Smart-grid tech outpacing security, in 'delicate dance with risk'
Innovation for a smart energy grid is ahead of security, and breaches are inevitable, says the chief of an industry advisory group.
For some hacks, everything old is new again
A cybersecurity report from Hewlett-Packard highlights the prevalence and persistence of coding errors, vulnerabilities and exploits that should have been corrected long ago.
Who's teleworking? Government doesn't really know.
Because of shortcomings in the way data on telework is collected, it will likely be years before OPM has meaningful measurements of progress, GAO says.
Former FBI cyber cop: Hunt the hacker, not the hack
Shawn Henry, former head of FBI's cyber crime team, says private-sector networks lack adequate defenses and require the same level of intelligence available to government networks.
The path to outsmarting advanced cyberattacks
Analytics tools are available to detect attack patterns, but agencies need to take a few steps before gaining the confidence to act on the intelligence they provide.
Energy lab releases open-source tool for tracking cyberattacks
Hone, a tool being developed at the Pacific Northwest National Lab, links network traffic with an application, making it easier to find the source of an IT compromise.
Should US adopt the Godfather cyber defense doctrine?
Vito Corleone had an elegant solution to identifying the source of clandestine attacks.
Transparency group supports DATA Act, standardized reporting tools
The Data Transparency Coalition will lobby for passage of the DATA Act, which would make the Recovery.gov website a permanent portal for standardized reporting on all government spending.
Finally, an alternative to the tyranny of passwords?
DARPA's "active authentication" would be a welcome alternative to passwords and other cumbersome credentials.
NIST: Crypto is the key to protecting large data stores
A second draft of guidelines for creating a crypto key management system addresses one of the greatest challenges in securing sensitive information.
NIST proposes cleaning up the Digital Signature Standard
Changes proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology would clarify the transition to a new set of approved tools and correct some errors in the current version.
ICANN shuts down gTLD applications after security glitch, extends deadline
Some applicants might have been able to take a peek at others' file names, so ICANN closed the system for several days and extended the application deadline to April 20.
Flashback infections of Apple's OS X prove no one is safe
It has taken months, but fixes for the most prolific malware to hit the Apple OS have arrived, and the infection rate for Flashback is dropping.
Oak Ridge lab takes a new tack on 'big security'
A team at Oak Ridge National Lab is developing tools that use advanced machine learning to counter cyber threats.
The big target in cyber war isn't military anymore
The greatest international threat today is not to military targets or critical infrastructure but to intellectual property, said Estonian President Toomas Hendrick Ilves.
Feds still lag on telework, but is it the calm before the storm?
A new survey by the Telework Exchange shows that only 21 percent of feds regularly telework, and most of them are paying their own way.
National cyber defense championship is more than just a game
The 10 teams competing in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition this month are, in their own way, helping to develop a much-needed cybersecurity workforce.
The untimely death of the advanced persistent threat?
The term advanced persistent threat has become a buzzword that many security pros prefer to avoid, but it remains a useful description of a serious threat.
Best defense? Start by admitting hackers will get in anyway.
In a security landscape that ranges from merely gloomy to extremely gloomy, you can't keep attackers out, but you can make sure it's not worth their while, experts said at the FOSE conference.
Light at the end of the continuous-monitoring tunnel
Moving to a risk-management model of cybersecurity with continuous monitoring of systems can be difficult on a tight budget, but the savings can make it all worth the work.
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