Technology

Matthew Swartz, lead for the U.S. Navy‘s Task Force Cyber Awakening, said the military service looks to develop a layered defense system as part of its approach to protecting its information technology networks, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jared Serbu writes Swartz estimated that fixing all cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the …

President Barack Obama outlined his vision to increase public-private cybersecurity data exchange at a Stanford University-hosted summit held Friday and attended by industry executives, The Hill newspaper reported Friday. Cory Bennett writes Obama also used the event to sign an executive order requiring the creation of industry hubs and guidelines …

President Barack Obama will take executive action to encourage sharing of cyber threat information between public and private sector organizations, Reuters reported Thursday. Joseph Menn and Roberta Rampton write President Obama is set to sign the order during a cybersecurity forum that will be held Friday at Stanford University. The …

The Office of Management and Budget has formed a new cyber and national security group in a move to oversee the cybersecurity programs of government agencies, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jason Miller writes Trevor Rudolph will lead the E-Gov cyber and national security unit in its task to identify …

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity plans to enlist industry expertise to develop methods to predict dire international scenarios using signals intelligence data. IARPA will hold a proposers’ day forum in Washington on March 5 to seek technology ideas from interested participants in the Mercury Program, the agency said Feb. …

The National Program Office of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace has launched the fourth round of funding available for pilot programs on identity management technologies for online transactions. Jeremy Grant writes Thursday on the NSTIC blog that the strategy will fund private-sector companies to develop online authentication technologies that …

Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) has proposed a new cybersecurity bill that pushes for threat intelligence sharing between the private sector and government by easing regulatory obstacles, National Journal reported Wednesday. Dustin Volz writes the legislation incorporates recommendations from the White House and data privacy proponents. Carper intends for the bill …

The Department of Homeland Security is working with the White House and private sector to integrate big data into the government’s efforts to help businesses and federal agencies with cybersecurity defense, Nextgov reported Monday. Jack Moore writes DHS plans to develop a predictive model of potential cyber threats by analyzing the trend …

The Defense Information Systems Agency is launching a web-based, open source collaboration tool for the Defense Department that provides webconferencing, chat and instant messaging functions for employees based in the U.S. and abroad. Cheryl Pellerin reports Friday for DoD News that personnel with Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network common access cards or …

The White House plans to create a new government organization that would connect sets of cyber intelligence data and deliver threat information to federal agencies in real time, Reuters reported Tuesday. Warren Strobel writes a White House senior official said the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center will be established to …