Cybersecurity
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High school students are gathering in the nation\'s capital this week to plug holes in computer security — and to win prizes. They\'re part of the Cyber Patriot competition.
March 22, 2012 -
Officials at the National Nuclear Security Administration say America\'s nuclear weapons arsenal is \"under constant attack.\"
March 21, 2012 -
The Internal Revenue Service\'s systems leave taxpayer data at risk according to government auditors.
March 21, 2012 -
The goal is to give people a platform for developing programs soldiers can use on-the-go.
March 21, 2012 -
Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, told lawmakers DoD would complete an updated version of rules of engagement for cyberspace in the next month or two. Some congressmen believe the Pentagon needs broader authorities to protect the nation from cyber attacks.
March 21, 2012 -
Costs from data breaches are down, according to a new study by Symantec and the Ponemon Institute. In 2011, the average cost of a data breach was $5.5 million dollars — a decrease of 24 percent from the previous year. Similarly, the cost per compromised record was $194 dollars per compromised record, CIO.com reports on the study\'s results.
March 20, 2012 -
Gen. Bill Lord said the community transformation plan focuses on \"delivering warfighting effects while protecting an interconnected and interoperable domain.\"
March 20, 2012 -
The Army is in the middle of a major rethink of mobile devices, including how it secures them, how it buys them and ultimately, how it uses them. The push comes amid a mandate to find $1.5 billion in IT savings across the Army.
March 20, 2012 -
Warren Linscott, vice president at Deltek, tells The Federal Drive with Tom Temin what areas of growth are out there for federal contractors.
March 19, 2012 -
The White House is calling for feedback on \"moving target\" techniques for cybersecurity.
March 19, 2012 -
Code written to test a hole in software from Microsoft escaped into the hands of hackers.
March 19, 2012 -
The Health and Human Service Department has settled for a $1.5 million fine on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, stemming from a 2009 identity theft case.
March 16, 2012 -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is switching to offense on the cyber field. DARPA Director Regina Dugan said new research will address military-specific ways to actually create cyber threats, not just develop ways to defend against them.
March 16, 2012 -
Cyber attacks against federal websites and networks went up only 5 percent between 2010 and 2011.
March 16, 2012 -
Call for papers aims at developing protection for federal technology systems against cyber attacks.
March 16, 2012
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