Pentagon OKs Apple Devices for Military Networks
Apple has received approval from the Defense Department for its devices to operate on military networks, Bloomberg reports.
Nick Taborek and Tony Capaccio write the Pentagon cleared ...
NSA Asks Open Source Developers to Help Protect Agency Cloud; Keith Alexander Comments
Gen. Keith Alexander
The National Security Agency has started developing a cloud computing platform intended to help secure the government’s network infrastructure, FedScoop reported ...
Huawei Chief: Company Not a Cyber Threat to US
Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies, has denied claims that his company poses a cybersecurity threat to the U.S., Reuters reported ...
Google, Twitter Vet Nicole Wong Named WH Privacy Adviser
VOA photo of Nicole Wong
Nicole Wong, formerly legal director at Twitter, has been appointed as a senior Internet privacy adviser to President Barack Obama, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
Brian ...
NIST Adds Smartphone, Supply Chain Guidelines to Cyber Standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has added guidelines on addressing smartphone security and foreign manipulation of supply chains to its federal cybersecurity standards, ...
Cybersecurity Budgets, Spending Feature on ExecutiveGov
Many government agencies have prepared their proposed budgets for fiscal year 2014 even as they must deal with the cuts under sequestration and the need to optimize their resources ...
Ben Cardin Questions China’s Sincerity in White House Cyber Talks
Rep. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asian and Pacific Affairs subcommittee, recently questioned how sincere China’s government will be in discussions ...
Pentagon Puts CIO In Charge of Cybersecurity Programs
The Defense Department has updated the roles and responsibilities of its chief information officer to include cybersecurity, transferring to the CIO duties formerly held by the assistant ...
Report: White House Set $5B Aside for Classified IT in Budget Proposal
President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2014 budget proposal may have set aside at least $5.4 billion for classified information technology, FCW reported Friday.
Adam Mazmanian writes ...
William Lord: Govt Could Seek Small Businesses to Update Legacy Software
William Lord
Unsupported legacy software, known vulnerabilities and new applications for old platforms all pose threats to government systems if left unaddressed, according a former ...
