Policy
Here’s What Is in the Senate’s Cybersecurity Bill
The new measure would increase information sharing amongst the intelligence community, while expanding the NSA's surveillance authorities.
Business
The Military's Cybersecurity Budget in 4 Charts
The White House is pitching $5.5 billion in cyber spending for FY 16. Here's what that money looks like.
Threats
Is It Time for a Counterinsurgency Approach to the Cyber War Against ISIS?
What's missing in policy discussions about ISIS is a sense of an overarching strategic framework for countering the group in cyberspace.
Policy
Senate Panel Advances Cybersecurity Bill
In the wake of last December's Sony hack, the Senate Intelligence Committee passed a controversial information sharing bill that could embolden the NSA's surveillance programs.
Science & Tech
The State Department Has To Rebuild Its Classified Networks After 2014 Hack
The State Department needs to reconstruct its classified computer systems after a 2014 cyber attack on its unclassified networks.
Science & Tech
Defense Firm Called Isis Wins $7 Million Pentagon Cyber Contract
A little-known Virginia startup company with an unfortunate name will help Pentagon analysts sift through big data research to track threats.
Science & Tech
CIA Restructuring Adds New Cyber Focus
CIA Director John Brennan announced a ‘huge’ change in the way the agency does business, adding special emphasis on the digital world.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Gets Authority To Hire 3,000 Cyber Pros
The new rules give the military the power to fast-track new hires and staff up its fledgling Cyber Command.
Science & Tech
Cyber Teamwork Between Federal Agencies Still Too Hard, Says Army Cyber Commander
It's still difficult for the military to work with civilian agencies and the private sector on cybersecurity.
Science & Tech
Spy Research Agency Is Building a Machine To Predict Cyber Attacks
The intelligence community is holding a contest to design software that combs open source data to predict cyber attacks before they occur.
Science & Tech
How the Military Will Fight ISIS on the Dark Web
ISIS already is on the Dark Web raising money through Bitcoin. The military is on the Dark Web, too.
Science & Tech
Cyber Firm: The NSA Is Out-Hacking the Chinese and the Russians
A new report exposes the agency's efforts to penetrate systems in multiple countries.
Science & Tech
How a Homeland Security Shutdown Would Imperil US Cyber Defense
An agency official told House lawmakers a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security would do more than just slow a timely response to critical threats.
Science & Tech
What a New $35 Million Agency Is Expected To Do for US Cyber Defense
The new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center is intended to coordinate intelligence among government agencies to better respond to cyber attacks.
Science & Tech
The Department of Homeland Security Is Stepping Up Its Cyber Defenses
White House and Homeland Security officials previewed a series of initiatives fusing cyber defense with real-time intelligence methods already in place.
Threats
US Cyber Command Has Just Half the Staff It Needs
The Pentagon wants to fully staff its Cyber Command with 6,000 workers by the end of the year, but a highly competitive private market could mean it will have to wait.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon Wants To Expand Its Cyber Forces
A $27 million proposal in the FY 2016 budget would fill the ranks of a burgeoning Cyber Command.
Threats
Here's Where Europe Has Made Big Changes in Cyber Security
The more than two dozen nations that make up the European Union are making surprising new progress in the cyber domain.
Science & Tech
Is Obama's $14 Billion Cybersecurity Request Enough?
The Obama administration is hoping that Congress signs off on a 10 percent budget increase to protect computer networks across the federal government
Science & Tech
Global Cyber Defense Demand Will Exceed Capability for Years To Come
Despite rising interest, the sort of international cooperation necessary to fight today's mix of criminal, terrorist and state cyber networks is a long ways away.
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