National Intelligence Director James Clapper told House Intelligence Committee members Thursday that cybersecurity threats are getting more sophisticated and pose a significant impact on the U.S.’ economic and national security programs. In
MoreAlex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, has identified three cloud computing trends that have started to take place in the federal information technology sector. Rossino wrote in a blog post published Tuesday
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Navy Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, has issued a document that details how Cybercom and its subordinate units will work to address cyber threats, DoD News reported Tuesday. The
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology continues its search for industry partners that will help develop and commercialize contactless fingerprint readers. NIST said Thursday it researches touchless fingerprint scanners from companies such as
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has issued an executive directive to expand the state’s cyber-related risk management activities in support of efforts to strengthen cybersecurity measures. The governor’s office said in an announcement posted Aug.
MoreTwenty small businesses have been awarded $3.2 million in total grants from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop tools and methods for U.S. organizations to address manufacturing, environmental, healthcare
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has selected the University of Delaware and University of Houston to conduct cybersecurity research focused on distributed-denial-of-service attacks under contracts worth $4.5 million combined. DHS
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security has picked the University of Texas at San Antonio as an Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations standards organization. Andy Ozment, assistant secretary of cybersecurity and communications at
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The National Institutes of Health has unveiled a multimillion grant program to help researchers determine how genomic information could be part of electronic health records. NIH said Tuesday it chose 12 research
MorePentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen seeks to work with industry to shift cost burdens of cybersecurity on hackers that try to attack Defense Department systems, FCW reported Wednesday. Sean Lyngaas writes that Halvorsen pegged the cost of DoD cyber defenses at
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