Cybersecurity

• Cyber office in White House unlikely?

  Rep. Langevin says OMB may get increased staff instead

  Technology

  March 27, 2009
• CISCO On Cybersecurity

  Cybersecurity is constantly evolving. Each year, Cisco taps into some 400 cybersecurity officials across the organization to assess the state of cybersecurity, and they have a new report out on the subject. And there is…

  Technology

  March 23, 2009
• Is the Cloud Coming?

  Cloud computing is coming — and that it probably should — that’s the gist of a new report by Marketspace, Envisioning the Cloud: The next computing paradigm. Many agencies are looking at cloud computing, including…

  Technology

  March 20, 2009
• File Sharing

  File sharing software. It’s great for trading music and pictures. That’s why millions of people use it. Trouble is, file sharing leaves your entire hard drive open for sharing if someone types in the right…

  Technology

  March 19, 2009
• The Marine One Breach

  We’re learning more about how sensitive diagrams of Marine One got into the hands of a computer user in Iran. CNN Washington Correspondent Brian Todd tells us that the defense subcontractor actually took the information…

  Technology

  March 04, 2009
• More Money for Cybersecurity

  $355 million. That’s how much President Barack Obama wants for the Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity budget in 2010. GCN reports that the money would support the department’s role in the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, among…

  Budget

  March 03, 2009
• CIO Survey Task Force

  Paul Wohlleben Chairman of the CIO Survey Task Force, Grant Thornton March 5, 2009

  Ask the CIO

  March 03, 2009
• Company discovers security breach involving Marine One

  A company that monitors peer-to-peer file sharing networks has discovered a security breach involving Marine One, according to WTOP Radio.

  Technology

  March 02, 2009
• DHS considering giving TSA employees union rights

  Review part of Napolitano\'s priorities for department

  Technology

  February 26, 2009
• CIOs say cyber, infrastructure top priorities

  New survey details lessons learned from last 8 years

  Technology

  February 25, 2009
• New guidelines to close 20 biggest cyber holes

  The guidelines, issued Monday by public and private sector cybersecurity experts, are considered the low-hanging fruit to help agencies improve their network security immediately, says John Gilligan, a former Air Force and Energy Department chief information officer.

  Defense

  February 23, 2009
• Damming Against the Cybersecurity Flood

  Agencies and industry are defending their computer networks based on the threats that were most common 5 to 10 years ago. Because agencies have had trouble keeping up with time, cybersecurity experts contend the nation…

  Technology

  February 23, 2009
• Wireless Security Guidance

  While many agencies have addressed wireless security in one way or another, the approach has not been standard across the government. That’s why the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is giving agencies guidance…

  Technology

  February 13, 2009
• What the stimulus package means for tech vendors

  The Senate passed its version of the economic stimulus bill, including billions of dollars in technology spending from broadband incentives to agency specific systems to health IT.

  Technology

  February 10, 2009