By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Air Force CIO: Cyber spending could increase – While the overall DoD budget will be receiving cuts, the Air Force CIO, Lt. Gen. Michael Basla says he intends to see cyber spending either stay the same, or increase in the futur...
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Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Top officers from each of the military branches warned a House Armed Services subcommittee that sequestration would be devastating to cybersecurity. More here. The Department of Homeland Security is standing up 13 po...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team within the Department of Homeland Security reports a a 20-fold leap in the number of incidents since the team was created in 2009. More here. The Homeland Securi...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Energy has named its former Deputy Chief Information Officer Bob Brese as the new CIO. More here. The National Security Agency will not reveal how many Americans had their communications monitored to se...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The United States Air Force Academy Cooperative Technologies for Unmanned Systems research program seeks ways to combine data from multiple unmanned aircraft to collaboratively track targets. More here. A New Zealand High...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said cybercrime represents the “greatest threat and actual activity that we have seen aimed at the west and at the United States” including “or other than Al Qaeda a...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Hackers from Anonymous have gained access to a Bureau of Justice Statistics server at the Department of Justice. More here. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Transformation initiative to digitize immig...
Today’s federal cybersecurity and IT news: Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot, commander the 24th Air Force and Air Force’s Cyber Air Component to USCYBERCOM emphasized the importance of “full-spectrum” cybersecurity that prepares for offense, defense and exploitation. More here. ...