Cybersecurity
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When peeling back the layers of how digital identity can enable broader, stronger, and more convenient online transactions, four specific principles can be distilled.
June 29, 2020 -
Bryan Ware, the assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, said improving the Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) program is one of several initiatives his office is leading to help agencies better deal with the ever-growing, ever-changing cyber risk.
June 29, 2020 -
U.S. Cyber Command put its prototype training environment to the test.
June 26, 2020 -
The private organization administering the Cybersecurity Certification Model Certification Program on DoD's behalf opened the application process for five types of participants in the CMMC "ecosystem."
June 24, 2020 -
In this digital age, where nearly everyone and everything is online and connected—and, therefore, perpetually vulnerable—nothing short of maximum diligence to good cybersecurity practices will suffice.
June 22, 2020 -
The department created the data management position within the office of the Chief Management Officer in 2018. But as part of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress moved the CDO job to the CIO’s office.
June 22, 2020 -
Essye Miller, the principal deputy chief information officer at DoD, is retiring from federal service on June 30 after more than 35 years in government.
June 19, 2020 -
Cybersecurity watchers are concerned with a flaw in certain email transfer servers emanating from Russia that can wreak havoc on federal systems.
June 16, 2020 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, Bob Stevens, vice president, Americas at Lookout, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company is helping agencies protect the phones and computers of employees who are teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 16, 2020 -
Now, a new whitepaper from Eclypsium models device security on the CMMC levels to help organizations progress from basic cyber hygiene to protecting from advanced persistent threats.
June 15, 2020 -
Grant Schneider, the federal chief information security officer, said the 2019 Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) report to Congress shows marked improvements around tools, processes and training, which is leading to better risk management.
June 12, 2020 -
Many traditional cybersecurity tools focus on managing risk as opposed to combating it actively head on, says Jacob Noffke, senior principal cyber engineer at Raytheon Intelligence & Space.
June 12, 2020 -
Ask any IT manager across government what challenges they face, and somewhere in the top three they’ll tell you how hard it is to find and hire talent
June 10, 2020 -
Kevin Cox, CISA's CDM program manager, said the agency will establish the information exchange between agency dashboards and the new federal CDM dashboard in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.
June 09, 2020 -
The 2020 fiscal year is shaping up to possibly top 2019, the highest year yet for federal contract spending. But contractors need to watch out for a few things.
June 09, 2020