Voting security guidelines: Too little too late?
States waiting for Voluntary Voting System Guidelines may be not have time to test their systems against the new standards before the 2020 election.
DHS outlines cloud, data center modernization strategy
The Department of Homeland Security plans move to a modernized cloud-based infrastructure and consolidate two main enterprise computing data centers.
Online election defense improving, threat report finds
Symantec's annual internet threat report credited the U.S. government and social media companies with using a mix of intelligence, bot tracking and lessons learned from the 2016 election to identify and close thousands of accounts and pages believed to be associated with foreign influence campaigns.
Federal domains appear untouched by DNS hijack campaign
An initial forensic review determined that there is no evidence at this time to indicate any DNS records for federal domains were altered or manipulated.
Phishing lure snags 1 in 3 FHFA employees targeted
Some staff at the Federal Housing Finance Agency failed to follow the proper response protocols when subjected to a fake phishing attack, auditors say.
Election security ramps up for 2020
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is building a more permanent institutional capacity to tackle election security.
Trump launches AI leadership plan
The executive order appears designed to prepare the federal government for what many experts believe will be a global race for AI dominance.
Assessing the risk of foreign-made VPNs, browsers
Two senators want to know the national security risks of allowing federal employees to use some foreign-made browsers and virtual private networks on government smartphones and computers.
Midterm election infrastructure deemed meddle-free, but states seek equipment funding
Although a joint report says foreign agents did not have "material impact" on election infrastructure, states are asking Congress to help pay for new, more secure equipment.
Trying to craft global cyber limits
The Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace is hashing out fundamental principles that states, non-state actors and private industry should follow in the digital domain.
Feds ahead in DMARC adoption
Eighty percent of 1,300-plus U.S. federal domains now publish Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance records, a new report finds.
VA misses targets on data center shutdowns, savings
Communication breakdowns were blamed for the Department of Veterans Affairs only closing 32 data centers in 2018, far below goals, the inspector general found.
Intel strategy targets cyber threats
The 2019 National Intelligence Strategy highlights the security pressures from advanced technologies and calls for increased cyber threat intelligence.
DHS' 4-step plan to counter DNS hijacking
Nearly all federal agencies will be locking down their Domain Name System infrastructure to mitigate tampering with domain name system infrastructure.
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.
Solving the air-gap dilemma
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for security that can better track and protect sensitive data as it moves from highly secure systems to insecure ones.
Treating health care's cyber ills
A new HHS report offers practical, understandable and implementable cybersecurity guidelines for health care organizations of all sizes.
Software glitch blamed for missing FBI texts
The automated application used to wirelessly collect text messages from bureau-issued mobile devices experienced software issues that kept it from capturing all texts.
IRS dropped the ball on Linux migration, IG says
Although the tax agency planned to move 141 legacy applications from Solaris to Linux, only eight have been migrated and more than one third have not even started.
Election security: Lessons from 2016
Regardless of what did or did not happen in 2016, experts are almost unanimous in their assessment that voting machines are riddled with cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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