Cybersecurity
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The VA has drastically cut down the time it takes to authorize a new application for operational use on its multi-cloud network. Joe Fourcade, lead cybersecurity analyst at the VA’s Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office, says the streamlined “authority-to-operate” process helps gives VA projects “the ability to focus resources on the operation of their system, and only the controls that are really required of them.”
September 06, 2022 -
No fewer than six agencies over the last six weeks promoted or hired new executives to focus on cybersecurity challenges, demonstrating the continued demand for these skillsets.
September 06, 2022 -
Kurt DelBene, the assistant secretary for the Office of Information and Technology and chief information officer at VA, said he is adding more rigor to the process to get systems and application on the network.
September 05, 2022 -
The General Services Administration started to do pre-award audits of companies before they get on the schedule contract to ensure they aren’t using any prohibited telecommunication products from China.
September 01, 2022 -
The draft "CAP" document laying CMMC assessment procedures is set to be revised after being roundly criticized.
August 31, 2022 -
Agencies need to act now to protect their data from the coming threat of quantum computing
August 30, 2022 -
Dealing with threats of intimidation and disinformation on voting in elections and the benefits of mail-in voting
August 29, 2022 -
The Defense Department released a new version of its risk management framework in July with four new focus areas to improve how the agency manages its cyber challenges.
August 26, 2022 -
The strategy will encompass ways to implement zero trust on legacy networks, commercial clouds, and private clouds. Officials say they are already in talks with commercial providers to implement the strategy on their infrastructure.
August 26, 2022 -
DHS is sketching out its own plan for ensuring contractors are meeting their cybersecurity obligations.
August 24, 2022 -
Accenture Federal Services, the contractor behind the new TSP recordkeeper, said it didn’t nearly anticipate the level of challenges that followed the Converge launch.
August 24, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, does telework help or hurt diversity efforts? And was the Coast-Guard-connected couple in Hawaii in the spying business?
August 24, 2022 -
Foreign actors in many sections of the internet actively seek to deny the United States and its allies free use of the internet, even to foster civil unrest and violence.
August 22, 2022 -
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency is analyzing agency progress of knowing what devices and applications on their networks to improve overall cybersecurity.
August 19, 2022 -
Leaders within the federal and private cybersecurity sectors explained why micro-segmentation is as important as other pillars and how to begin doing micro-segmentation.
August 15, 2022