Do you understand your mobile risk portfolio?

In order to manage your mobile risk portfolio, agencies should start an analysis of mobile demand across different employee segments.

Too tired to vote? Don't hit that touch pad.

As a N.C. state legislator found out the hard way, errors caused by workplace fatigue can have decisive and sometimes irreversible results.

3 free tools to help manage your passwords

Effective security requires managing passwords, which can be a daunting job. Fortunately, help is available.

Yahoo hack: Strong passwords don't have to be hard

The theft of Yahoo passwords, including those of government users, highlights the problem with weak authentication. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Analytics platform helps agencies fight cyber crime

SAS Security Intelligence platform uses a common infrastructure to detect and prevent threats across government agencies and industry.

PIV card specs to account for mobile, other new factors

Proposed changes in FIPS 201 reflect changes in the technology and environment in which the federal PIV cards for government workers and contractors are used.

Microsoft issues fix for XML flaw targeted in zero-day attacks

The patch for the XML Core Services flaw doesn't yet cover every version, but it does cover the version being attacked.

Mobile security guide catches up with smart phones, BYOD

NIST's revised guidance sharpens the focus of the original publication, released in 2008, excluding laptops and low-end cell phones, and covering both enterprise-issued devices and BYOD.

'Destructive' cyber attacks ahead, NSA's Alexander warns

The National Security Agency chief wants network-speed info sharing with the private sector to protect critical infrastructure, but insists NSA won't have time to read your e-mail.

When storms attack, Smart Grid could reduce outages, speed recovery

Bad weather in the past year has done what terrorists haven’t managed – disrupt power for a week or more at a time. Officials say Smart Grid technology could ease the pain.

Managing mobile security: There's no such thing as a free app

Trojan apps are the primary means of infecting mobile devices; the good news is that you can prevent installation of malicious apps on your device.

DNSChanger servers shut down, Internet survives

Federal agencies were mostly cleared of the malware but for others who lost Internet access, some ISPs softened the blow by redirecting their DNS queries to internal help pages.

Topic Resources

  • Delivering Big Data (Securely) to the Mobile Workforce

    In this webcast experts will discuss the Big Data challenge facing the federal market space and provide perspective into how Big Data can be contained, leveraged and, in turn, secured and accessed by the mobile device of your choice.

  • Big Data for Fraud Detection in Social Services & Tax

    An integrated approach to fighting fraud, waste and error uses big data analytics to leverage both traditional and non-traditional data to proactively identify the potential for fraud and be better equipped to detect and prevent fraud before benefits are paid. Join this webinar to learn how to analyze the large volumes and variety of data to reduce overpayments and tax deception by better matching of eligibility information, gain better insights into identity and relationship information.

  • Reducing Fraud and Cost with Intelligence Analysis Capabilities

    Government agencies generate more data today than ever before. Often, hidden in the complexities of that data, are relationships and indicators of fraudulent activities. From contract fraud to improper payment identification, advanced analytics and visualization can help agencies reduce fraud, waste and abuse.

  • Social Services: Combating Hidden Attacks

    Social service agencies battle numerous challenges, including massive case overload, accommodating new compliance regulations, expanding day to day programs, and caseload expansion. Join IBM industry experts, to learn how you can address program integrity and hear how incorporating entity analytics into program integrity solutions is helping agencies outsmart fraudsters.

  • Defending Cyberspace: A Framework to Improve the Supply Chain

    Maintaining security in cyberspace is a never-ending battle. However, there is a framework to help federal organizations better defend themselves and overcome any attacks. You will understand how the framework helps federal agencies establish a more secure, resilient and efficient global supply chain—and conduct business in a safer cyberspace.