Cybersecurity
Leaders of the largest federal employee union said they believe the lawsuit can compel the agency to act where numerous congressional hearings and calls for OPM Director Katherine Archuleta to resign have not.
June 30, 2015The Office of Personnel Management shut down the database that holds security clearance information after finding a cybersecurity flaw. The decision by OPM to take the e-QIP system offline means thousands of federal employees and contractors will have to wait for their security clearances. Federal News Radio’s Executive Editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss this latest emerging OPM cybersecurity challenge.
June 30, 2015-
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June 30, 2015 -
Three hearings. Nearly seven hours of testimony. Enough frustration to fill the Potomac River. That was Katherine Archuleta’s week. The director of the Office of Personnel Management had a bullseye on her back as House…
June 30, 2015 -
Today’s interview is with Glenn Cobb, Regional Vice President Americas, Solution Engineering for CipherCloud. Many federal information professionals want to move to the cloud but have serious questions about security. During the interview, Cobb talks…
June 29, 2015 -
A cybersecurity problem with the Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) system forces the Office of Personnel Management to shut it down for four-to-six weeks, potentially impacting thousands of current and prospective federal workers and contractors trying to get security clearances.
June 29, 2015 -
Four major overhauls can turn massive data breaches from disasters to catalysts for change. Attracting talented cyber professionals and streamlining the IT cyber acquisition process are some of the key ingredients Richard Spires recommended to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. He is the former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service, and now CEO of Resilient Network Systems. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that he sees systemic weaknesses in government IT security that need to be fixed now.
June 29, 2015 -
Similar to the Office of Personnel Management, agencies are struggling to move off of previous generations of technology. Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott said the government is at a “critical inflection point” and needs to change its approach to buying and securing IT.
June 29, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management has extended credit monitoring services to just a fraction of the victims of the recent breaches on its personnel databases. Many more — including federal employees' family members and contractors — are wondering if and when they'll be offered the same treatment.
June 26, 2015 -
Seventeen Republican House members joined Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Friday in calling for the removal Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta and OPM CIO Donna Seymour.
June 26, 2015 -
The Director of National Intelligence is the first administration official to publicly attribute the OPM breach to China, and says intelligence agencies would have engaged in similar operations if given the opportunity.
June 26, 2015
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