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Friday, October 28, 2016
<em>“Again? I just took my security awareness training! Why am I taking it again? It’s just more of the same stuff. I ...
Friday, October 28, 2016
If you have a phone, you’ve probably heard from an <a ...
Friday, October 28, 2016
SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- October is the annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Sailors aboard submarine tender USS ...
Friday, October 28, 2016
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NNS) -- The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new $106-million Center for ...
Monday, October 24, 2016
Like it or not, email is a central component of modern day life. The average person spends 6.3 hours a day checking their ...
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Scammers know people pay attention to warning signs, like the car’s “check engine” light, or railroad crossing gates and ...
Monday, October 17, 2016
The Federal Trade Commission has <a href=" ...
Friday, October 14, 2016
In today’s digital world, online safety should be of paramount concern for all individuals and organizations because the ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
It seems like manufacturers are coming out with new smartphones, tablets and other devices at a faster clip year after year. ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
There’s no cybersecurity silver bullet. Be risk-based. Pick low hanging fruit. We’ve all heard lots of clichés about ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
<em>National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2016 is underway! In the spirit of being cyber secure, CHIPS will publish ...
Monday, October 3, 2016
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Air Force message is clear -- October may be National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but with the ...
October-December 2016 Issue
After updating your password for the umpteenth time, have you resorted to using one you know you’ll remember because you’ve ...
October-December 2016 Issue
Until the 1980s, industrial systems such as water treatment plants, electric grids and recycling centers were inherently ...
October-December 2016 Issue
The CHIPS mobile app for the Android and iOS operating systems is available! Look for “DON CIO CHIPS Magazine” in ...
October-December 2016 Issue
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic’s Emily Antos, from Merrimac, Massachusetts, and a 2011 graduate of ...
October-December 2016 Issue
Earlier this year, Marc Newlin of Bastille Networks, a security company specializing in detecting and mitigating the threats ...
October-December 2016 Issue
Greetings! <p>Dear readers, are you overwhelmed with trying to remember 20 or more passwords for work and your ...
October-December 2016 Issue
With increasing frequency, we read about computer networks being hacked — in both the public and private sectors. You may ...
October-December 2016 Issue
According to <a ...
Friday, September 23, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) -- Cyber resiliency and hardening are more important now than ever and the Air Force Materiel ...
Thursday, September 15, 2016
IT security departments have used guidance from NIST and other sources to help them defend the vulnerable connections ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2016 — The Defense Department supports strong encryption to protect military capabilities and ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2016 — Transparency and intelligence seem like mutually exclusive terms, but they are not, the ...
Thursday, September 1, 2016
In a vision shared by innovators, entrepreneurs, and planners in both defense and civilian contexts, the skies of the future ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
We spoke with <a href="http://www.navy.mil/secnav/index.asp" alt='Link will open in a new window.' ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a basic model aimed at helping ...
July-September 2016 Issue
<a href="http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/About/Senior-Executives/Biographies/Bible,%20K.pdf" alt='Link ...
July-September 2016 Issue
Wondering why you keep getting online ads targeted to you? Then, check out the <a ...
July-September 2016 Issue
<strong><em>Introduction</strong><br/> For the CHIPS July-September privacy theme edition, the DON ...
July-September 2016 Issue
Remember when marketing tracking seemed clever and cool? You browsed an online retail site and when you moved on to your ...
July-September 2016 Issue
Steve Muck is the Director for Privacy and Information Sharing for the <a href="http://www.doncio.navy.mil/" ...
July-September 2016 Issue
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July-September 2016 Issue
I want to update you on what the Department of the Navy is doing to protect sensitive personal data from compromise. As you ...
July-September 2016 Issue
A few weeks ago an unknown person walked into a mobile phone store, claimed to be me, asked to upgrade my mobile phones, and ...
Monday, June 27, 2016
Sailors assigned to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic, Det. Rota, Spain (NCTAMS LANT Det. ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Did you know you can use your personal portable electronic devices in select DON spaces? <p>The proliferation of ...
Friday, April 29, 2016
PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- The Navy Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) app for mobile devices received a significant ...
April-June 2016 Issue
There are mobile applications for almost everything, and now there are apps that allow Department of the Navy active duty ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
The DON IT Conference has been approved and will be held Feb. 17-18, 2016, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, ...
Monday, February 8, 2016
SANTA CLARA, California (NNS) -- U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, helped kick off the 2016 Super ...
January-March 2016 Issue
Greetings! <p>This issue of CHIPS bolsters awareness for the Department of the Navy’s cybersecurity campaign ...
January-March 2016 Issue
The DON IT Conference, East Coast 2016 and the USN-USMC Electromagnetic Spectrum Summit begin on Wednesday, April 20 at the ...
January-March 2016 Issue
LT John Smith looked up from his iPhone, his eyes wide with shock. He looked quickly to his left and right, checking to see ...
October-December 2015 Issue
<em>“OPM (Office of Personnel and Management) reveals 21.5M affected in background investigation data breach” – Fierce ...
October-December 2015 Issue
While October was designated as National Cybersecurity Awareness month it is always an opportune time to address what the ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2015 – The DoD News broadcast channel, formerly known as the Pentagon Channel, will discontinue ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
State-of-the-art military sensors today rely on “active electronics” to detect vibration, light, sound or other signals. ...
April-June 2015 Issue
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 – Defense Department employees and their families should be vigilant when guarding personal and ...
April-June 2015 Issue
Defense Secretary Ash Carter unveiled the Defense Department’s second cyber strategy to guide the development of DoD's cyber ...
April-June 2015 Issue
Online searches. Public records. Social media. And more. Each presents a unique challenge to protect <a ...
