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Thoughts

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Public service with and for the people.

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Every government needs a web bot policy

Build your bot policy now and work with your digital team or vendor to implement it.

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Cybersecurity standards for government websites

We need better guidance for a more secure digital government experience.

Podcast

Emily Crose

Hack to the Future with Emily Crose

Government's history, relationship and evolution with hackers and hacking.

Bruce Schneier

How government can secure us in the internet+ era

The Government We Need talks with Bruce Schneier about internet+ security and government’s role in keeping us safe.

Demos

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Project ScanGov

Project ScanGov co-maintainer Luke Fretwell gives a demo of the latest updates.

Briefs

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Open source software

A brief-ish explainer of open source software.

Research

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AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook

GovFresh research notes on the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook.

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Declaration for the Future of the Internet

GovFresh research notes on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.

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Public AI

GovFresh research notes on public artificial intelligence.

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SOMOSA Act

GovFresh research notes on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act.

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AI and the U.S. federal government

GovFresh research notes on artificial intelligence and the U.S. government.

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Open source

GovFresh research notes on open source software.

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Open source security

GovFresh research notes on open source security.

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GDPR

GovFresh research notes on General Data Protection Regulation.

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OSCAL

GovFresh research notes on the Open Security Controls Assessment Language.

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Login.gov

GovFresh research notes on Login.gov.

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cloud.gov

GovFresh research notes on cloud.gov.

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Zero Trust

GovFresh research notes on Zero Trust.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework

GovFresh research notes on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework.

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FedRAMP

GovFresh research notes on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.

Signal

Washington gives national security innovation a boost

Two good things just happened in Washington – these days that should be enough of a headline.

Coast Guard alert shows that even commercial vessel security is just basic government security

Based on recent cyber incidents aboard commercial vessels, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a security alert to vessel and facility owners and operators that is essentially basic security practices, even ones that could potentially save governments from the ransomware attacks we see happening more frequently.

In-Q-Tel wants to talk to people interested in open source software and national security

In-Q-Tel, the innovation and venture arm of the U.S. intelligence community, has published several open source themed posts recently, including "Toward Secure Code Reuse" and, most recently, one about GitGeo, a tool it developed that analyzes the geography of developers associated with a GitHub repository.

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Retrospecting 2022

Building community, civic hacking with my son, pedigree and public interest technology.

Civic hacking CISA cybersecurity news

Building a cybersecurity news page using the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency RSS feeds.

White House wants your input on open source software security

A 'civic opportunity to help shape the government’s thinking about open-source software security.'

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Signal (2024.08.02)

What's on our radar.

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Signal 2024.09.03

What's on our radar.

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DEF CON Franklin to hold inaugural town meeting

Getting first projects launched.

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Signal 2024.10.02

What's on our radar.

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Government websites fail basic cybersecurity practices

ScanGov adds security grades, scorecards.

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DEF CON Franklin to host inaugural release of 'The Hackers' Almanack'

Analysis of policy implications from DEF CON 32 findings.

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Signal 2025.03.14

What's on our radar.

Books

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Unit X

How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

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This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends

The Cyberweapons Arms Race

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The Tech Coup

How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

The Cuckoo's Egg

Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

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Surveillance Valley

The Secret Military History of the Internet

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A Hacker's Mind

How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back

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Hack to the Future

How World Governments Relentlessly Pursue and Domesticate Hackers

Cult of the Dead Cow

How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

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Autocracy, Inc.

The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

Labs

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ScanGov

Government digital experience monitor