The ability to access files and communicate from anywhere brings a host of security concerns for law firms entrusted with their clients’ personal data. But it doesn’t take a full-time IT department to prevent confidential information from falling into the ...

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ROCKVILLE — U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker has joined Maryland elected officials in celebrating the expansion of a cybersecurity research center in Rockville. They cut a ribbon Monday for the expanded headquarters of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six people pleaded guilty to charges related to more than $100 million in stolen software such as Windows XP that authorities said was one of the largest such piracy schemes prosecuted by the U.S. government. Tammy ...

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It seems a month doesn’t go by that yet another news story doesn’t surface about a cybersecurity attack on a company or government agency with sensitive private information accessed or stolen. It’s a significant privacy and security issue that experts ...

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While many technology giants and privacy advocacy groups have been lobbying against a cybersecurity bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday, local cybersecurity experts believe the bill is a step in the right direction for data protection. The Cybersecurity Information ...

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The future of war-fighting wasn’t the only thing on display when Defense Secretary Ashton Carter traveled Wednesday to Fort Meade for a briefing at Cyber Command. The digital future of defense contracting also will be evident. Bids are due Dec. ...

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How to keep yourself -- and your firm -- as safe as possible when hackers attack.

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WASHINGTON  — The largest federal employee union filed a class action lawsuit Monday against the federal personnel office, its leaders and one of its contractors, arguing that negligence contributed to what government officials are calling one of the most damaging ...

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WASHINGTON — The federal government has for years failed to take basic steps to protect its data from hackers and thieves, putting at risk everything from nuclear secrets to the private tax information of hundreds of millions of Americans, records ...

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WASHINGTON — The agency that allowed hackers linked to China to steal private information about nearly every federal employee — and detailed personal histories of military and intelligence workers with security clearances — failed for years to take basic steps ...

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