April-June 2015 Issue
Encroachment issues commonly occur between neighbors when homeowners add a new feature to their home that extends onto ...
April-June 2015 Issue
The Department of the Navy has long been pursuing a secure solution to meet the demand from users to use government-issued ...
April-June 2015 Issue
Ken Johnson is the Sea Warrior Program (PMW 240) Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education Technical Director, under the ...
April-June 2015 Issue
The U.S. Office of Government Ethics released The Standards of Conduct as Applied to Personal Social Media Use April 9. ...
April-June 2015 Issue
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 7, 2015 — The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and Better Business Bureau (BBB) say now is ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2015 – Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen held a media roundtable recently ...
Thursday, March 12, 2015
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy launched a new app today named eDIVO, designed to provide junior officers and chief petty ...
January-March 2015 Issue
Over 100 people gathered for a keynote speech on the future of the Navy Reserve at an Armed Forces Communications and ...
Thursday, October 30, 2014
U.S. Department of Justice October 27, 2014 <p>A Massachusetts man was sentenced to serve four years in prison ...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
U.S. Attorney’s Office October 24, 2014 - Northern District of Georgia (404) 581-6000 <p>ATLANTA—Sergei Nicolaevich ...
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Cybersecurity or convenience? Do you have to give up one for the sake of the other? According to a survey issued by Raytheon ...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Crooks use clever schemes to defraud millions of people every year. They often combine sophisticated cyber technology with ...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
It’s an age-old crime: stealing, according to the FBI. <p>But it’s not about picking a pocket or holding up a bank. ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
The Internet is a powerful and useful tool, but in the same way that you shouldn’t drive without buckling your seat belt, ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Every October since 2004, National Cyber Security Awareness Month—administered by the Department of Homeland Security ...
July-September 2014 Issue
Social media has become the largest electronic collaboration tool in the history of technology and communication. Users of ...
July-September 2014 Issue
The days of mobile devices being viewed as luxury items have passed. More than half the world’s population owns a mobile ...
April-June 2013 Issue
Recognizing increasing end-user dependence on mobile devices, the Defense Department released a comprehensive enterprise ...
April-June 2013 Issue
As vice director of DISA, Rear Adm. Simpson helps lead a worldwide organization of military and civilian personnel ...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
In the world of network cyber security, the weak link is often not the hardware or the software, but the user. Passwords are ...
April-June 2012 Issue
The following is a recently reported personally identifiable information (PII) data breach involving a Sailor who improperly ...
TAGS: PED, Privacy
October-December 2011 Issue
The Department of the Navy anticipates that personnel will begin teleworking in significant numbers when a new telework ...
July-September 2010 Issue
The earthquake in Haiti was undoubtedly a tremendous human tragedy, and for communicators, it represented an enormous ...
October-December 2009 Issue
Delivering a robust enterprise mobility capability to the Department of the Navy workforce requires leveraging various ...
July-September 2009 Issue
As cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) become more technologically advanced, attackers are finding new ways ...
April-June 2009 Issue
The Going Mobile series of articles began in the January – March 2009 issue of CHIPS. In it we discussed "Enterprise ...
October-December 2008 Issue
All Department of the Navy personnel should continue to increase their level of awareness about properly safeguarding ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Since 1988, the Defense Department's Interoperability Communications Exercise has been the only DoD exercise whose primary ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Stronger and improved security settings were implemented for all Navy Marine Corps Intranet BlackBerry devices in February. ...
October-December 2007 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) is a dynamic enterprise with personnel constantly on the move between the office, temporary ...
October-December 2007 Issue
During the past 18 months, the Department of the Navy (DON) has reported more than 100 incidents involving the loss of ...
April-June 2006 Issue
Welcome to the continuing saga of how technology controls our lives. This installment of the Lazy Person's Guide will ...
TAGS: PED
January-March 2006 Issue
We spend hours every day staring at a window that has evolved over the last 30 years from a low resolution, text-based ...
TAGS: PED
October-December 2005 Issue
I have resigned myself to a simple fact of modern life: Thanks to the marvels of modern communications technology, I will ...
July-September 2004 Issue
In the last two installments of the Lazy Person's Guide, we reviewed the history and development of analog and digital ...
April-June 2004 Issue
In CHIPS Winter 2004, we looked at the development of the telephone, telephone systems, and the traditional ...
January-March 2004 Issue
In today's world, most of us have three basic expectations: Flip a switch and electricity will provide power; turn on a tap ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Last issue we completed our one-year, four-issue journey through a history of personal computing. Having stowed the Way Back ...
TAGS: PED, Wireless
April-June 2003 Issue
This is the final installment in the "History" series. In the first two installments we looked at the development of ...
TAGS: PED
January-March 2003 Issue
Welcome back to the third in a series of articles reviewing the history of personal computing. In the summer issue of CHIPS, ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Welcome to Part 2 of our excursion through the history of desktop computing. Hardware is an important element of personal ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nev., flightline hosted a rodeo, but instead of bulls, broncos and clowns, participants ...
July-September 2002 Issue
In honor of the 20th anniversary year of Chips, the editors have asked me to dust off my "Way-Back" Machine and look back at ...
July-September 2002 Issue
Ask the experts at the SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston Technology Training Center Norfolk. The training team shares field ...
TAGS: PED
April-June 2002 Issue
What are Personal Digital Assistants? Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are compact devices used to help organize ...
TAGS: PED, Wireless
July-September 2001 Issue
Michael Dell was a featured speaker at Connecting Technology (CT) Spring 2001. While visiting CT, Mr. Dell graciously ...
TAGS: PED, Wireless
July-September 2001 Issue
You don't have to look very far in private industry to see that handheld computing devices Personal Digital Assistants ...
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