Cybersecurity
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The Army put out a request for information (RFI) looking for vendors who could provide services to find, monitor and remove impostor social media accounts.
March 06, 2017 -
Howard Schmidt worked for Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush on cybersecurity issues and was a driving force behind a host of national strategies and initiatives.
March 06, 2017 -
Entrepreneur and angel investor Tien Wong of Lore Systems joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of innovation, federal IT, the upcoming G-Tech forum, and the value of social networking. March 7, 2017
March 05, 2017 -
Terry Halvorsen left DoD at the end of February after spending the last two-plus years as its chief information officer.
March 02, 2017 -
The Trump administration's plan to reduce non-defense discretionary spending by 10 percent means civilian agencies will need to look at programs and personnel, not just for this year, but for the long-term. Some fiscal observers says it's time to consider budget process reform.
March 01, 2017 -
You may think you're talking privately when texting or phoning people. Law enforcement officers might think their communications over radios are only for them. Chris Perry, chief operating officer at Secured Communications, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that in reality you might as well be using sky writing.
March 01, 2017 This week on Federal Tech Talk, host John Gilroy speaks with Blake Hall, founder & CEO of ID.me; Emily Tavoulareas, VA Digital Service, and Greg Gershman, co-founder/principal at Ad Hoc LLC. They will discuss a website called “vets.gov” and how it opens up the world of collaboration in solving many issues with funneling 500 Department of Veterans’ Affairs websites into one portal. February 28, 2017
February 27, 2017-
Cybersecurity remains a tough challenge to tackle for Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the agency that administers and oversees the Thrift Savings Plan. Under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA), an independent auditor found the board lagging on risk management and access strategies.
February 27, 2017 -
Tim Solms, the vice president for U.S. federal and managing director worldwide government at Juniper Networks, makes the case for how software-defined networking and automation can help the Pentagon develop an open, agile and elastic infrastructure to meet its mission needs.
February 27, 2017 -
The House Homeland Security Committee and the House and Senate intelligence committees are going to prioritize oversight of how agencies hire and train their workforces to deal with cybersecurity.
February 27, 2017 -
Dave Mihelcic, the recently retired chief technology officer at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said a pilot to test a software defined environment is opening the door to cloud applications that DoD can more quickly deploy and better secure.
February 24, 2017 -
The Marine Corps is in the midst of a sweeping review of its information technology workforce, the early results of which have confirmed what top officials suspected: many employees’ official position descriptions don’t have much to do with what they actually do for a living.
February 23, 2017 -
The General Services Administration’s Inspector General found the digital services group used unapproved software, put applications on the network without the proper authorizations and had an overall lack of management oversight or involvement that let 18F staff members basically do what they want.
February 21, 2017 -
Terry Halvorsen retired Feb. 19 after spending the last two-plus years as the Department of Defense chief information officer.
February 21, 2017 Tom Cochran, chief digital strategist and vice president at Acquia, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how ti improve information technology in the federal government. February 21, 2017
February 20, 2017