Cybersecurity

Agencies are becoming more interested in moving to a zero trust approach to cybersecurity so the CIO Council is working on an effort to define what that means for government.

Brian Ahier, president of Advanced Health Information Exchange Resources, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss healthcare IT, open data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. December 11, 2018

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat says the magnitude of cyber threats call for a recalibration of the Defense budget and at least some changes to how the rest of the government is organized.

Getting a top-notch IT crew takes real planning and strategy. The Secret Service has a lot of work to do there.

Tom Afferton, vice president of Civil Solutions at Northrop Grumman, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss IT modernization and how cloud migration, cyber protection and process automation are helping federal agencies meet customer needs. December 11, 2018

State CIOs once again choose security as priority issue No. 1 in an annual nationwide survey. Results were released Thursday.

Now higher on the intellectual property theft food chain are industrial products and integrated circuits, which can weaken national security.

The first round of public comments recently closed on NIST’s draft IR 8228 “Considerations for Managing Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks.” Learn more as part of Federal Monthly Insights — Security Month.

The Defense Department honored its annual list of team and individual winners at the CIO Awards for achievement in areas such as IT, cybersecurity and electronic records management.

Jonathan McDonald, executive vice president of TransUnion, explains why agencies need to look to non-traditional data sources to better understand their risks.

In today’s Federal Newscast, officials with the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General said they’ve had much more success with a new alternative dispute resolution process. 

Tiffany Lopez Winters, executive director of The National Trust Center, joined Fed Access to discuss economic espionage and how it is affecting small businesses, government contractors and federal agencies. December 3, 2018

Paul Saladna and Shamlan Siddiqi, with NTT DATA Federal Services, Inc., join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss agile software development, integration, IT modernization, and the value of open source software. December 3, 2018

Josh Moses left his role at OMB’s cyber branch chief on Nov. 30 after more than three years to take a job with the PricewatershouseCoopers commercial division.