Cybersecurity
50-year-old cyber warnings from CIA
The CIA's online database of declassified documents reveals the computer security concerns of an intelligence working group.
Cybersecurity
Pompeo confirmed as CIA head, Hurd to HPSCI
The Senate voted largely along party lines to confirm Rep. Mike Pompeo as head of the CIA. Rep. Will Hurd, a former CIA agent and cyber expert will replace Pompeo on the House Intelligence Committee.
Cybersecurity
Senators push IC on whether Russia hacked GOP
Senators on the intelligence committee questioned members of IC on the extent to which Russia hacked the RNC and how that played into their assessment that Putin wanted to help Trump win the election.
Cybersecurity
Skeptics still doubt intelligence on Russia hacking
Days after the Obama administration announced sanctions against Russia for hacking DNC systems, President-elect Trump continues to question the intelligence used to attribute the hacks to Russia.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers: Snowden a fabricator, not a whistleblower
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who stole and leaked sensitive documents was a disgruntled employee and liar who is in league with Russian intelligence, says a newly declassified House Intelligence Committee report.
Cybersecurity
Obama: 'We can't tell people what to do' on cyber
At a White House press conference, President Obama addressed ongoing cybersecurity vulnerabilities amid a larger discussion of Russia's role in hacking Democratic targets during the 2016 election.
Cybersecurity
Former officials urge response to Russian hacking
As the Obama administration enters its last weeks, former national security officials say the president needs to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. election.
Modernization
How the CIA's Cloud Puts Fresh Tech at Analysts' Fingertips
The intelligence community's marketplace gets new software into analysts' hands faster.
Cybersecurity
Congressman pushes Obama on cyber deterrence policy
The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee says one of the remaining imperatives for the President Obama is to develop a cyber deterrence strategy and pass it forward to the Trump Administration along with a host of other cyber challenges.
Cybersecurity
How agencies use social media to recruit the next workforce
Government agencies are looking to social media to directly engage with broad audiences, and believe that greater access to the cool aspects of government work can recruit the next workforce.
Digital Government
Is the CIA Ready for the Age of Cyberwar?
Behind the most sweeping reforms in the agency’s history—and their limits
Cybersecurity
CIA to put millions of declassified documents online
The intelligence agency is shifting its collection of declassified documents from an offline National Archives workstation to the public-facing CIA.gov website.
Cybersecurity
Hayden calls Russian email hack 'honorable state espionage'
The former CIA and NSA director discusses Russia's recent hacks of Democratic party emails, as well as Apple's stand against the FBI over encryption.
Digital Government
CIA Can Anticipate Social Unrest ‘Three to Five Days’ Out in Some Cases
The agency's use of sophisticated algorithms and analytics have significantly improved its ability to predict events.
Digital Government
The CIA Is Trying to Protect the Privacy Rights of Someone Who Doesn’t Exist
This fictional journalist is immune to FOIA.
Cybersecurity
CIA commits to the cloud
The CIA cloud project provided a reference model for other agencies looking for ways to bring their operational data into the cloud.
Cybersecurity
Hackers storm DOD networks
In a 1996 information-sharing effort, then-CIA director John Deutch proposed working with DOD to create an Information Warfare Technology Center staffed with 1,000 people and located at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Md.
Cybersecurity
FCW @ 30
Since 1987, FCW has covered it all -- the major contracts, the disruptive technologies, the picayune scandals and the many, many people who make federal IT function. Here's a look back at six of the most significant stories.
Cybersecurity
Brennan: Government 'cannot just hope' private sector will protect digital domain
CIA Director John Brennan warned of the need to improve government defense of the digital domain before a catastrophic event.
Cybersecurity
Two more arrests in hack of CIA's Brennan
Federal authorities have arrested two more alleged members of a hacker group that targeted senior U.S. intelligence and security officials and publicly posted personal information on FBI and DHS employees.
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