Phyllis Schneck

New tools are coming to a DHS signature cyber program

Phyllis Schneck, the deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity and communications in the National Protection and Programs Directorate, said the agency is…

Ask the CIO

71 percent of IT execs say cyber talent shortage causing measurable harm

Cybersecurity

Exclusive

DHS: ‘We’re not looking for the 30-year-career employee’

Hiring/Retention

DHS to meet another deadline with cyber ‘weather map’

Hiring/Retention

DHS names McAfee to lead Silicon Valley outreach effort

Acquisition

DHS chief: Agency ‘not where we should be’ for hiring cyber talent

Cybersecurity

Agencies return to drawing board on proposed rules for ‘cyber weapons’

Cybersecurity

DHS moving forward with NPPD reorg plans, despite objections from Congress

Cybersecurity

DHS to give agency networks a shot of cyber vitamin C

Ask the CIO

Administration’s cyber sharing proposal a ‘policy puzzle,’ not a panacea

Congress

FBI: Cyber attack against Sony would have bested most federal defenses too

Congress

DHS cyber executive to retire

Larry Zelvin is stepping down as the director of DHS’s National Cyber and Communications Integration Center (NCIC) next month after almost 30 years of…

Technology

Inside the Reporter’s Notebook: GSA takes 18F on a magical mystery tour

In this edition of Inside the Reporter’s Notebook, Executive Editor Jason Miller shares news and buzz about the IT and acquisition communities.

Defense

Red tape delayed federal network fixes to Heartbleed vulnerability by several days

Technology

DHS says it found out about the Heartbleed vulnerability at the same time everyone else did. But unlike most other organizations, it had to wade through layers of legal negotiations before it could help federal agencies fix the cyber vulnerability in their own systems.