Author Archive
Tech
GAO Dings OMB on Performance Goals for Agencies’ IT Management
The federal CISO’s plan for getting agencies to focus on cybersecurity measures the administration considers most urgent did not go over so well in a shifting Congress.
Tech
A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Subcontractor Breach Potentially Exposes Sensitive Data of 254,000 Customers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid said the breach involved a subcontractor that appears to have violated its obligations to the agency.
Tech
What the Census Bureau Can Learn From the IRS About Detecting Cyberattacks
Inspectors general from Commerce and Treasury present a tale of two testing regimes.
Tech
Senators Applaud Intelligence Leader’s Commitment to Declassification Reform
The senators are trying to focus more resources on artificial intelligence and access-control technologies for agencies to appropriately categorize documents in the digital age.
Tech
TSA Opens Registration for Public Meeting on Cybersecurity Regulations
The agency’s advisory committee typically meets behind closed doors, but they are required to hold at least one public meeting per year.
Tech
New Report Shows Significant Improvement in Consumer Cyber Hygiene
Senior administration officials and cybersecurity leaders marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month weighed in on a consumer survey examining how behaviors have changed over the last three years.
Management
National Cybersecurity Review Begins for All Levels of Government
Answering the survey—based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework—is mandatory for certain grant recipients.
Featured eBooks
Tech
Jury: Former DHS Watchdog Official Stole Software, Employees’ Personal Info
The verdict is in for the last holdout in a scandalous scheme to defraud the government.
Featured eBooks