Cybersecurity
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For the third year in a row, Congress isn't buying the White House's request nor Democrat lawmakers’ pleas for more money to help agencies move away from legacy systems more quickly.
December 21, 2020 -
Jennifer Bisceglie, CEO of Interos, explains the steps agencies must take to mitigate supply chain risk, the soft underbelly of our national security and economy.
December 21, 2020 -
Current and former federal cyber experts say lawmakers and the White House shouldn’t focus on why the SolarWinds cyber incident happened, but rather how federal cybersecurity needs to change to deal with similar attacks in the future.
December 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, National Institute of Standards and Technology Fellow Ron Ross has advice for officials knocked off their feet by the recent governmentwide cyber attacks.
December 21, 2020 -
Affected companies, and that's thousands of them, are still assessing rules that came out in September for the Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.
December 18, 2020 -
The Navy is becoming ever more digital as information warfare, cybersecurity, and command and control become data driven activities.
December 18, 2020 -
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission's leadership said the SolarWinds breach has further raised the stakes for the National Defense Authorization Act that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto.
December 17, 2020 -
The department is only naming seven upcoming procurements as candidates for the CMMC pilot program for the moment, but says more could be announced in the coming weeks.
December 15, 2020 -
Findings suggest that state governments for most part have a solid cybersecurity foundation and are making strides in improving IT modernization efforts.
December 15, 2020 -
U.S. government agencies and private companies rushed Monday to secure their computer networks following the disclosure of a sophisticated and long-running cyber-espionage intrusion suspected of being carried out by Russian hackers
December 14, 2020 -
Undersecretary of State for Management Brian Bulatao is creating a new position to oversee all aspects of cybersecurity and ensure all bureaus meet the department’s cyber standards.
December 14, 2020 -
Laura Stanton, Keith Nakasone and Allen Hill, members of the IT category leadership team at the General Services Administration, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss cloud computing, eCommerce and GSA's IT procurement and management programs.
December 14, 2020 -
Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a global cyberespionage campaign revealed just days after a leading cybersecurity firm said it had been breached in an attack that industry experts said bore the hallmarks of Russian tradecraft
December 14, 2020 -
In the face of COVID-19, members of the U.S. government have scrambled to offer programs that can prop up both individuals and companies, one of which is the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). But often, where there is a crisis, there are fraudsters waiting in the wings to exploit weaknesses. PPP is no different.
December 11, 2020 -
What are the top technology challenges for federal IT officials? Find out when SonicWall CEO Bill Conner joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk.
December 10, 2020