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Traffic Management Specialists monitor airline traffic at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 in Warrenton, Virginia. The facility balances air traffic demand with system capacity in the National Airspace System (NAS) and is part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control system. (Photo by Pete Marovich For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

FAA at higher risk of cyberattack given lagging security, transparency, watchdog finds

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general office identified governance gaps during an audit of the high-impact systems powering the National Airspace System.

5 days ago By Lindsey Wilkinson

People walk past the headquarters of the Small Business Administration in the Southwest Federal Center area on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SBA watchdog warns agency of vulnerabilities from user devices

The OIG told the agency that noncompliance with MFA on personal devices and the accessing of networks from foreign locations presented IT security risks.

Apr 25, 2025 By Matt Bracken

CISA directs civilian agencies to patch ‘critical’ VMware vulnerabilities

CISA is ordering federal agencies by May 23 to issue patches for vulnerabilities in popular VMware products that could be chained together for full system control.

May 18, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

airmen use Lenovo computers — Two airmen train with a new Lenovo Think Pad X220 business notebook at the wing headquarters building Feb. 27, 2012, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. DOD hasn’t banned Lenovo products despite warnings from other agencies of known vulnerabilities in the company’s products. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Xavier Navarro)

DOD continues to buy products it knows have cybersecurity vulnerabilities

Knowledge is not always power, apparently. DOD continues to buy high-risk technology with known cyber vulnerabilities.

Jul 31, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

Nutanix report on infrastructure security

An infrastructure platform that helps reduce security risk

Single-view, security-first platforms can help agencies combat growing vulnerabilities in their siloed infrastructure.

Feb 26, 2019 By FedScoop Staff

New DARPA program seeks cybersecurity through hardware design

Pentagon scientists say they could stop 40 percent of current cyberattacks by producing secure computer chips.

Apr 22, 2017