The challenge of identity and access management
To keep up with rapid advances in technology, agencies must incorporate IAM into their overall modernization roadmap -- ensuring that today’s secure solution is still secure tomorrow.
NIST narrows field of post-quantum crypto contenders
For the second round of its competition, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen 26 algorithms that may help protect electronic information from attack by quantum-enabled computers.
DISA tests continuous multifactor biometric ID for mobile devices
The devices -- or more specifically, the chipsets embedded within them -- analyze a user's walking gait, location, facial structure and voice patterns to validate identity.
DOD mulls using AI to check contractor cyber hygiene
Because the Defense Department's contractors are critical to its mission, DOD is considering having a third party check sub-contractors' security posture against the National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity standards.
What cybersecurity pros can learn from TSA PreCheck
Just as prescreened travelers get fast tracked to their airport gates, agencies should adopt a risk-adaptive security approach that uses behavioral data to inform policies for individual users.
DARPA outlines adversarial AI defense
The Guaranteeing AI Robustness against Deception program aims to create machine-learning models that can defend against a wide range of attacks.
Faster clearances with AI
Defense Information Systems Agency is building an artificial intelligence-based service to check and verify security clearance applications against multiple data sources.
Intel strategy targets cyber threats
The 2019 National Intelligence Strategy highlights the security pressures from advanced technologies and calls for increased cyber threat intelligence.
Stop chasing ghosts and build a threat hunting strategy
Real threat hunting requires human intelligence and automated detection and search tools that look through the entire agency to find anomalies that cross boundaries and siloes.
A call for governance and risk abatement, not just system integration
So-called "last mile providers" can give enterprise IT buyers greater control, while removing the chaos of decentralized governance.
As states lag on cyber training, agencies are fertile phishing grounds
Training won’t stop every data breach, but it teaches staffers how to detect irregularities and report them.
5 critical capabilities for 2019
A hub-and-spoke system can collect and index data from all IT touchpoints in an enterprise network.
How cybercrime feeds on modernization
As agencies revamp their security infrastructure as they modernize, they must look for security solutions based on threat intelligence that illuminates today’s attack vectors and tactics.
Lapsed TLS certificates erode federal website security during shutdown
Expired Transport Layer Security certificates on dozens of U.S. government websites are rendering them either insecure or inaccessible, a British internet services company reported.
Can DARPA secure the electronics supply chain?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is investigating whether "dielets" -- tiny chips no larger than 100 microns a side -- can help track and authenticate electronics components.
The quiet threat inside 'internet of things' devices
The growth of unsecured devices such as industrial sensors, webcams, televisions and other smart home devices is leading to a growing disruptive capability.
Limiting the potential abuse of smartphone sensors
IT managers can address the risks associated with today's sensor-laden smartphones with proactive defense, user education and policy enforcement.
Phishing: The future is zero tolerance
After years of data, the numbers are in: You're letting me hack you every time.
From global risks to global visibility: A new paradigm for cyber in a connected world
Thinking about the internet as tech equalizer instead of a risky environment will help agencies better address current visibility challenges.
Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations' way
Because of their political and technical sophistication, a 2018 study rated Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania the three European Union members best at responding to Russian disinformation.
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