Cybersecurity
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The military, working through DARPA, is trying to develop its own marketplace of apps for helping troops in the field.
August 20, 2012 -
They say hackers who want to steal cars or just eavesdrop on conversations may have an easy time of it.
August 20, 2012 -
OMB issued fiscal 2014 technology project guidance detailing the steps agencies should take to reduce spending across six areas. Agencies also must tell OMB how it would reinvest the savings into new or innovative projects.
August 17, 2012 -
The command hopes to attract cyber pros with special incentives, including bonuses and education benefits.
August 17, 2012 -
A Google spokesman said he company plans to enhance it apps with functions already offered by Postini, an email security company owned by Google.
August 16, 2012 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is working on updating guidelines for Transport Layer Security. That technology prevents anyone from eavesdropping on Internet communications.
August 16, 2012 -
The Defense Department's goal is to enhance training and cyber situational awareness.
August 15, 2012 -
The mysterious Gauss cyber-surveillance malware has experts stumped. Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based security vendor, has been dissecting Gauss.
August 15, 2012 -
Anti-Leaks launched its attack just as Wikileaks began releasing information on a secret government surveillance program, Government Computer News reports.
August 14, 2012 -
Timothy Ryan joins Kroll Advisory Solutions as managing director.
August 14, 2012 -
The Energy Department is asking electric utilities to make cybersecurity a top priority. It called for a cybersecurity governance board that would share information with the DoE.
August 13, 2012 -
The FBI is warning the public of a new "drive-by" virus that is sending fake messages that appear to be from federal agencies.
August 10, 2012 -
Most IT managers are moving data to the cloud, but 40 percent of them believe doing that will weaken security of that data.
August 10, 2012 -
Instead of using a lengthy security technical implementation guide approval process to decide which tablets and smartphones will be allowed to use its network, the Defense Information Systems Agency wants to put the ball in the vendors' court.
August 09, 2012 -
An updated how-to guidance for responding to cyber incidents is out.
August 09, 2012
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