Cybersecurity

Geoff Orazem, managing partner at Eastern Foundry, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how the Small Business Innovation Research initiative compares with other vehicles, and the three levels for SBIR participation.

The House, after some initial reluctance, is taking steps for members and their staff to work remotely more easily during the coronavirus pandemic.

Agencies expected to award 58 task orders under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract by March 31, but instead awarded 10, putting the $50 billion program on a path similar to the last telecommunications transition debacle.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will release a telework-focused temporary Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 directive to give agency networks some relief as more employees are working remotely.

On this edition of Cyber Chat, host Sean Kelley discusses with Ronald Nielson what it takes to develop a mature cybersecurity posture.

Renee Wynn, the NASA chief information officer, is retiring after about 30 years in government and is leaving the space agency on track to fix long-standing IT governance challenges.

With seemingly everyone teleworking, the only way people can meet is through some awkward application or another. Teleconferencing can also mean fresh cybersecurity challenges.

The Defense Department signed its agreement with the CMMC Accreditation Board, kicking off the training for third-party assessors and the release of the necessary documents to help vendors prepare to meet the standards.

In May, DHS awarded its new CDM dashboard contract which was intended to bring better scalability, performance, visualization and analytics to agencies.

If nothing else, the long-running Huawei situation shows the importance of considering the supply chain when it comes to cybersecurity.

The Defense Health Agency looks to collapse multiple legacy health IT networks used by military hospitals and clinics into a single modern network.

Nebraska’s CIO Ed Toner uses a unique centralized risk mitigation and compliance team comprised of former agency personnel from compliance, cyber, security privacy and related fields.

Aside from technical issues like capacity, federal IT and cybersecurity officials say management and workplace culture issues remain a persistent challenge in maintaining regular operations through telework.  

Although the exact definitions of zero trust may vary, for the 16th Air Force that means breaking traditional relationships.