By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. DISA awards $1.4 billion network support IDIQ – DISA has awarded 7 vendors spots on the Global Information Grid Services Management-Engineering, Transition and Implementation contract. The contract has a total value of $1.4B, a...
By BobGourley The TechAmerica foundation has published a PDF which appears to be a draft executive order on improving cybersecurity for our nation’s critical infrastructure. You can download a copy here: Executive Order: Improving Critical Infrastructure Cyersecurity There is no way to conf...
By RyanKamauff Here are today’s top cyber news and stories. While most are looking at the financial, socio-economic and national defense ramifications of the election, Nextgov takes a look the cyber ramifications of the election – Many federal leaders are political appointees, especiall...
By RyanKamauff Here are today’s top cyber news and stories. Federal News Radio has released their “Cybersecurity Rising” report which includes the top cybersecurity accomplishments of the 2006-2012 – this report has polled cybersecurity experts on the top accomplishments. Th...
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Sandia National Laboratories is building an experimental set-up of 300,000 Android devices so that researchers can study how hackers disrupt mobile networks. More here. Defense Information Systems Agency Chie...
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: White House sources confirm that Chinese hackers penetrated unclassified networks with a spear phishing attack against the White House Communications Agency. More here. Sequestration threatens the bipartisan...
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Government Accountability Office has found that roughly one third of major information technology projects at the Department of Homeland Security are more than 10% over budget or schedule. More here. In a...
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Federal Trade Commission has charged several rent-to-own companies and a software maker over rental computers that illegally used spyware that took “pictures of children, individuals not fully clot...