The Internal Revenue Service, which disclosed this week the breach of 100,000 taxpayer accounts, has been steadily reducing the size of its internal cybersecurity staff as it increases its security spending. This may seem paradoxical, but one observer suggested it could signal a shift to outsourcing.
Patrick Thibodeau | 29 May | Read more
The US Department of Justice said 10 people were indicted today for their roles in a $20 million stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy.
Michael Cooney | 23 May | Read more
Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable Care Act healthcare exchanges have had fairly serious data security issues, a Computerworld review of publicly available information has found.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 23 Oct | Read more
The central system built to support Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges has successfully completed security testing and is set begin operating on October 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 11 Sep | Read more
Treasury audit uncovers poor management of software licenses at the agency
John P. Mello Jr. | 23 Aug | Read more