Any federal agency contemplating contracting with a commercial cloud computing provider risks running afoul of government privacy standards, warned the CIO Council privacy committee. Federal data... Read more...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has new guidelines out for using an automated cybersecurity settings compliance method called SCAP--pronounced ess-cap--or Security Content... Read more...

Guest post by Bruce BrodyAfter eight years of federal cybersecurity as practiced under the Federal Information Security Management Act, billions of dollars have been spent on the wrong things,... Read more...

A five-year-old effort by the Homeland Security Department to consolidate human resources systems among its many agencies has run into trouble because of agency resistance and complications caused by... Read more...

The Internal Revenue Service isn't quite sure how many private sector employees it should review each year for security purposes because of their access to taxpayer data, according to a new audit.... Read more...

Continuous monitoring of information technology systems does not take the place of system security authorization, says a new FAQ posted to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's webpage... Read more...

Legislative reform of federal cybersecurity practices came yet another step closer to reality May 28 with House passage of the fiscal 2011 national defense authorization bill, which includes an... Read more...

Legislative reform of the Federal Information Security Management Act came one step closer to reality May 20 when the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved a bill requiring... Read more...

Certification and accreditation--a backbone requirement of the Federal Information Security Management Act--is no longer a strict requirement at NASA, according to a memo from Jerry Davis, the... Read more...

Federal cybersecurity is a hot topic within Congress these days, at least judging by the number of elected representatives sponsoring bills related to the topic. Here's a round-up of relevant bills... Read more...