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Ex-NSA worker, Army veteran sentenced for selling classified info
“This was blatant. It was brazen and, in my mind, it was deliberate. It was a betrayal, and it was as close to treasonous as you can get,” the judge said.
By Colleen Slevin
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Persistent engagement is best defense against nation-state adversaries
Sloppy setups, including the use of outdated encryption methods, make attacker infrastructures vulnerable to defenders looking for countermeasures.
By Ian Tarasevitsch and Mike Saxton
DoD plan will streamline contractor security clearance appeals
Department of Defense components will all be required to use the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals for final appeals on contractor security clearance denials.
By Jessie Bur
White House names leader for SolarWinds hack response after criticism
The Biden administration named a top National Security Council official as the leader following lawmakers' complaints of a disjointed response.
By Mark Pomerleau
Unhappy with response, senators ask for a leader to head up cyber breach cleanup
The heads of the Senate Intelligence Committee urged the federal government to name a singular leader to run the response to a widespread hack attributed to Russian cyber actors.
By Mark Pomerleau
Women less likely to receive retention pay at NSA
The National Security Agency's program for offering retention incentives to critical personnel did not have needed oversight or goals, according to the agency's inspector general.
By Jessie Bur
How has the pandemic impacted work at the NSA?
The NSA has seen increased efficiency as its work has become more virtual due to the ongoing pandemic.
By Andrew Eversden
Former airman pleads guilty in scheme to offer information to Russia
A West Virginia woman who previously served in the Air Force planned to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government, prosecutors said Monday in announcing her conviction in federal court.
Historic Maryland graves could be moved for federal facility
A Maryland District Court ruled last week that the U.S. government could obtain the 418-square-foot burial ground at Fort Meade to build national security computing facilities there.
The unexpected lessons from the Windows vulnerability
A Windows 10 vulnerability highlighted how the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency and the NSA's new cybersecurity directorate can work together.
By Andrew Eversden
Imprisoned for leaking secrets, woman seeks Trump clemency
Reality Winner, 28, is serving a sentence of five years and three months at a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, after she pleaded guilty in 2018 to a single count of transmitting national security information when she worked at a National Security Agency office in Georgia.
How cyber defenders can proactively prep networks
A National Security Agency veteran explains how to augment infrastructure to help trap attackers.
By Daniel Woolfolk/Staff