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.