Cybersecurity
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At a National Guard facility in southeastern Indiana, the Army is training cyber soldiers in ways that show them how their keystrokes impact the real world.
August 16, 2018 -
The new Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said several new people will be taking top-level leadership positions at the agency shortly. Pamela Powers will be the department's new chief of staff and Chris Syrek will be VA's deputy chief of staff.
August 14, 2018 -
GSA’s Kay Ely, the assistant commissioner for the IT category, announced she will retire by Dec. 31 after taking on a 90-day detail to work on the agency’s merger with OPM.
August 13, 2018 -
A report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies says the federal government needs a bigger role in helping state and local police access digital evidence.
August 13, 2018 -
The Information Security Oversight Office is telling lawmakers how to fix the classification and declassification processes across government instead of just explaining the problem.
August 13, 2018 -
Former federal CIOs offered suggestions for how current technology executives can tamp down controversy in the aftermath of a cyber attack.
August 13, 2018 -
The Army is trying to stay on the cusp of defensive cyber technology by using a consortium of companies.
August 10, 2018 -
Marlin McFate, federal chief technology officer at Riverbed Technologies, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company is helping federal agencies improve their IT compliance and make their digital systems more efficient. August 21, 2018
August 09, 2018 -
Imad Mouline, chief technology officer at Everbridge, discusses alert technology and his company's effort to develop a flexible system that is responsive to the various communication needs of key personnel in the federal government. August 14, 2018
August 09, 2018 -
For this month’s show, Cyber Chat’s host Sean Kelley sat down with a reflective Scott Blackburn. Blackburn served in many capacities while at the Veterans Affairs Department.
August 07, 2018 -
The military is cracking down on devices that may give up the location of troops.
August 07, 2018 -
Mittal Desai moved to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) while Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock is the new CIO for the Marine Corps.
August 06, 2018 -
GSA’s 18F organization created an ATO sprint team that streamlined the process and reduced time to complete an ATO from six-to-18 months to 30 days.
August 06, 2018 -
After a lackluster first year in its Cyber Direct Commissioning program, the Army is hoping a combination of higher pay and better marketing will let it attract more candidates from industry, academia.
August 06, 2018 -
Two years out from the start of the first internet-driven population count, the Census Bureau is ramping up its cybersecurity focus, and has awarded the last of its major IT contracts.
August 03, 2018