Information Assurance

Cybersecurity concerns trouble feds

While agency leaders and federal policymakers talk about cybersecurity legislation and cyber threats, many federal employees believe the government is struggling to comply with its own standards, survey reveals.

  • By Amber Corrin

Monitoring employees online: How much is too much?

Software allows agencies to monitor what employees do on a computer down to the keystroke, but where is the line between legitimate security needs and intrusion?

  • By Michael Hardy

DOD balances security, cost and ease in mobility plan

DOD's new mobile strategy intended to 'keep DOD workforce relevant' through a comprehensive approach to the technologies.

  • By Amber Corrin

FedRAMP takes applications for service providers

Officials require cloud service providers to get their systems tested before selling them to the government.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

VA may have bent the rules for iPads, iPhones

The Veterans Affairs Department approved iPhones and iPads for its network last year while partially avoiding a particular FISMA requirement, according to a new audit.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Notes from Naval IT Day: Quips and quotes and food for thought

Every conference has those moments of breaking up the monotony; here's a few from AFCEA Naval IT Day.

  • By Amber Corrin

CBP snafu exposes proprietary information

Customs and Border Protection took down documents included in a solicitation for the "virtual border fence" project that may have included proprietary contractor information.

  • By FCW Staff

Industry cybersecurity efforts fall short, experts say

Officials stop short of calling for government regulation of industry cybersecurity but tell a House panel, "It's not working."

  • By FCW Staff

Federal 100: Ricki L. Vanetesse

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  • By Matthew Weigelt

Federal 100: Maj. Gen. Steven W. Smith

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  • By Amber Corrin

Should you trade data ownership for 'any device' access?

When we give up ownership of information and resources in favor of anywhere, any-device access, we risk trading down on security in the process.

  • By FCW Staff

China allegedly involved in Facebook scam against NATO officers

A fake profile for NATO's senior commander lured other officers into accepting a friend request, compromising personal information in the process.

  • By Kevin McCaney

GSA gives FedRAMP structure as launch date draws near

The FedRAMP Concept of Operations document puts meat on the program's bones.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

Cybersecurity bill displeases Republicans

Sen. Joe Lieberman and his bipartisan co-sponsors say it's not SOPA or PIPA and doesn’t have a kill-switch provision, but Republicans committee leaders say it still overreaches.

  • By William Jackson
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NIST sets security approach for cloud computing

New guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology offer recommendations agencies should consider when outsourcing data, applications and infrastructure to a public cloud environment.

  • By Rutrell Yasin

GAO report urges better planning, coordination of cyber workforces

Agencies are falling short in properly planning and coordinating their cybersecurity human capital, according to a GAO report.

  • By Camille Tuutti

Security worries still impede cloud computing

As GSA ramps up FedRAMP, security remains a concern in efforts to move government IT to the cloud, officials told a House subcommittee.

  • By William Jackson

Panetta appoints new leader of cyber programs

Eric Rosenbach held previous roles as a national security advisor to Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and a staffer on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

  • By FCW Staff

Federal data breach legislation stalls

California strengthens its breach notification requirements, as federal legislation that would replace state laws goes nowhere in Congress.

  • By William Jackson

China provides smoking gun against itself in cyberattacks

Do you doubt that China is behind cyberattacks on U.S. targets? China itself provides strong evidence.

  • By John Breeden II

'Anonymous is not unanimous'

Statements after a second breach connected to San Francisco's transit system reveal divisions within the hacktivist group 'Anonymous.'

  • By William Jackson