Aaron Boyd

Aaron Boyd is an awarding-winning journalist currently serving as editor of Federal Times — a Washington, D.C. institution covering federal workforce and contracting for more than 50 years — and Fifth Domain — a news and information hub focused on cybersecurity and cyberwar from a civilian, military and international perspective.

  • 3 arrests over breach claimed by ‘Phineas Fisher’ hacker
    3 arrests over breach claimed by ‘Phineas Fisher’ hacker

    The bust fed a swirl of speculation that the net had closed on the flamboyant hacker, although an email exchange seen by The Associated Press appeared to suggest he, she or they weren’t in custody.

  • Trump to sign order on cybersecurity, modernizing federal IT
    Trump to sign order on cybersecurity, modernizing federal IT

    In the wake of his draft cyber review memo leaking last week, President Donald Trump is set to meet with cybersecurity professionals Tuesday afternoon before signing an executive order detailing federal agencies’ responsibilities for protecting the nation’s networks.

  • Trump talks cybersecurity, modernizing federal IT; EO postponed [UPDATED]
    Trump talks cybersecurity, modernizing federal IT; EO postponed [UPDATED]

    In the wake of his draft cyber review memo leaking last week, President Donald Trump met with cybersecurity professionals Tuesday afternoon before a planned signing of an executive order detailing federal agencies’ responsibilities for protecting the nation’s networks.

  • Federal CISO Touhill Quietly Resigns
    Federal CISO Touhill Quietly Resigns

    Gen. Gregory Touhill, the nation’s first federal chief information security officer, charged with setting wide-ranging cybersecurity policies for civilian agencies, officially left the White House on Jan. 17, officials confirmed to Fifth Domain. Touhill’s abrupt departure comes just four months after he took on the new role within the Office of Management and Budget. President…

  • Stolen Election Assistance Commission logins could lead to larger compromise
    Stolen Election Assistance Commission logins could lead to larger compromise

    Researchers at Recorded Future discovered a hacker selling compromised credentials to a fringe but important part of the U.S. election infrastructure.

  • Stolen Election Assistance Commission Logins Could Lead to Larger Compromise
    Stolen Election Assistance Commission Logins Could Lead to Larger Compromise

    As outgoing President Barack Obama pledges retaliation for election season hacks allegedly ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Donald Trump vehemently denies such assertions, a team of cybersecurity experts at Recorded Future say they found an exploit on the Election Assistance Commission website that compromised administrative accounts and could have wider reaching effects.…

  • Obama thanks feds one last time before leaving office
    Obama thanks feds one last time before leaving office

    “I want you to know that it has been my privilege to call you my colleagues,” the president said during a Dec. 13 ceremony honoring federal employees.

  • Virtual Benefits Fair has everything open season procrastinators need
    Virtual Benefits Fair has everything open season procrastinators need

    The online information portal is open through to the end of open season, set to close Monday, Dec. 12.

  • Union’s hopes, fears for incoming Trump administration
    Union’s hopes, fears for incoming Trump administration

    American Federation of Government Employees President J. David Cox said the union has some common group with Donald Trump but he fears the president-elect’s unpredictability.

  • Is data the new critical infrastructure? [Video]
    Is data the new critical infrastructure? [Video]

    Sponsored by Philip Quade of the National Security Agency’s Cyber Task Force discusses which information should be protected by the Department of Homeland Security as a critical infrastructure.