Threats
From China, an Expansive and Dangerous View of Cyber Deterrence
One military researcher suggests pursuing it in ways that could prove destabilizing.
Business
After OPM Hack, Security-Clearance Requests Will Run Through the Pentagon
The White House directive comes as the OPM shifts its background investigations to a newly-created National Background Investigations Bureau.
Ideas
The Rise of Cyber Repression
When even the New York Times is open to tinkering with the First Amendment, it’s time to look at the way groups and governments are shaping our online society.
Science & Tech
This Cyber ‘Safeguard’ Is Hurting US Defenses
Tech execs and DHS' cyber czar say a multinational pact keeps them from sharing information about intruders' tools.
Science & Tech
US Suspects Russian Hackers in Unprecedented Ukraine Blackout
It’s a scenario that has long worried cyber security experts.
Science & Tech
Feds Scrambling to Close Backdoor in Widely Purchased IT Gear
One former NSA employee calls it "a perfect case example of why cryptographic backdoors are so dangerous in the real world.”
Ideas
Someone Needs to Run the US Effort to Defeat ISIS Online
Lots of government agencies are doing something; the White House needs to coordinate them.
Threats
Agencies Get Marching Orders for Filling 'Major' Cyber Talent Shortage
"We still have the fundamentals wrong," says Office of Management and Budget's Trevor Rudolph.
Threats
New OPM Cyber Chief Is Bracing for an ISIS Hack
The U.S., said the agency's first-ever senior cyber and information technology adviser, has to 'assume that at some point in time they may be successful.'
Science & Tech
State Department Says Hackers May Have Stolen Sensitive Data
The revelation, buried in a new inspector general report, is the first acknowledgment that foreign spies might have grabbed national secrets during a months-long campaign last fall.
Science & Tech
DARPA Wants Networks to Find and Fix Security Holes — In Seconds
The Pentagon is seeking an "automation revolution in computer security” in which machines swiftly detect attacks and patch their vulnerabilities.
Threats
Lawmakers Demand US Military Carry Out Pretend Cyber War Against China, Russia
In an unprecedented move tucked into the defense authorization bill, Congress ordered U.S. Cyber Command to carry out simulated 'war games' against Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
Business
Congress Orders $200M Antivirus Scan for the Pentagon's Major Weapons
Buried in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act is a section requiring evaluations of cyber vulnerabilities in U.S. military weapon systems.
Science & Tech
Can the Pentagon Ditch the Password and Finally Embrace the 'Internet of Things'?
A new report claims the U.S. Defense Department could save millions using internet-ready devices and sensors. But there's one huge problem before that can happen.
Business
Got Cyber? US Homeland Security Wants to Fast-Track Hundreds of New Workers
By June, DHS hopes to be moving on 1,000 new positions toward a more robust information security capability.
Science & Tech
How The Russian Crash Investigation Could Alter the War On Encryption
If intercepted communications prove an ISIS bomb caused the crash in Egypt, it could be just the boost surveillance state advocates need.
Science & Tech
The Secret Pentagon Push for Lethal Cyber Weapons
With nearly $500 million allotted, military contractors are competing for funds to develop the next big thing: computer code capable of killing.
Threats
US Still Doesn’t Know Who's In Charge of What If Massive Cyber Attack Strikes Nation
Cyber physical attacks on infrastructure may be an unlikely sneak attack, but if it happens, the chain of command is far from clear.
Business
Here’s Obama’s IT Security To-Do List For Preventing the Next OPM Hack
An ambitious long-term framework to strengthen federal cybersecurity brings a waterfall of near-term deadlines for agency officials carrying out the new plan.
Science & Tech