Progress

| February 25, 2015

Amid the onslaught of cyber threats faced by federal agencies, the potential for an even larger and more sustained catastrophic version of a digital attack has become an increasingly real possibility....

| July 16, 2015

Beth Cobert comes to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) carrying good will from federal labor leaders developed during her days just a few blocks away at the Office of Management and Budget.President Obama sent her to be OPM’s acting director a week ago in the wake of Katherine Archuleta’s hasty departure as HR chief following disclosures that the personal information of more than 22 million federal employees and others was stolen in a massive security breach.“I want to t...

TechTarget | July 31, 2018

The deadline for full DMARC implementation in U.S. government-owned domains is less than three months away and only half of the domains have the correct policy in place. Only half of U.S. government agencies have taken steps toward DMARC implementation despite the October 2018 deadline. The Department of Homeland Security issued the Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 18-01 in October 2017 mandating that all federal, executive branches, departments and agencies implement specific email security ...

eWeek | January 08, 2019

After years of contention about real and imagined security attacks on U.S. elections, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider and then pass H.R. 1, also known as the “For the People Act of 2019,” which includes provisions that would improve election security and help states improve their voting systems, as well as require transparency in political activities and strengthen ethics rules. If passed, the bill would provide money so that states could replace their exist...