How are manufacturers securing their voting machines?
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) recently asked five of the country's top voting machine manufacturers what steps they have taken to protect their machines from cyber threats.
Don't leave your front door open to attack
Agencies must ensure their website security can counter today's quickly evolving cyber threats so hackers don't get easy access to internal systems.
NYC looks to improve cybersecurity, broadband
New York City is looking for partners on its new plan to make the city a global capital for all things cybersecurity.
How New Jersey fills the cyber info gap
The New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell gives small and medium-sizes businesses a conduit to federal cyber resources.
Prototype plug-in alerts drivers to vehicle cyberattacks
Using data-driven anomaly detection, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can tell if a hacker has modified a vehicle's electrical signaling.
Are voting machine hacks overblown?
Breaking into voting machines and altering vote counts is a good deal more difficult than recent election-hacking headlines suggest.
What makes hackers tick?
For a new study, ethical hackers will wear monitors that measure their biological responses as they attack computers in a network simulation.
Facial recognition authenticates cruise ship passengers
Facial recognition technology is being tested to authenticate passengers as they disembark from cruise ships.
How government can get the most out of blockchain
By starting small, and focusing on user experience and agile development, agencies can take advantage of the new foundational technology.
Worried about hackers, states turn to cyber insurance
As the threat from hackers and cybercriminals intensifies, a growing number of states are buying cyber insurance to protect themselves -- and taxpayers.
Another mass shooting, another locked phone
Federal investigators want access to the Texas shooter's locked phone, but most security researcher think it’s a bad idea.
Blockchain: Getting government beyond the hype
Interest in blockchain's public sector potential is growing. But while use cases and proof of concepts are hinting as what's possible, agencies have a ways to go before projects can be rolled out on a larger scale.
Facial recognition improving 'at breakneck speeds'
Recent winners of the IARPA challenge demonstrate improvements with the technology's accuracy and speed.
The challenge of authenticating real humans in a digital world
While cameras, sensors and other devices can make authentication easier for people to accomplish, they carry their own weaknesses.
Governors, state CIOs push for streamlined federal cyber regulations
Federal cybersecurity regulations have become a challenge to state governments that are working to consolidate their IT operations.
For rural America, IoT innovation starts with better broadband
In a hearing to examine advancing the use of the internet of things in rural communities, testimony focused on a more fundamental issue -- expanding broadband deployment.
Making the network the best line of defense from the inside out
By creating a software-defined secure network, agency IT professionals can turn every component of their network into a security enforcement point.
Senate bill gives states a leg up in securing elections
A bipartisan bill looks to help state officials better secure their elections systems by providing access to classified information, cyber expertise and funding.
Real security requires strong encryption -- even if investigators get blocked
Police without a back door into encryption systems still have several options for obtaining evidence.
Agencies address CDM rollout challenges
The Department of Energy and NASA are working on deploying CDM to their component agencies.
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