By ShannonPerry We’ve written plenty about data breaches. Within the last year, valuable data has been stolen from Target, the University of Maryland at College Park, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Internal Revenue Service. Retailers and reputations have suffered immensely fr...
By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. IRS modernization effort leaves IRS IT vulnerable, says TIGTA – The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that the IRS’s Modernization Program “remains a major risk and that improved controls ...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Defense is looking to use Big Data to automate its cyber defenses. More here. The hacking collective Anonymous plans a massive worldwide protest on October 20 against surveillance. More here. The White Hou...
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Air Force issued a broad agency announcement for concept papers to develop its Cyberspace Warfare Operations focusing on offensive capabilities. More here. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Act...
After 6 years and $450 million of development, the FBI’s Sentinel, a case management system designed to allow collaboration and a unified, digital workflow, is almost complete. More here. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reports that while IRS Computer Security In...
The National Nuclear Security Administration, which is in charge of America’s nuclear weapons stockpile, wants to increase its cybersecurity budget to deal with up to 10 million attacks a day. More here. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team reports that over half of all cybera...
In a bulletin sent to the Falmouth Police Department, the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center warns of an increase in email phishing scams in the weeks leading up to the April 15 deadline for filing tax returns. According to the bullet...
The IRS plans to spend $320 million over 10 years to improve its website, but the agency’s plans on how exactly it will do that remain unclear, according to a government watchdog agency....