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  • The congressional ritual of punting budget work into the next fiscal year has helped agencies prepare their workforces for sequestration. Managers have learned much over the past few years about preparing contingency plans.

    September 26, 2012
  • As the make-or-break sequestration deadline draws closer, top federal officials are increasingly using (or at least thinking) the F-word, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    September 26, 2012
  • Dave Waltermire, security automation architect, Computer Security Division, at NIST, will talk about the upcoming conference and security automaton. September 25, 2012

    September 25, 2012
  • Bill Gormley, chairman of the Coalition for Government Procurement will discuss ways to save money and improve efficiences when it comes to procurement. September 25, 2012(Encore presentation October 16, 2012)

    September 25, 2012
  • The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board — which manages federal employees' Thrift Savings Plan accounts — approved a 19 percent budget increase for the coming year, allowing it to fund new cybersecurity and hiring initiatives. The $170.5 million budget, which is more than $27 million above 2012 levels, was agreed to following a "rigorous review," the board's director of external affairs, Kim Weaver, told In Depth with Francis Rose.

    September 25, 2012
  • Mr. Michael C. Theis (pronounced Tice) uses his 25+ years as a Counterintelligence Supervisory Special Agent supporting the US Intelligence Community along with his 30+ years of concurrent computer systems engineering experience to aid the…

    September 25, 2012
  • Principal Security Strategist, Global Security Strategy and Diplomacy, Microsoft Ms. Angela McKay is a Principal Security Strategist in the Global Security Strategy and Diplomacy (GSSD) team at Microsoft. As part of GSSD, she focuses on…

    September 25, 2012
  • Vice President of Cyber Security, Trend Micro Within this role Tom Kellermann is a trusted advisor for Cybersecurity. Tom is responsible for analysis of emerging cybersecurity threats and relevant defensive technologies, strategic partnerships, and government…

    September 25, 2012
  • Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton Raynor Dahlquist, Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, was recently appointed Director of the Booz Allen Cyber Solutions Network™ capability, which uniquely addresses cyber threats for clients through an integrated…

    September 25, 2012
  • On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

    September 25, 2012
  • Today, most organizations are keenly aware of deliberate insider threats that pose risk to their cybersecurity posture. But recently the internal threat has morphed. More than ever "accidental insiders" — sources of vulnerability who are not maliciously trying to cause harm, are unknowingly presenting major risks which can compromise an organization and its infrastructure. This panel sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton, will bring together top industry experts to discuss the threats posed by these accidental insiders. Several questions and issues will be explored including: How do you define and characterize accidental insider threats? How prevalent are these threats? How do you measure the impact of an accidental insider threat incident after it has occurred? How does legislation and policy affect what organizations can do to address these threats?

    September 25, 2012
  • The Mars rover Curiosity is breaking barriers both in space and the Twittersphere. Curiosity now has more than 1.1 million followers on the social media site. A NASA social media manager shares best practices for maintaining a Twitter account.

    September 25, 2012
  • On the Federal Drive show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

    September 25, 2012
  • The Associated Press is reporting, the "leader of U.S. Army forces in Asia and the Pacific says his soldiers will be able to conduct more exercises with other nations in the region, as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan and the military refocuses its attention." Lt. Gen. Francis J. Wiercinski, the commander of U.S. Army Pacific, wants U.S. soldiers to undertake more exercises with Indonesia, Malaysia and India. The Army will also be able to have more active duty soldiers, instead of reserves, participate in exercises with allies such as Japan.

    September 25, 2012