Homeland Security tops FISMA scorecard. How do they do it?
The Department of Homeland Security earns top scores in FISMA compliance, thanks in part to the continuous monitoring program built by the department's Office of Inspector General.
Mobile forensics tools hammer out evidence
Proprietary and open source forensic tools are helping law enforcement extract evidence from mobile devices and even recover data that has been deleted.
Can digital forensics keep up with smartphone tech?
Smartphones provide a wealth of evidence for forensics investigators, but the escalating number and variety of mobile devices coupled with a growing case backlog has put digital forensics development to the test.
Smartphones before the court: Searchable wallets or pocket PCs?
There are tools and techniques law enforcement can use to get data from a smartphone, but the question of when police can search a phone remains to be decided.
Last call for comments on Keccak encryption
The public will weigh in on NIST's choice of new a secure hash algorithm developed in response to advances in techniques for breaking of federal document encryption standards.
Nevada's DOT taking the paper out of paperwork
By moving to electronic signatures and a cloud-based digital workflow, the Nevada Transportation Department has simplified and speeded up its business processes.
Is shadow IT spinning out of control in government?
It's not a new problem, but it is getting worse, and government needs to be more agile in responding to the influx of consumer IT into the enterprise.
In-house analytics tool maps fraud at USPS
The Postal Service inspector general's office built its own data analytics tool -- the Risk Assessment Data Repository -- to help investigators identify high-value targets for audit and investigation, reducing the time required to close a case and increasing the amount of money recovered.
Would the government have told us about Heartbleed? Should it?
The government says it did not know about the OpenSSL vulnerability before it was publicly disclosed. But if it had known, it might not have told us, says White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel.
IRS trains devs to build in security from the start
Code analysts at the IRS are stepping in to help train software developers and project managers to make their software more secure from the beginning of the coding process.
Info sharing improves security, slows effects of brain drain
A panel of public and private sector technology leaders says sharing information is key to both improving cybersecurity and to replacing the expertise being lost with the flood of IT workers retiring from government.
Project management must address leadership vacuum, fed execs say
Program overruns and failure rates for new IT systems is as high as 80 percent, which is traceable to a lack of leadership, says a government IT expert.
In police work, technology complements shoe leather
The video evidence that led to the capture of the alleged Boston Marathon Bomber owed as much to old-fashioned police work as it did to modern technology, says former Boston police commissioner.
Forget fad. The cloud is real, it's here and it's growing
The cloud is not a fad, says OMB's Scott Renda. "It is definitely here to stay, and it’s only going to get bigger."
Cyber threats are spreading, becoming more dangerous
"We have to assume that the sophistication and the prevalence of threats are going to grow," former White House Security advisor Tom Donilon told the FOSE audience.
GPO's FDsys: 1 billion items served and ready for more
Government Printing Office's FDsys Web portal has served up more than a billion documents, videos, audio recordings and images since 2009 and plans for updated search engine and improved support for mobile devices.
HSPD-12 at 10 years: Still a long way to go
The presidential directive that mandated the interoperable PIV card for government workers and contactors will be 10 years old this year, but although millions of cards have been issued, their actual usage remains dismally low.
Agencies must update to newer versions of Transport Layer Security
New guidance from NIST for using TLS in government applications requires later versions of the protocol because of vulnerabilities in version 1.0.
Federating identity will slow personal information leaks
Having a single credential that can be authenticated by a trusted authority and accepted by multiple users can reduce the attack surface by maintaining personally identifiable information at a single point.
Is the public safety community ready for new 911 location rules?
The FCC is proposing location requirements for the first time on cellular 911 calls made indoors, but even if carriers deliver, the data Public Safety Answering Points will need upgrades to use it.
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