via Fierce Government IT Key challenges remain for the Homeland Security Department in executing its mission of safeguarding cyberspace, says the Government Accountability Office. In written testimony due to be delivered Sept. 7 before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,...
via gov info security Deputy Secretary William Lynn III, the Defense Department‘s point man on cybersecurity, says he will leave his job as the No. 2 DoD executive when a replacement is in place. Lynn helped create DoD’s strategy to protect the military’s and nation’s digital...
via Gov Info Security A Texas state comptroller office computer breach that exposed the personal information of 3.5 million individuals has cost taxpayers $1.8 million, with that figure likely to rise, according to a report posted Friday on the website of an Austin newspaper. In addition, the exposu...