Cybersecurity
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Sylvia Burns, the Interior Department’s chief information officer, said her team responded aggressively over the last 18 months to improve the agency’s cybersecurity posture, including using two-factor authentication for computer access.
December 08, 2016 -
Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity, but a multilayered security approach could help that.
December 07, 2016 -
A presidentially commissioned task force on cybersecurity says the incoming Donald Trump administration needs to begin shoring up the federal government’s IT security posture by granting a promotion to the White House official who oversees cybersecurity.
December 06, 2016 Chris Howard, vice president of Federal at Nutanix, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss virtualization and how it can help agencies reduce cost and improve security. December 6, 2016
December 05, 2016-
Federal agencies work under a policy requiring them to disclose cyber flaws to vendors. Except sometimes they don't. Jason Healy, senior research scholar and cyber conflict expert at Columbia University, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the disclosure loopholes and the harm they can cause.
December 05, 2016 -
Terry Milholland, the former chief information officer and chief technology officer at the IRS, who retired in June, said by becoming world class in managing and overseeing technology, the bureau is seeing real improvements in its operations.
December 02, 2016 -
David Green, chief security officer for Veriato, details why it’s important for agencies to rate employee positions and apply the appropriate insider threat oversight based on those ratings.
December 02, 2016 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Jack Midgley, director in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s defense consulting practice, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the Internet of Things (IOT) Vulnerability Index and its economic, cybersecurity and defense implications across the globe. November 22, 2016
December 01, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management's CIO says modernizing legacy IT systems at civilian agencies like OPM is more than just updating software.
November 30, 2016 -
Under a $2 million contract, Synack Government will use ethical hackers for penetration testing of IRS cybersecurity systems.
November 28, 2016 Matt Howard, executive vice president for Market Development at Sonatype joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help your agency's IT professionals put together code in a more efficient manner. November 29, 2016
November 28, 2016-
Reports about the job security of NSA director Adm. Mike Rogers has several members of Congress up in arms.
November 28, 2016 -
The FBI is proposing a new database with information on anyone with access to FBI buildings and information systems. The database could encompass not only employees but retirees, interns, contractors, and assignees from other agencies. Jeramie Scott, national security counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that's too wide a net.
November 23, 2016 -
The Defense Department expects to begin pilot programs to test out new IT authentication mechanisms shortly after the Christmas holiday, an early step toward eliminating the Common Access Card within the next two years.
November 23, 2016 -
The Defense Department undertook a significant expansion of its new crowdsourced approach to cybersecurity Monday, opening its “Hack the Pentagon” challenge to literally anyone and providing them a legal route to report any security holes they find.
November 22, 2016