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Aliya Sternstein
Senior Correspondent
Aliya Sternstein reports on cybersecurity and homeland security systems for Nextgov. She has covered technology for nine years at such publications as National Journal's TechnologyDaily, Federal Computer Week and Forbes. Before joining Government Executive, she covered agriculture and derivatives trading for Congressional Quarterly. She has been a guest commentator on C-SPAN, WTOP and Federal News Radio. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
Pentagon cyberwarriors to unload some defensive tasks to big data
January 14, 2013
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The Defense Department hopes to offload some of the work of analyzing network vulnerabilities to a machine, Pentagon officials said on Friday. The Cyber Targeted Attack Analyzer is intended to reduce the workload for the department’s short-handed cyber forces by organizing information from “disparate network data sources” to more easily ...
New Jersey invites vets to compete for cyber residencies at key institutions
January 14, 2013
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has invited service members returning from the Middle East, students and career switchers to join a cyber battle this week for a spot at a community college program with residencies at critical sector companies, state officials told Nextgov. The Brookdale Community College CyberCenter, similar to ...
FBI posts Google map of bank heist photos so locals can finger the perps
January 11, 2013
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The FBI has begun collecting tips on the names of unidentifiable bank robbery suspects through a new Google map that pictures heists nationwide, bureau officials announced this week. The new site, bankrobbers.fbi.gov, shows visitors the location of incidents down to the street level, as well as the traditional Wanted poster ...
NASA engineer, defense contractor knowingly bought illicit software from Chinese conspirator
January 8, 2013
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This story has been updated to include video of undercover meetings with Xiang Li. Chinese resident Xiang Li has pleaded guilty to copyright infringement and wire fraud charges connected to a bootleg software conspiracy that involved federal sector accomplices, U.S. authorities are expected to announce today in Wilmington, Del. A ...
Defense law aims to preempt software supply chain attacks
January 7, 2013
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Military software engineers will soon have to follow new testing rules amid high-profile hacks that occur due to design flaws in computer code. The new policy was codified in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Obama Jan. 2. Homeland Security officials have warned that contractor requirements and ...
Postal Service to host cloud-based public-private ID protection network
January 4, 2013
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The U.S. Postal Service has been tapped to manage a yearlong trial of technology that ultimately should allow citizens to securely register for online services at multiple agencies -- without obtaining multiple passwords and other digital identification for each service. Within days USPS is expected to begin hiring one or ...
DHS to pick up $6 billion tab for cyber surveillance systems at every department
January 3, 2013
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The Homeland Security Department is footing a potentially $6 billion bill to provide civilian agencies with the technology and expertise needed for near real-time threat detection, DHS officials said this week. The White House has demanded so-called continuous monitoring since 2010, but many agencies did not have the resources or ...
Unprecedented, unmanned Southwest border checkpoint opens Jan. 28
December 31, 2012
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The Obama administration has green-lighted the first-ever unstaffed computerized Southwest border station in a bid to improve U.S.-Mexico cultural relations. The new station is slated to open Jan. 28 in Texas at Big Bend National Park. The Homeland Security Department, National Park Service and White House agreed to loosen post-Sept. ...
Small N.C. cloud company nabs first FedRAMP security certification
December 27, 2012
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Autonomic Resources, a small business in North Carolina, has earned the first-ever security certification to install cloud services governmentwide. The General Services Administration, the government’s purchasing agency, stuck to a self-imposed year-end deadline for issuing the seal of approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP. FedRAMP ...
FBI is on the lookout for financial losses unrelated to fiscal cliff
December 27, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
Fiscal cliff or not, the government will be scanning the financial markets for signs of million dollar losses in 2013, as a cyber posse threatens to empty consumer accounts at U.S. banks. Data security firm RSA in October uncovered one of the largest organized plots to hijack online banking transfers, ...
