cybersecurity education industry is barely keeping up with demand. Joining the Federal Drive is Bill DeLone on why the best college programs emphasize the practical and not just the theoretical.
July 07, 2016 -
The Homeland Security Department says a new cyber hiring authority is giving it an opportunity to create federal workforce of the future. Angela Bailey, DHS chief human capital officer, said she envisions a future where employees can more easily move back and forth between government and the private sector.
July 05, 2016 -
Federal operators of critical systems agree that other nations are the biggest cybersecurity threat. That's what the Government Accountability Office found out in its latest survey. Greg Wilshusen, GAO's director of information security issues, fills in the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 05, 2016 -
Eric Ferraro, who has been the assistant commissioner for GSA’s Integrated Award Environment (IAE) since July 2015, has stepped down, and Terry Milholland, the IRS CIO and CTO, left after eight years when his term under a special hiring authority expired.
July 04, 2016 -
The Office of the Director for National Intelligence released a video offering security tips for U.S. citizens traveling abroad.
June 29, 2016 -
If you buy a new car and then show it off on social media, some schmuck would have the answer to a common challenge question in two-factor authentication.
June 29, 2016 -
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.
June 28, 2016 -
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
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.
June 27, 2016 -
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.
June 27, 2016 -
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.
June 24, 2016 -
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.
June 24, 2016 -
The Defense Department is still searching for a solid answer on how it will respond to a cyber attack on U.S. infrastructure.
June 23, 2016 -
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.
June 23, 2016 -
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.
June 21, 2016
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