Cybersecurity
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In today's Federal Newscast, two senators want to reverse steps Congress took last year to begin a comprehensive review of medical facilities at the Veterans Affairs Department.
March 29, 2019 -
While the Census Bureau expects more than 60 percent of respondents will answer the decennial count through its website, it's going to great lengths to ensure the website can withstand a major volume of traffic.
March 28, 2019 -
Lawmakers say a decrease in funding for Energy's 2020 budget could hurt "critical" energy and national security programs, as well as global competitiveness. Secretary Rick Perry defends cuts, claiming the agency is becoming more sustainable with its investments.
March 27, 2019 -
Attivo Networks CTO Tony Cole joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how "engagement-based attack analysis" can help federal agencies prevent cyber threats from malicious actors already inside their networks.
March 27, 2019 -
Since its inception in 2013, the federal government’s Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program (CDM), led by the Department of Homeland Security, has helped agencies discover up to 50 percent more assets inside their systems than they were previously aware of. And they’re able to do it in real time.
March 26, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general released its review of the agency's implementation of the new Forever GI bill.
March 25, 2019 -
In a recognition that smaller firms don't have the infrastructure to defend themselves against sophisticated attacks, DoD will experiment with a secure cloud approach to defending sensitive information.
March 25, 2019 -
Steve Wallace, a systems innovation scientist in the Emerging Technology Directorate at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said the agency soon will choose vendors to develop a prototype to protect the network and data from attacks that come through web browsers.
March 25, 2019 -
Attracting in-demand cybersecurity talent to government service could be as simple as retraining current federal employees for the jobs of the future.
March 22, 2019 -
Savvy organizations have long turned to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its detailed guidance publications on all facets of cybersecurity, and updates could be on the way.
March 22, 2019 -
Kara Sprague, senior vice president and general manager of Application Services at F5 Networks, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss app security and how her company is using new technologies to help federal IT professionals protect and optimize modern container based applications.
March 21, 2019 -
The federal employment question forms a knot that remains difficult to untie.
March 21, 2019 -
Matt Shabat, the U.S. strategy manager for Glasswall Solutions, makes the case for how using a risk management framework can lead to real savings that agencies can use to move off legacy systems.
March 20, 2019 -
The White House plans on spending 5 percent more to secure federal networks and data in 2020, with more than half of the funding going toward Defense Department cybersecurity. Get this story and others in today's Federal Newscast.
March 20, 2019 -
How are communications and public relations evolving in the GovCon market? Host Mark Amtower discusses the evolving nature the two concepts in the government contracting market with Evan Weisel Tony Welz and Stephen Mackey of W2 Communications.
March 20, 2019