Security

The GAO has studied government cybersecurity practices and issued approximately 3,000 recommendations in the last decade that agencies could implement to make their networks more secure. Of those, nearly 20% haven’t been fully addressed.

The Defense Department has halted deployment on its classified networks of a $2 billion cybersecurity project intended to detect intrusions and prevent attacks because of poor test results.

The newest Intel Core vPro mobile platform gives PC hardware a direct role in detecting ransomware attacks.

Password salting can go a long way toward making your passwords more secure.

CEO Kevin Mandia shared some details on how his company rooted out the major cyberattack campaign affecting US government and corporate networks.

SolarWinds has tapped prominent security experts Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos to review its practices after suspected Russian hackers compromised the company’s software.