Army finds its own way to build a big data system
The Enterprise Management Decision Support System draws on 3,500 database systems to create a picture of military readiness.
New Photron camera is faster than a speeding bullet
The small high-speed camera can record 4,000 frames per second at maximum high-def resolution and 800,000 fps at lower resolution.
5 ways to protect audio and microphones from malicious exploits
Hackers can find their way into the most secure environments through an often overlooked vulnerability: the computer microphone.
Google's mystery barges keep world guessing
If Google is involved, is a floating data center that far-fetched?
NIH backs 3 projects to create medical co-robots
In its latest round of grants under the National Robotics Initiative, the agency is funding projects that could have bigger rewards down the road.
HP laptop has workstation power, gov-level security
The ZBook 15 is a powerful workstation in every way except size and shape.
Military, NASA other agencies hit in series of attacks
A U.K. hacker has been charged with breaching thousands of U.S. networks over the past year, including systems run by the Army, NASA, EPA and other agencies.
How quantum key distribution works
QKD uses a photon's polarization and spin to verify an unobserved key transmission.
DOD doubles down on satellite communications
DISA's deal with Iridium is expected to improve satellite communications with a new series of launches beginning in 2015.
Threats to privacy become a focus of Smart Grid planning
NIST's revised guidance for Smart Grid cybersecurity reflects changes in power grid technology, which will put a lot of personal information on the grid.
Higher ed networks 300 percent more likely to contain malware
And the No. 1 threat is the Expiro malware, according to research by OpenDNS' Umbrella Security Labs.
Data center outage adds to HealthCare.gov's woes
An outage that hit Verizon Terremark affected the data services hub, rendering the federal and state exchanges unusable.
Can quantum cryptography work in the real world?
Battelle has implemented the first quantum-key distribution system for production use in the United States, but NIST researchers remain skeptical about moving it from the lab to large-scale use.
Windows Phone upgrade adds on-the-job improvements
Update 3 is fairly minor in nature, but it adds several important features that serious users were craving.
DARPA issues cyber Grand Challenge
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will stage a competition at which network security systems would be judged on how well they automatically respond to security threats.
Security meets the enemy, and it's the users
A survey of federal security people and end users produces interesting -- but not surprising -- results: The rift between users and defenders is undermining cybersecurity.
One city fends off cyberespionage attacks, and collaboration is key
Seattle's collaboration with the FBI and a DHS fusion center helped thwart attacks from China, but that kind of information sharing doesn't happen enough, a new report says.
Fort Lauderdale fights crime with data analytics
IBM researchers are working with the Florida city to develop an application that detects patterns and activities from a variety of data sources.
State health exchanges outpace HealthCare.gov
As HealthCare.gov flounders, some of the health insurance exchanges that states established have been running smoothly.
Reminder: The Web is not the only source of malware
A cloud-based Web filtering and policy enforcement service helped the city of Aspen sharply reduce browser infections, but it doesn't replace antivirus protection.
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