Cyber
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Homeland SecurityLeidos Protests DHS Biometric Database Award To Northrop Grumman
Leidos [LDOS] this week filed a protest with the government over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) selection in late September of Northrop Grumman [NOC] to develop a new multimodal […]
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CyberArmy Network Vulnerable To Adversary Threats, Fixing Modernization Approach
The Army must fix its approach to network modernization if it hopes to improve command post and mission command operations currently vulnerable to peer adversary threats, according to the leaders […]
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ArmyArmy CIO: Slow Effort To Engage Industry Hurting Network Modernization Efforts
The Army’s effort to modernize its network in the face of growing adversarial threats continues to be hindered by a slow effort to leverage industry, according to Army Chief Information […]
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ArmyArmy Finalizing WIN-T1 Updates, Command Post Modernization Efforts
The Army has set a spring 2018 deadline for fielding all updates to its Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1 (WIN-T1) system as its rolls out a series of modernization efforts […]
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CyberSenator Urges Social Security Administration Adopt New Authentication Method For Online Accounts
The ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee is urging the Social Security Administration (SSA) to adopt phishing-resistant authentication to ensure the cyber security of its online accounts. Sen. Ron […]
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CyberFormer Security Officials Call For Greater Penalties Following Data Breaches
For companies like Equifax [EFX] to take massive breaches of personal data more seriously, Congress might consider implementing similar penalties to those paid by oil companies following spills, according to […]
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Business/FinancialNew Malware Threat Hitting U.S. Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing Industries
Aerospace and defense contractors and manufacturing companies are facing a new malware threat disguised in standard business software documents that is aimed at stealing critical information for identity theft and […]
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BudgetHouse, Senate Committees Approve Border And Cyber Security Bills
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday marked up a $15 billion authorization bill that would provide $10 billion for President Donald Trump’s security wall along the southern U.S. border, […]
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CyberWhite House Mulls Social Security Number Replacement
The White House is considering replacing Social Security Numbers (SSN) as a prime way to identify individuals and is calling on federal agencies to develop new methods for people to […]
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Homeland SecurityFollowing SEC Response To Cyber Breach, DHS Mulls Stronger Role In Federal Civilian Incidents
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing how it goes about responding to cyber security incidents across the federal civilian government even if an agency doesn’t request help, a […]