Search Tags:  WikiLeaks

Manning to tell judge about WikiLeaks disclosures

An Army private charged in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history is set to tell a military judge how he did it and why.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD

Comment

GI's motive barely admissible in WikiLeaks case

Tags: Bradley Manning , Army , DoD , leaks , Federal Drive

1

Obama issues agencies new policies for combating insider threats

President Barack Obama has issued new agency standards for protecting classified information from insider threats. In a Presidential Memorandum issued Wednesday, Obama provided the heads of executive branch departments and agencies the new National Insider Threat Policy as well as the minimum standards to be employed by each agency in standing up its own insider-threat programs. Details on the new policy and the standards were not made public.

Tags: information sharing , insider threats , Barack Obama , cybersecurity ,

Comment

Five ways to ensure responsible information sharing

The Information Sharing Environment is supporting a set of technology priories to promote the safe disclosure of data. In the ISE's annual report to Congress, it highlights the steps agencies have taken over the past year to move toward a culture of responsible and secure information sharing.

Tags: technology , management , Kshemendra Paul , Information Sharing Environment , information sharing , ODNI , Insider Threat Strategy , National Strategy for Infomation Sharing , NIEM , Supicious Activity Reporting standard , Jason Miller , FICAM , identity management

Comment

Assange urges US to end Wikileaks 'witch hunt'

ikileaks founder Julian Assange portrayed himself Sunday as a victim of an American "witch hunt."

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Julian Assange

Comment

Hacker group claims responsibility for WikiLeaks denial-of-service

Anti-Leaks launched its attack just as Wikileaks began releasing information on a secret government surveillance program, Government Computer News reports.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Anti-Leaks , hacker , denial-of-service , Government Computer News , Federal Drive

Comment

WikiLeaks website hit by weeklong attack

The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it's been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for more than a week.

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , DNS attack

2

Task force drafting strategy to prevent another WikiLeaks

The Insider Threat Task Force expects to submit its national plan to the White House in the next few months. The Defense Department will use its secure identity cards to stop unauthorized access to data and systems.

Tags: technology , management , ODNI , FBI , Gordon Snow , John Swift , Rob Carey , DoD , Diana Braun , Insider Threat Task Force , White House , HSPD 12 , secure identity card , identity management , PKI , information sharing , insider threat , FOSE , Jason Miller

Comment

Keeping secrets in a post-WikiLeaks world

Kshemendra Paul, Information Sharing Environment's program manager, joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp at the Acquisition Excellence Conference in Washington.

Tags: Kshemendra Paul , ISE , DHS , acquisition , Federal Drive , Acquisition Excellence Conference , cybersecurity

Comment

Federal information sharing hamstrung by technology

Agencies are struggling to keep up with the tremendous amount of data being created every day. DIA deputy director David Shedd said too much information and not having the right IT to sift through it is the biggest remaining challenge the government faces. Kshemendra Paul, the program manager for the Information Sharing Environment, said tagging and standards, such as NIEM, could help solve the data deluge.

Tags: technology , management , information sharing , Kshemendra Paul , James Clapper , David Shedd , DIA , ODNI , Information Sharing Environment , CSIS , NIEM , suspicious activity reporting standard , Jason Miller

Comment