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They have been a separate entity around the Pentagon for less than five years, taking on a variety of complex technical issues for different DoD groups. And their organizational structure is a lot like a Silicon Valley start-up.
Read moreOver the years, the DoD has been at the vanguard of ethical hacking and bug bounty programs, where the good guys find cybersecurity flaws in their systems and let them know.
The latest ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline has some panicked Americans hoarding gasoline in plastic bags, leaving many to wonder how vulnerable U.S. companies and government entities are.
Alex Rice, the co-founder and chief technology officer at HackerOne, said over the last five years, DoD has identified more than 10,000 vulnerabilities through bug bounty and other similar programs.
NIST says the new updates are the result of data collection, technical analyses, customer interaction, redesign and development of the security requirements.
The White House has given agencies until the end of the year to make sure their use of artificial intelligence is safe and fair.
TSA Administrator David Pekoske also says the agency wants to hire more security screeners so the workforce can have more flexibilities.
Government agencies are continually looking at new technologies that can impact mission priorities and enhance service delivery.
David Lebryk, the fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, said a new machine learning tool is reducing the chance of fraud from paper checks.
A CYBERCOM acquisition leader says she doesn’t want the command’s burgeoning buying program to be ‘stodgy and antiquated.’
Remember, strong data security isn’t a barrier. It’s a necessary — and cost-effective — bridge to a brighter future.
Analytics tools and the expertise developed by federal watchdogs to fight fraud in COVID-19 emergency programs would live on permanently under this bill.