Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines speaks about digital threats, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on April 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Age-old problems to sharing cyber threat info remain, IG report finds Over-classification, a deluge of data and insufficient human and technological resources all hinder the sharing of threat data. Jan 8, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
Tucker Carlson speaks during the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Feszt on August 7, 2021 in Esztergom, Hungary. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images) NSA watchdog to review agency’s actions following Tucker Carlson spying allegations The probe will delight Republicans. Aug 10, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 10: Senate Homeland Security Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) presides over a nomination hearing with Chris Inglis, nominee to be the National Cyber Director, and Jen Easterly, nominee to be the Director of the Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 10, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Federal agencies are failing to protect sensitive data, Senate report finds Seven agencies use systems that no longer receive software updates from their vendor. Aug 3, 2021 By Tonya Riley
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 26: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas prepares to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) DHS hails cybersecurity hiring blitz that puts dent in thousands of vacancies DHS hired hundreds in a "sprint," to the tune of a 12% improvement. Jul 2, 2021 By Tim Starks
Chris Krebs speaks April 4, 2019, at the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum presented by Forcepoint and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. (CyberScoop) CISA chief rips IG report, touts election security efforts CISA and state election organizations questioned the timing of the report, along with the impression it left readers. Oct 27, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(U.S. Customs and Border Protection / Flickr) IG finds data security practices lacking at Customs and Border Protection before big hack As federal agencies increasingly draw on biometric data for their work, the stakes for protecting that data from hackers have grown. Sep 23, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
The Department of Interior headquarters (Wikimedia) The Interior Department OIG clearly had some fun hacking the agency’s Wi-Fi networks The report by the Office of the Inspector General underscores how a tech-savvy team can expose and help fix gaping security holes. Sep 17, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
The United State Postal Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. Postal Service left vulnerable IT applications unaddressed for years, inspector general finds The "common, well-known vulnerabilities" could have been exploited by hackers using "publicly available methods,” the report found. Sep 11, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Wikicommons) NSA watchdog finds abusive behavior, grift at senior levels The NSA Office of the Inspector General report is out. Sep 2, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Energy Department watchdog finds research labs fail to secure ‘peripheral’ devices like USBs Beware of USBs, the inspector general says. Jul 13, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas