Cybersecurity
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The Defense Department will begin taking Social Security numbers off of the ID cards held by DoD employees and retirees. The changes, part of a 2008 SSN reduction plan, will begin in June, officials said.
April 04, 2011 -
In a report the Department of Homeland Security outlined plans that include a three-pronged approach to cyber security: automation, interoperability, and authentication.
April 04, 2011 -
Two separate incidents at Veterans Affairs result in credit protection services for 1,600 vets
April 01, 2011 -
A report from TIGTA find that IRS emails lack encryption
April 01, 2011 -
The monthly data breach report from the Veterans Affairs shows risks due to human error are not as bad as they could be.
March 31, 2011 -
A set of attacks on the EU Parliament\'s network have targeted the mail servers.
March 31, 2011 -
The National Security Agency is now on the case of a cyber attack carried out against the NASDAQ stock exchange in October. The attacks are believed to be more extensive than initially reported. The NSA’s…
March 31, 2011 -
The Pentagon is finalizing a new cyber warfighting strategy that will create a framework for training and equipping forces.
March 30, 2011 -
The head of U.S. Cyber Command says cloud computing is part of his plan for staying ahead of the cyber threats that face the Defense Department. “A year from now we should be well on our way to having a hardened architecture proven and in place, which provides a new level of cybersecurity,” said General [...]
March 29, 2011 -
Gwynne Kostin, director of Mobile, Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies of GSA, explains how employees can overcome some of the biggest challenges to mobile technologies.
March 29, 2011 -
Technologies developed for federal government may have been used to \"harm U.S. citizens on behalf of clients in the private sector.\"
March 29, 2011 -
NASA\'s internal computer network is full of holes and vulnerable to a cyberattack, an audit by the Office of the Inspector General has found.
March 29, 2011 -
The cyber security industry needs workers, and is expected to see a shortage as the industry grows. The Baltimore Business Journal reports that the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp is going to try to help.…
March 28, 2011 -
The National Security Agency tests a new IT architecture for securing data on mobile devices.
March 28, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security says cyber attacks against the federal government jumped by 40 percent last year.
March 25, 2011
