DHS preps Cyber Incident Data Repository
CIDAR aims to identify trends, mitigate threats and calculate risks for enterprise risk managers and cybersecurity insurance companies.
A clean bill of health for data security
Government health care institutions and agencies can safeguard their confidential information and lower their risk of data breaches by following best practices around people, encryption and security policies.
Closing the gap between technology and public policy
States are taking the lead, but are they equipped to address the complex issues of cybersecurity?
Tax scam: A game of speed and numbers
The IRS might be outgunned in the fight against tax fraud.
Taxing times to fend off cyber fraud
Seeing the tremendous value of personal information on the average tax return, cyber criminals are hitting the IRS, the Department of Education and many businesses in hopes of stealing tax records and data.
Cyber threat info sharing made easier
A more effective machine-to-machine threat information sharing language and platform should speed adoption across industry.
Getting power to the grid after a cyber attack
DARPA is building a secure network that aims to operate without power or internet connectivity across disparate IT networks and grid infrastructure technologies.
Behavior-based mobile authentication ‘on the horizon’
Technology that monitors how users interact with their devices has been demonstrated by various performers, a DHS cyber expert says.
A blueprint for the modern government security operations center
By leveraging automation and analysis tools, government security operations centers can effectively face the new landscape of cyber threats.
How Pegasus for Android was unmasked
Even with security researchers looking for an Android variant of the iOS spyware, the sophisticated program designed to surveil specific targets managed to hide itself.
Insiders in the supply chain
An insecure IT supply chain can present as much risk to agencies as an insider exfiltrating data, according to security experts.
Business email compromise: Don’t catch that phish!
Safeguarding an agency against email compromise involves both administrative awareness and technical controls, such as email rules, filtering and third-party solutions.
Why threat-data sharing is so hard
Agencies’ different interests in threat tracking, mitigation and prosecution can make it difficult for them to share information related to cyber attacks.
Is it time for a U.S. (cyber) health service?
IT managers can improve data security by taking a page from how the health care community prevents, tracks down and resolves public health problems.
Looking to the feds for help in fighting cybercriminals
The proposed State Cyber Resiliency Act would create a dedicated grant program to help states protect themselves against cybersecurity threats and better identify, detect, respond to and recover from attacks.
Machines learning evolves, and hackers stand to gain
Automated systems that teach themselves can be manipulated by adversaries.
Georgia gets serious about HTTPS
In an effort to make state government websites more secure, Georgia officials are switching to the encrypted website protocol platformwide.
NIST extends comment period for digital identity guidelines
The deadline for feedback on a portion of SP 800-63-3 is now May 1.
6 workarounds for accessing encrypted devices
A pair cybersecurity experts have published an essay that discusses the practical, technological and legal implications of encryption workarounds.
Facial recognition is increasingly common, but how does it work?
As facial recognition becomes more common in immigration and law enforcement applications, we must understand the issues of accuracy, privacy and ethics this new capability raises.
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