Opinion
NIST, the National Vulnerability Database and the great unraveling
The NVD as a central repository for analyzing and understanding vulnerabilities can only be fully appreciated in its absence.
By Scott Kuffer
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Opinion
How the government came to embrace good-faith hacking of its networks
Federal agencies are inoculating public IT infrastructure by not only listening to the Internet’s Immune System, but proactively inviting healthy input.
By Casey Ellis
NIST requests feedback on system protection catalog revision
The fifth revision of the "Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations” is available for public comment and review.
By Rachael Kalinyak
Hacker admits creating malware used to hack DNC in 2016 election
The investigation into Russian involvement with the 2016 United States’ election has gained invaluable intel.
By Rachael Kalinyak
OPM security controls still not fully implemented, says GAO
A report detailing GAO findings on the progress made by OPM to implement 19 recommendations to secure government systems was released Thursday.
By Rachael Kalinyak
Putting the problem first: 3 lessons from Georgetown Hacking for Defense course [Commentary]
School is out, and at most universities that means final exams have given way to fun and sun. While the semester wrap-up at Georgetown University had its share of parties, students in Washington’s first-ever Hacking for Defense course prepared for perhaps their biggest challenge yet: reshaping the American military.
By Joshua Pavluk and Jim Tinsley, Avascent