Cybersecurity

Matt Goodrich, of GSA, Ben Sweezy, of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Tony Scardino of USPTO, are among the federal executives on the move over the last month.

Jay Mahanand, the chief information officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the plan is to launch an enterprise portfolio management program that USAID will deploy worldwide in the coming months.

Rodger Baker, senior vice president of strategic analysis at Stratfor, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to discuss how China’s emergence as a global military and economic power has changed its relationship with the United States and other countries around the world.

Manny Castillo, a senior IT security adviser at the FBI, said the bureau does all its penetration testing internally and has no plans on changing that.

Norma Krayem joined Federal Drive to discuss new FERC rules that require reporting of certain cyber incidents and ban paper compliance.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Mark Esper is poised to become the next Defense secretary. If he’s confirmed, one of his first jobs will be to help fill the rest of the vacant politically-appointed positions in the Pentagon.

Jake Olcott, vice president of Communications and Government Affairs at BitSight, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss vendor risk management and what federal agencies can do to protect themselves from cyber breaches caused by third party vendors.

PSC’s Alan Chvotkin joined Federal Drive to discuss the Defense Department’s ongoing efforts to get contractors to comply with cybersecuirty standards.

Greg Hall, chief information security officer of the U.S. Attorneys, joined Federal Drive to discuss cybersecurity data at federal agencies.

Bloomberg Government analyst Cameron Leuthy looked further into the issue. Leuthy joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with a closer look into FBI IT spending.

For federal agents investigating cybercrimes, gathering open source intelligence is a lot like going undercover.

A top Customs and Border Protection official said an investigation into a subcontractor’s handling of images taken of travelers crossing the U.S.-Mexico could result in criminal or civil charges.

Donna Dodson, NIST chief cybersecurity advisor, and Murugiah Souppaya, a computer scientist, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about why so few development groups use security frameworks.

FDIC IG Jay Lerner and Mark Mulholland, assistant IG for audits and cyber, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with highlights from their inspection of how well the agency uses its cyber tools.