Cybersecurity
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Rob Baker, the command information officer for the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, said the use of a private cloud enclave helps keep control systems safe from cyber vulnerabilities.
December 08, 2020 -
The defense contracting community is holding its collective breath, waiting for a batch of new contracts, that will be the first to require Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
December 08, 2020 -
A law known as the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act aims to reduce the potential for damage from cybersecurity threats. The White House interim final rules for agencies came out in September. Now industry has weighed in.
December 07, 2020 -
The cybersecurity world is becoming more complex as threats from abroad and at home amp up the way they attack systems. That’s why many government agencies and companies are subtracting to zero when it comes to trust around their networks.
December 07, 2020 -
The annual Defense authorization bill is filled with policy changes for non-defense agencies, including more than 50 focused on cybersecurity and a host of others address small business contracting.
December 07, 2020 -
Kevin Orr, vice president at CyberArk, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss identity management and how his company can help federal agencies protect their data from cyber attacks.
December 04, 2020 -
The president says he wants to veto the bill over old protections for tech companies and renaming military bases.
December 03, 2020 -
The first pathfinders are expected to be announced in 'the next few days,' just after rules that pave the way for CMMC took effect.
December 03, 2020 -
Blockchain in recent years generated plenty of hype in the federal contracting community, but technology never resulted in many agencies moving forward with the technology.
December 02, 2020 -
The Defense Department has established a concept it calls the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture. It's supposed to govern investment decisions and make sure systems across the military services work together.
December 02, 2020 -
Eric Trexler, vice president of Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure at Forcepoint, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss how the federal goverment's cybersecurity efforts are being affected by the pandemic.
December 02, 2020 -
As the definition of a job in the field continues to grow and evolve, agencies like the FBI have been forced to get creative in how they're recruiting new cyber talent.
December 01, 2020 -
Traditional approaches need to evolve and agencies, and really all organizations, need to improve their resiliency to not only survive a cyber attack, but come out the other side better for it.
December 01, 2020 -
With a vaccine still on the horizon, and a presidential transition now underway, projections on contract spending for 2021 are murkier than usual.
November 30, 2020 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, Marlin McFate, CTO Public Sector at Riverbed Technology, joins host John Gilroy to talk about network visibility and the results of a recent survey issued by his company.
November 27, 2020