The National Institute of Standards and Technology is accepting public comment on proposed new controls in Special Publication 800-53 standards for federal information security and privacy. The comment period is open from
MoreA study conducted by TransUnion and the Ponemon Institute has found that 53 percent of federal, state and local government agency leaders said they have seen an increase in threats related to
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The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Technology Transformation Services (TTS) is seeking state and local government participants to leverage the login.gov portal’s authentication services for the execution of programs funded by the federal government.
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for pubic input on a draft update to the agency’s personnel verification guidelines for federal employees and contractors. NIST is requesting feedback on
MoreThe Treasury Department‘s inspector general for tax administration calls for the Internal Revenue Service to reform its processes for tax return filing and tax account access authentication to mitigate potential data breaches.
MoreThe Internal Revenue Service has revised its earlier estimate of the number of taxpayers affected in the hacking of tax return information from 114,000 to 334,000, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
MoreThe National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is set to kick off a $2.6 million identity-based authentication program for healthcare system users to access their electronic health records, FCW reported Thursday.
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The Defense Department will work to tackle identity authentication and management functions on personal mobile devices as part of efforts to get the technology into its enterprise, Federal News Radio reported Monday.
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