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How to button up a cybersecurity risk on every computer in the government

Often attachments with malicious payloads come in the popular Adobe PDF format. Recently, the National Security Agency issued guidance for how to configure…

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Think you understand phishing attacks? Wait ’til you hear this

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Foreign hackers up their game, your agency may not be prepared

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Mitigating the threat of ransomware, FHFA uses all the tools at their disposal

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How to keep your communications truly private when everyone is remote

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Alexander Garcia-Tobar: Is your agency DMARC compliant?

The Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance standard (DMARC) is designed to lower the risk of phishing attacks.

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Feds more at risk from clicking on links than from data stolen during OPM breach

Bill Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center and the National Counterintelligence Executive, said foreign hackers…

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Fighting the ‘cyber caliphate’s’ social media addiction

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A phenomenon called the “cyber caliphate” is producing ever-rising levels of cyber-attacks and real-world violence. ICIT’s James Scott has advice for how agencies can defend against and attack cyber-jihadists.

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