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Florida Air Force base severely damaged by Hurricane Michael

In today’s Federal Newscast, base officials are the describing the damage at Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle as “catastrophic.”

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DHS plays cyber defense, NSA worries about ‘milware’

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Federal CIO Scott offers a new idea to measuring cyber progress

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Sequestration claims another conference: DHS’ GFirst cyber event

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DHS reports surge in cyber attacks against critical infrastructure

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Agencies with virtualized computer systems open to cyber attacks

Federal agencies running virtualized computer
systems might be vulnerable to a new cyber
attack. The warning comes from the U.S. Computer
Emergency…

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What are the big cybersecurity issues?

Federal News Radio\’s Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Mark Amtower for a wide-ranging discussion of how the nation\’s cybersecurity efforts have…

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Agencies still struggling to encrypt mobile devices

Despite a 2006 mandate to secure mobile devices and implement two-factor authentication, only just over half of federal agencies have managed to do so. OMB submits its annual FISMA report to Congress detailing the steps the government has taken to improve cybersecurity, including spending $12 billion on cybersecurity last year.

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