Special Bulletin Review: Securing our Citizens while Modernizing

  • 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
  • The Office of Personnel Management lacks authorizations for 18 of its major security systems, the agency's inspector general said in a new report. The IG attributed many of OPM's IT security problems with a poor governance structure and shorthanded staff. OPM said it's recently made a few new hires and will have 24 information system security officers soon.

    November 21, 2016
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, Lohfeld Consulting's Lisa Pafe and Washington Technology's Nick Wakeman join host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of what contractors are facing during the transition to a new administration. November 21, 2016

    November 21, 2016
  • A perfect solution for cybersecurity is elusive because the threats always change. But the network itself remains an important focus for cyber efforts. John Kindervag, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, shares some of the latest strategies for mitigating network threats on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    November 21, 2016
  • Because 2020 will be the first time that the Census will rely more upon the internet than paper, the bureau has to test, roll out and connect 52 separate systems, which is a tall order for the agency.Because 2020 will be the first time that the Census will rely more upon the internet than paper, the bureau has to test, roll out and connect 52 separate systems, which is a tall order for the agency.

    November 18, 2016