Cybersecurity
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will release a new counterintelligence strategy next Monday that takes a long-term approach to nation-state threats.
February 05, 2020 -
Karen Wrege, the chief information officer of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls at the State Department, said having one system for identity credential and access management that is based on roles and responsibilities has solved one of the biggest challenges in government.
February 04, 2020 -
It's ironic — the more data people put online about themselves, the more worried everyone is about privacy.
February 04, 2020 -
The Pentagon published the 1.0 version of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program on Friday after several months of listening sessions on draft editions. CMMC will make its way into Defense contracts later this year.
January 31, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after one of the world's wealthiest individuals had his phone hacked, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) wants intelligence agencies to begin an investigation.
January 31, 2020 -
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released its latest state CIO member survey, “Technology Forecast 2020: What State and Local Government Technology Officials Can Expect".
January 30, 2020 -
With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification accreditation board set up, the Pentagon expects to release version 1 of the cyber standards on Friday that will kick off the effort in earnest.
January 29, 2020 -
Tufts University Fletcher School professor Josephine Wolff has been following this with alarm, and she joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss.
January 29, 2020 -
DoD’s deputy chief information officer for information enterprise said working out the bugs in production is “just not how we’re wired” at the Pentagon, but in the case of AI is needed.
January 29, 2020 -
Renee Wynn, NASA’s CIO since 2015, announced she is leaving federal service on March 31st.
January 28, 2020 -
The Army has used authorities from Congress to pay bonuses to service members with specific cyber skills and it now is looking for ways to incentivize civilian workers to stay.
January 28, 2020 -
For a long time the Federal Trade Commission has issued data security orders to companies that fail to protect consumers' private information.
January 27, 2020 -
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement pondered a law professor's denied request by GAO for documents in Overstock.com's pending protest over GSA's e-marketplace procurement.
January 24, 2020 -
Frank Dimina, vice president of Public Sector at Splunk, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to explain why federal agencies should secure their data sets before applying machine learning and artificial intelligence.
January 24, 2020 -
The Army is starting a three-phase reform effort to tackle challenges in the Risk Management Framework, but says it's seen some major successes already.
January 24, 2020