Cybersecurity
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The NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate has marked a full year of operations. For details on what it's managed to get done, deputy director Dave Luber spoke to Tom Temin.
February 03, 2021 -
The Defense Department continues to test out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) process with pathfinders and plans to pilot the approach with 10 contracts in 2021.
February 02, 2021 -
Howard Levenson, regional vice president for Federal at Databricks, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk, to explain why an open-source approach is the most efficient way to make sure data is up to date in today’s world.
February 01, 2021 -
The Army is finding ways to use tools initially developed for telework to accelerate the deployment of classified networks on its bases.
January 27, 2021 -
Chris DeRusha is the new federal chief information security officer. He served as Biden campaign CISO, and worked at DHS, the White House and the state of Michigan in cybersecurity roles.
January 26, 2021 -
This week on Federal Tech Talk, Atomicorp CEO Michael Shinn joins host John Gilroy to explain how using open-source software can improve federal cybersecurity.
January 26, 2021 -
NIST will finalize new publication NISTIR 8276 that will include eight key principles for protecting IT supply chains and release the draft to update SP 800-161, which will includes specific steps for agencies.
January 25, 2021 -
This program provides a progress report of cybersecurity in the defense and homeland security departments.
January 21, 2021 -
Democrats had hoped to quickly confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, a Obama-era veteran of the Department of Homeland Security, as the new DHS secretary under President-elect Joe Biden. But Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has said he will place a hold on Mayorkas' nomination.
January 19, 2021 -
One thing you can say about the Defense Department's cybersecurity efforts, they sure get a lot of oversight. The DoD office of inspector general reviewed 44 recent reports from various sources seeking to see how they all added up.
January 19, 2021 -
Buried in the next pandemic spending proposal from Joe Biden are big dollars for federal IT.
January 18, 2021 -
DISA launched its cloud-based internet isolation program as a way to keep malware off of DoD networks, but it also reduced the need for expensive IT infrastructure upgrades.
January 18, 2021 -
Sean Frazier, federal CSO at Okta, discusses identity management, lifecycle management, and some of the challenges of identification for Robotic Process Automation.
January 15, 2021 -
Brian Varine, the associate director of Guidehouse Advanced Cyber Solutions, said the SolarWinds breach highlighted gaps in agency cyber environments both from an operational and a visibility perspective.
January 15, 2021 -
President-elect Biden announces American Rescue Plan that includes significant funding increases for federal technology and cybersecurity to address long-standing challenges.
January 15, 2021