Security from the start: Using DevOps for secure collaboration
By including security in all aspects of development and operations processes, agencies can move from a reactive to a proactive security posture.
Is predictive analytics really a game changer?
It may be too soon to tell, but predictive analytics offers agencies hope that they can get ahead of the threat rather than just cleaning up after the fact.
One year after OPM breach, cyber execs see little improvement
A new report shows nearly 60 percent of respondents believe that their agency currently struggles to understand how cyberattackers can breach their systems.
Using active breach detection to keep government data safe
Next-generation breach detection marries big-data and machine learning to deep cybersecurity expertise to maximize defense against breaches and threats.
Vulnerabilities persist in TSA’s Security Technology Integrated Program
An inspector general audit reveals vulnerabilities in servers, outdated operating systems and physical and security deficiencies in the Transportation Security Administration system that connects airport security systems to central TSA servers.
Watson takes on cybersecurity
Watson for Cyber Security will leverage the platform’s natural language processing to provide insight to threats.
Next-gen networks call for strategic security
A hybrid approach to network modernization can be cost-effective for agencies and deliver real improvements in capacity, availability and security.
4 steps to secure data management
Establishing the right technology ecosystem can address agencies’ data security challenges, including how and where to store data and control access.
DISA evaluates DODIN defense through adversary’s eyes
The cybersecurity review examines the DODIN from an adversary’s perspective to better prepare network defenders.
NIST previews new federal authentication guidelines
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is calling on the public to help it map out new guidelines for federal agencies' digital authentication practices.
How ID can move out of the wallet and onto the smartphone
HID Global’s goID platform lets government agencies issue identity credentials over the air to users’ smartphones, from which they can transfer relevant ID data to requestors.
Lessons from tax season: 4 tips for preventing cyberattacks on the workforce
Scams targeting employees during this recent tax season serve as a sobering reminder of the significant security risks workers unknowingly pose to their organizations.
Prep for next-gen encryption should start yesterday
Because the effort to pull together any kind of quantum-resistant cryptography will be lengthy and complex, the process must start now if those trusted cryptosystems are to be developed in time.
Protecting data wherever it lives
Most of today’s encryption efforts focus on data stored on servers because that is where the majority of big breaches take place.
The encryption challenge
The obstacles are daunting -- money, time, careless users, encryption-resistant legacy systems. But the risks are no less serious.
Persistent tracking of endpoint devices takes on insider threats
Absolute’s Endpoint Data Discovery allows organizations to identify and protect sensitive data stored on endpoint devices outside the enterprise network.
Proving ground aims to spur rapid fielding of cyber tech
To counter the pace of cyberattacks, the new Air Force Cyber Proving Ground aims to rapidly get cyber tools to operators.
What comes after common access cards?
The future of authentication could start with mobile devices and apps that track user location and behavior, DISA Director Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn said.
Building on the cybersecurity sprint with CDM Phase II
Agencies that focus on a governance-based identity and access management strategy can protect against the full range of identity-centered attacks.
DOD officials push back on civil cyber support critiques
During a recent panel discussion, Pentagon officials pushed back on criticisms that there is lack of clarity on how the Defense Department will respond to domestic cyberattacks.
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