One of this week’s top stories featured the Democratic National Committee (DNC) breach, where allegedly a group of Russian hackers stole opposition research on Donald Trump, the Republican president candidate. Security firm Crowdstrike was hired to mitigate the data breach – and informed that their
Over $80 billion are invested in government IT annually – a large amount reportedly for maintaining existing systems, therefore efficiency studies are required at some points. The United States Government Accountability Office assessed federal agencies’ IT O&M spending, evaluated the oversight o
Remember those movie scenes where the protagonists are trying to track someone down, and they have to keep them on the phone until the police or agency can pinpoint the perp’s location? They usually need about 1 minute or so for the tracking software to work, but the bad guys always seem to know e
The U.S. Government just took a big commitment towards open-source software. The “ Federal Source Code Policy — Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source Software ” paper sheds some light on the Government’s plan to improve the acquisitions, building, and de
A federal judge in New York ruled on Monday in favor of Apple in a case involving the unlocking of a seized iPhone. This decision is an important victory for the tech giants for two reasons: the locked iPhone 5s (iOS 7) in the New York case can be unlocked, as opposed to the iPhone 5C (iOS 9) in
The Apple vs. DOJ/FBI week continues with a Tim Cook interview that aired Wednesday evening on national television. Apple’s CEO sat down (in his office) with David Muir of ABC News , in his first public discussion since the court order that required the tech company to provide technical assistance i
