Tag: Cybersecurity

The president has requested $19 billion for cybersecurity funding, an increase of about $5 billion over the current year. Of that, a little over $3 billion would go toward upgrading federal computer systems. (AP file photo/Evan Vucci)

White House uses cybersecurity to bludgeon Republicans on budget

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 11:16 pm

Twitter announces ‘trust and safety’ panel to police content

Twitter announces ‘trust and safety’ panel to police content

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 10:28 pm

In a WSJ op-ed, President Obama outlined a new set of cybersecurity initiatives that he said would provide "every American a basic level of online security." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama promises ‘basic online security to every American’

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 1:38 pm

President Obama's "Cybersecurity National Action Plan is the capstone of more than seven years of determined effort by this administration," White House cybersecurity coordinator said Monday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

White House announces $19 billion worth of cybersecurity reforms

Rudy Takala · February 9, 2016 10:00 am

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson listens at left as President Barack Obama speaks at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Va. One of the federal government's special incompetencies is protecting sensitive data. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DHS hack a reminder that government is no good at data security

Washington Examiner · February 9, 2016 5:01 am

he hacker claimed he was able to access the data by gaining access to an employee at the Department of Justice. (AP file photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Hacker stole DHS files by calling customer service

Rudy Takala · February 8, 2016 8:05 pm

Danny Harris, who has been the Education Department's CIO since 2008, was the subject of an investigation that found he had hired subordinates to work on side businesses. (AP Photo)

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Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

The reason that federal agencies lack talent, studies and officials have repeatedly indicated, is that the best workers tend to be drawn away by jobs in the private sector. (AP Photo)

Feds tackle cyberwarrior shortage

Rudy Takala · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

President Obama waves after signing an executive order promoting private sector cybersecurity information sharing during a summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection on Feb. 13 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House goes on defense on cyberoffense

Charlie Mitchell · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

NASA defenders walk back denial of hack on agency

Rudy Takala · February 5, 2016 9:47 pm

"At this time, it is difficult to know exactly how this voluminous amount of information might be leveraged in the future," CrowdStrike wrote about information obtained from a hack linked to the Chinese. (AP Photo)

National Security

Report: China may be building massive database on Americans

Rudy Takala · February 5, 2016 6:38 pm

Oversight chair calls IRS system outage a possible hack

Oversight chair calls IRS system outage a possible hack

Rudy Takala · February 4, 2016 10:02 pm