Cybersecurity
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Current and former federal technology leaders say OMB’s draft zero trust strategy takes an importance focus on architecture, but it also must still address some challenges.
September 13, 2021 -
The threat of ransomware and loss or seizure of data looms large. Mitigating and deterring these threats is the key to ensuring continuity of government operations.
September 13, 2021 -
John Phillips, vice president, Public Sector at Tricentis, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how automating the software testing process will bring large federal IT projects to completion sooner.
September 13, 2021 -
CISA wants agencies to be aware of the cybersecurity services it offers to help them meet the goals of the newly mandated security architecture.
September 10, 2021 -
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said comments on the administration’s new draft zero trust strategy will ensure agencies succeed in improving cybersecurity.
September 09, 2021 -
For an agency that's only had seven confirmed secretaries, the Department of Homeland Security's area of responsibility has grown exponentially since it's creation after the attacks of 9/11.
September 09, 2021 -
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board currently lacks the membership necessary to issue reports and start new projects.
September 08, 2021 -
Cybersecurity and data management are closely linked. That's why many agencies are refining their strategies for gathering and managing large stores or lakes of network and other data in service of better cybersecurity.
September 07, 2021 -
Nearly every federal agency is talking about digital transformation, using the latest technologies to improve how they operate and what they deliver to constituents. An important part of modernizing puzzle is the network that delivers all the data. It's got to be up-to-date and secure.
September 07, 2021 -
Rob Shore, senior vice president of Marketing at Infinera, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how optical networks can help federal agencies scale network bandwidth and accelerate service integration.
September 06, 2021 -
The review and great power competition depends on innovation, speed and the ability to buy new and emerging capabilities. The Defense Department is leading a Global Posture Review so that the military footprint is appropriately aligned with our foreign policy and national security priorities.
September 03, 2021 -
Beyond data lakes or data stores, the government needs what you might call a concept of operations. For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the Senior Director for the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Robert Morgus.
September 03, 2021 -
With the recent cybersecurity executive order and the critical infrastructure control systems memo, President Joe Biden’s administration is making cybersecurity a top priority. Federal News Network sat down with Jason Payne, chief technology officer for Microsoft Federal, and Steve Faehl, chief technology officer of security for Microsoft Federal, to dig deeper into these recent moves, what makes them important and how federal agencies can partner with industry to achieve their goals.
September 03, 2021 -
Section 4 in the cybersecurity executive order (EO) is, in many ways, the most prescriptive of the entire EO, tackling head-on how to get vendors to improve the security of their products.
September 01, 2021 -
The Government Accountability Office is planning to release a report in early fiscal 2022 about the cybersecurity impacts of technologies adopted in response to the pandemic.
September 01, 2021