Author Archive
Features
"Every American Has the Right to Know"
President Obama’s push for transparency into government spending may have run out of steam.
Management
The Top 10 Women Cyber Guardians You Should Know About
A roundup of influential information security leaders to watch.
Analysis
How the OPM Hackers Killed the Password
The theft of feds’ personal information, not Hollywood’s selfies, might have finally sped up security measures.
Analysis
Mapping Threats
New software is helping intelligence analysts, but the most powerful processor is still the human brain.
Briefing
Privacy Negotiator
Civil liberties advocate Ari Schwartz walks a fine line between tracking and protecting citizens as White House cyber director.
Advice And Comment
The Snowden Effect
Public aversion to domestic spying doesn’t seem to be hurting government’s ability to recruit cyber staff.
Thinking Ahead
Cyber Medic
Kevin Charest turned HealthCare.gov’s security challenges into a quest for better teamwork at HHS.
Nextgov
Cyber Arms Control
Congress wants agencies to stop the proliferation of war worms, but lawmakers haven’t yet defined what those are.
Thinking Ahead
The Whale Whisperer
Biologist David Wiley ventures outside the swim lanes to design an app that prevents deadly ship strikes.
Management
Can You Save the Whales With a Smartphone?
NOAA's Whale Alert mobile app can keep mariners from striking the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Features
Beyond the Breach
The Thrift Savings Plan bounces back from the theft of personal data on thousands of beneficiaries.
Features
NSA's Big Dig
It’s no secret that Harvey Davis has a sensitive job building massive spy data centers.
Nextgov
Tech Roundup
Boosting access to federal data, securing mobile devices, the joint health record mess.
Nextgov
Access Denied
DHS is caught up in a decade-long struggle to secure port facilities with biometrics.
