Cybersecurity
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What are the new DHD cybersecurity guidelines and how to they asses ridks and protect government IT systems?Find out when Mike Ewell, director at Solutions by Design ll, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk. July 3, 2018
June 29, 2018 -
Frank Konieczny, the Air Force CIO, said the service is figuring out how to authenticate connected devices.
June 29, 2018 -
Federal fleet managers are in the midst of installing telematics systems, something they were told to do in a 2015 executive order.
June 28, 2018 -
The Internal Revenue Service faces an uphill battle in preparing for the next filing season, according to National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson.
June 28, 2018 -
The Department of Defense still doesn't have a policy for issues regarding Chinese manufacturers ZTE and Huawei.
June 27, 2018 -
Bob Stevens, the vice president of public sector for Lookout, explains what agencies need to do today to secure smartphones and tablets.
June 27, 2018 -
A former White House IT official tapped by the Trump administration to head a new Energy Department cybersecurity office says she intends to make the agency a more competitive recruiter for top talent.
June 26, 2018 -
Naval Supply Systems Command launched its digital accelerator project a few months ago in hopes of leveraging its existing data. Meanwhile the Department of Transportation wants to reduce its dependency on headquarters.
June 26, 2018 -
TRANSCOM wants to build stricter cybersecurity into its contract requirements. Currently, its commercial partners are not held to DoD standards.
June 26, 2018 -
In violation of DoD policy, systems aren’t configured to use two-factor authentication and legally-required privacy impact assessments haven’t been completed.
June 26, 2018 -
Howard Spira, the chief information officer of the EXIM Bank, created a successful approach to moving 60 to 70 percent of systems to the cloud.
June 26, 2018 -
As the Army shifts its focus from violent extremist organizations to near-peer adversaries per the national defense strategy, staying on top of emerging domains and technologies will be what keeps it in a position of dominance going into the future.
June 25, 2018 -
Gary Wang, the Army’s deputy CIO, retired after 35 years in government and Jerry Davis will retire from NASA Ames in July.
June 25, 2018 -
The backlog of security clearances in the federal government makes it harder to perform classified work, while the lack of a cyber doctrine makes it harder to respond to cyber attacks without risking escalation.
June 25, 2018 -
The Trump administration plans to tackle the federal shortage of cybersecurity professionals include a new cybersecurity hiring system, a cybersecurity reservist program, and a plan to reskill current federal employees while improving the pipeline for new cyber talent.
June 21, 2018