Cybersecurity
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Defense and national security tech leaders are trying to balance implications of mass telework with pre-existing cyber priorities, and fend off an unending onslaught of bad actors trying to exploit the – in some cases – woefully unprepared remote federal workforce.
August 14, 2020 -
To achieve this platform approach, agencies need to consider how to take full advantage of automation and orchestration so tools can talk to each other and provide real-time data to security experts.
August 14, 2020 -
Grant Schneider, the federal chief information security officer, said the Federal Acquisition Security Council continues to work on its interim final rule detailing how it will share supply chain risk information with government and industry.
August 14, 2020 -
The interim rule implementing Section 889 of the 2019 NDAA takes effect Aug. 13 requiring agencies to add a provision to all new task orders and solicitation prohibiting vendors from using certain Chinese telecommunications products.
August 13, 2020 -
We won’t achieve holistic cybersecurity anytime soon without empowered national leadership, an understanding of the problems we need to solve, a comprehensive roadmap for prioritizing efforts that illustrates the desired end state, and a national-level collective defense that bridges the private and public sectors and forges international cooperation.
August 12, 2020 -
Whether it’s protecting a government-supported effort to produce coronavirus vaccines and treatments, or preventing interference in this November’s election, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working with industry partners to stay on top of…
August 11, 2020 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, John Meyer, vice president, Defense Products at Peraton, joins host John Gilroy for a wide ranging discussion of the surface web, the deep web, and the dark web, and they challenges they pose for federal IT officials.
August 11, 2020 -
A panel of former federal technology executives offered the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations suggestions for improving the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard after five years.
August 10, 2020 -
Security and risk leaders need to live in the new normal, but the questions they should be asking aren’t new.
August 07, 2020 -
It might be critical, but infrastructure in the United States has remained stubbornly difficult to protect from cyber and physical attacks.
August 07, 2020 -
If federal agencies were constantly on guard the past several years, as cyber-attacks grew in intensity and effectiveness, the past several months of the pandemic, has dumped fuel on that fire of fear and paranoia.
August 06, 2020 -
On this edition of Cyber Chat, Host Sean Kelley sits down with Congressman Mike Rogers to discuss the rollout of 5G Technologies, the implications of the technology and what that means for cyber security.
August 05, 2020 -
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency detailed the concept of trust zones under the final TIC 3.0 implementation guidance released last week.
August 04, 2020 -
Phil Quade, chief information security officer for Fortinet, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech talk to discuss what the federal government can do to address a drastic shortage of workers with cybersecurity skills.
August 04, 2020 -
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) suggested giving the IRS $2 billion under the Technology Modernization Fund and then letting agencies use the savings from the tax agency for other projects.
August 03, 2020