Current and former federal technology experts offer their take on why House lawmakers will be more active with oversight and what are some of the emerging hot topics over the next 12 months.
It’s not enough to support an application after its release to keep it secure. Security must be top of mind throughout an application’s development. That is core to the model of DevSecOps.
Current and former federal technology executives say software supply chain security emerged as one of the biggest challenges last year given both the attention by the White House and ongoing cyber concerns.
Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana says among her top priorities for 2023 is break down silos, share lessons learned and scale best practices across the IT community.
As most have heard by now, the Office of Management and Budget recently issued new cybersecurity guidance as a follow-up to the Biden administration’s executive order from May of last year.
To nobody’s surprise, 2022 was another action-packed year for federal chief information security officers and cybersecurity teams across government.
The new budget provides expansion and pilot projects for IT and cybersecurity as Defense Department adopts new technology.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is line for another budget boost, while lawmakers are also reauthorizing CISA’s marquee cyber defense program for another year.
A cyberattack on America’s critical infrastructure could have a dramatic impact on the quality of life we all enjoy in the United States.
Memory — that part of computers you never seem to have enough of — is a weak spot for cybersecurity. Attackers have exploited memory since, well, just about forever. Now the National Security Agency has published fresh guidance to help both software developers and users avoid memory exploits.
More of the same. Only more so. That might be the best way to characterize the cybersecurity trends for 2023.
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said new FISMA metrics will ask agencies for more granular data on how they are meeting administration priorities.
The latest Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard showed seven agencies improved their grades since last period and 17 stayed the same with USAID receiving the only “A” grade.
NASA runs on software, as do many federal agencies. Rockets are what they are known for, sure, but controlling them and interpreting data, even handling human resources and finances all require software. Currently, NASA is in development of over 1,000 software features leveraging agile.
Thrift Savings Plan participants saw a major TSP update on June 1. Now six months later, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board shared progress, ongoing work and lessons learned.