The National Insider Threat Task Force within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is considering establishing a specialized occupational code to combat potential insider threats at federal agencies, Nextgov reported Monday. Aliya Sternstein reports
MoreNorth Korea has experienced a widespread disruption in Internet connectivity just days after the U.S. linked the North Korean government to the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. New Hampshire-based
MoreThe Sandia National Laboratories said it is developing robotics technology that will help disaster response machines function more efficiently by not losing as much power as current systems. âYou can have the
MorePresident Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law the Federal Information Security Modernization Act and four other cybersecurity bills, GovInfoSecurity reported Thursday. Eric Chabrow writes FISMA directs agencies to shift from a
MoreThe FBI has determined the North Korean government was responsible for the cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the bureau said in a statement Friday. In that statement, the FBI said it traced
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to form a cybersecurity-dedicated subcommittee if he is elected chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense News reported Thursday. McCain said he wants to add a
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has implemented a continuous monitoring risk scoring system that will work to measure the cybersecurity risk of the agency’s computer networks, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jason
MoreSome security officials in government believe the second phase of the Department of Homeland Security‘s continuous monitoring program is a key step forward in the adoption of real-time cyber threat response tools, GCN reported
MoreThe Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will hold a proposers’ day next month to discuss an upcoming industry competition for work to develop cyber risk prediction and detection methods. IARPA said it
MoreFederal investigators have eyed North Korea as a possible source of hackers that breached the computer networks at Sony Pictures Entertainment, ABC News reported Wednesday. Jonathan Karl and Pierre Thomas write Sony
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