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Technology updates and insights.

US-CERT warns of phishing scams exploiting fears of Ebola virus

An alert has been issued by the Department of Homeland security warning citizens about online fraud schemes using information on Ebola to trick victims into cli...

2014/10/22
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

Senate urged to pass cybersecurity bill by 9/11 commission

It was announced last week that the 9/11 Commission has called on the Senate to pass cybersecurity legislation before Congress goes on recess for the year.

2014/10/21
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

Government printing office announces switch to cloud-based email

As the Government Printing Office moves toward becoming an overarching publishing platform rather than simply a creator of physical documents, the agency has an...

2014/10/09
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

DHS given greater authority to scan agency networks for vulnerabilities

It was announced in early October that the Department of Homeland Security has been granted the authority to regularly scan federal civilian agencies for networ...

2014/10/07
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

4 men indicted for breaching U.S. Army networks

It was revealed today that the Justice Department has charged four men with hacking into the computer systems of a variety of tech organizations, as well as the...

2014/10/01
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

Crowdsourced contests vulnerable to malicious behavior, new study finds

A new academic study released recently has found that the crowdsourced competitions that have become so popular with government agencies of late may actually be...

2014/09/25
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

Federal government recruits tech experts for better IT capabilities

Government agencies have been notorious in their inability to be transparent with their disclosure of information to the public.

2014/09/25
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

Government looks to successful examples for data center consolidation

Data center consolidation has been at the forefront of government IT initiatives recently as the 2015 deadline for footprint reduction continues to draw near.

2014/09/25
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

Local governments benefit from insights offered by big data

As organizations amass a growing amount of information, the use of big data has been shown to offer numerous advantages in practically every industry.

2014/09/25
Gerson Arias
1 minute read

New concerns iCloud exploit could be used to target government agencies

There are new concerns that the iCloud hack that caused numerous celebrities’ sensitive photos to be leaked on the Web could allow hackers to target the service...

2014/09/17
Gerson Arias
1 minute read
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