As work-from-home mandates went into effect, many agencies were forced to speed up their cloud migration projects, introducing additional security vulnerabilities and increasing the attack surface.
The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its insider threat program to encompass "all those with past or current access to DHS facilities, information, equipment, networks, or systems" according to a new Privacy Impact Assessment.
The key to moving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s workforce from 98% onsite to 98% remote when work-from-home orders were issued was preparation.
Congress has put forward a number of bills designed to address cyber fraud during and after the pandemic.
By studying previous attacks, and identifying how the attacker’s behavior deviates from the norm, artificial intelligence can flag suspicious activity.
The pandemic forced agencies to balance the need for quick action with ensuring that security processes were followed and controls put into place.
Security researchers are challenged to devise exploits that bypass the novel hardware security protections developed for the System Security Integration Through Hardware and Firmware program.
As House Democrats consider future relief packages tied to the coronavirus outbreak, they're exploring how make the banking system more tech-friendly and expand access to financially distressed groups using digital services.
Agencies must layer various technologies -- firewalls, guards and diodes -- to securely share of information between classification levels and ingest data from high-threat networks without creating untenable, unnecessary risk.
Getting rid of passwords would eliminate phishing attacks and remove one of hackers most useful tools.
Along with a number of IT testing and cybersecurity challenges already facing the 2020 census, it must now also manage new issues and delays caused by the spread of the coronavirus, according to the Government Accountability Office.
One reason securing hybrid clouds is so complex is the lack of standard tools that work across applications and cloud platforms.
Until good cyber hygiene practices are truly ingrained in workers’ approach to how they use their devices, IT managers must show the way
End-to-end encryption gives electronic communication throughout agencies the same level of security and privacy as a face-to-face conversation, especially if the solution has ephemerality baked in.