National Security Council

• Is the National Security Council too big? Yes, but it’s complicated

  Among hundreds of provisions in the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the annual Defense authorization bill, a restraint on the size of the National Security Council is one of a relative handful singled out by Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the committee's chairman.

  Congress

  September 12, 2016
• 2017 budget is ‘make or break’ for cybersecurity

  A top Department of Homeland Security official thinks 2017 is the big year for cybersecurity investment.

  Cybersecurity

  May 24, 2016
• Investigation reveals timeline, scope of attacks on OPM networks

  The Office of Personnel Management was improving the cybersecurity of its IT systems, when it discovered hackers had breached two of its networks.

  Workforce

  July 10, 2015
• Melissa Hathaway, President, Hathaway Global Strategies

  Before leaving office, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a thorough study of the cybersecurity mission at the Homeland Security Department. Coburn says DHS is struggling to protect federal networks from intrusion. And he says its efforts at working with the private sector on cyber protection are sketchy. Melissa Hathaway, president of Hathaway Global Strategies, a former director of the Joint Interagency Cyber Task Force during the Bush Administration and a member of the National Security Council for President Barack Obama, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with reaction and some ideas for where DHS should go next.

  Federal Drive

  January 12, 2015
• Sammies finalist helped secure nukes materials

  For her work as the National Security Council's director of nuclear energy policy, Joyce Connery is a finalist for the Service to America medals.

  Federal Drive

  July 09, 2012
• DHS begins cybersecurity month with a common theme

  In a first, the Department of Homeland Security launched its annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month from two cities at the same time: Washington, D.C. and Seattle. Officials reminded government, industry and the general public about good cyber hygiene.

  Technology

  October 05, 2010
• Tech trends present greatest threat to federal agencies

  Ponemon Institute study details why.

  Budget

  November 23, 2009
• CIO, CHCO councils developing cybersecurity workforce models

  The councils will focus on three main areas to develop competency framework. Agencies have until Jan. 15 to submit data about how they classify cyber positions. Interagency working group also will conduct a survey of cybersecurity workforce in the spring.

  Budget

  November 23, 2009
• Combining the Security Councils

  President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he is combining White House staffs dealing with international and homeland security, predicting the change will make Americans safer. The Associated Press is reporting, Obama also is creating a new office intended to communicate more effectively with other countries about U.S. security policy. The Homeland Security Council, created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will be kept as a venue for discussing issues concerning domestic security, including terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, natural disasters and pandemic influenza. Its staff will be integrated into the National Security Council.

  Budget

  May 26, 2009