06/11/2014 | Frente Externo
Long-awaited FISMA Reforms May Hit Stumbling Block
The House and Senate have hit a road bump trying to update a 2002 law that collects binders of paper once a year, as a way of monitoring federal computer security.
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06/11/2014 | High Tech
The Next Big Thing in the Fight Against Hackers: Self-Healing Computers
Now that the Department of Homeland Security has ponied up $6 billion for governmentwide, automated computer safeguards, a top National Security Agency cybersecurity official says the approach has its shortcomings.
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23/07/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Significant Deficiencies Found in Treasury’s Computer Security
Weaknesses in Treasury Department computer systems that track federal debt are severe enough to disrupt accounting, according to a government audit.
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15/07/2014 | High Tech
Should Feds Have Been Told About the OPM Hack?
Federal officials have no yardstick for determining when to tell government employees their personal data may have been compromised -- a likely reason potential victims of a March breach of personnel databases still have not been notified.
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11/07/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Obama Wants Drones to Be Part of Border Migration Solution
President Barack Obama today requested $39 million for aerial surveillance, including unmanned aircraft operations, as part of an effort to systemically take care of what he called an urgent humanitarian situation.
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13/06/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Hacker Conference Will Invite Feds Back – In 2016
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is expected to announce on Tuesday a deal with DEF CON to hold the final round of DARPA’s two-year Cyber Grand Challenge at the organization’s 2016 Las Vegas conference.
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23/12/2013 | High Tech
US - Pentagon Disconnects iPhone, Android Security Service, Forcing a Return to BlackBerry for Some
Some military members who were working off Apple and Android-based smartphones and tablets now must return to using older model BlackBerrys because of a security service switchover, according to an email obtained by Nextgov and confirmed by Pentagon officials.
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15/08/2013 | High Tech
US - The Anti-Snowden? Ex-SEAL’s Firm Caught Between Security and Privacy
Former Navy SEAL commando Mike Janke is a spy-turned-privacy advocate. Unlike Snowden, he still has friendly relations with U.S. special operations teams, as the co-founder of a company that encrypts communications for feds and activists alike.
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