Scott Buchholz, chief technology officer for Deloitte Consulting LLP's Federal Government practice, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the company's 2017 report on technology trends and their impact on federal government operations. June 13, 2017
The Health Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (HCCIC) not only provides resources and guidance on how to handle cyberattacks against the health care sector, it offers a conduit for communication between the government and industry to share best practices.
Benjamin Bergersen, the chief information officer of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, said the agency uses a combination of NIST documents, FedRAMP information and other data to understand and mitigate risk to their IT systems.
Bipartisan legislation would require DoD to disclose cyber operations, capabilities to Congress. Advocates say it brings notification requirements in line with what's required for more traditional military operations.
The Office of Management and Budget and new White House Office of American Innovation are working together on a 90-day sprint to develop a series of work streams on a variety of topics. Teams will recommend new ideas on ways to improve shared services mechanisms, the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) policy and federal hiring process.
Orion Hindawi, CEO and co-founder of Tanium, offers three guiding principles to reform the IT acquisition process.
Virgil Security CEO Michael Wellman and CTO Dimitri Dain join host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how cryptography helps software developers build more secure products. June 6, 2017
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin announced his intention to drop VistA and move the department to a commercial, off-the-shelf electronic health record.
The Office of Management and Budget issued implementation guidance for the cybersecurity executive order, giving agencies four deadlines over the next three months.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, asked whether a new approach to the tactical and operational aspects of federal cybersecurity could be a powerful tool for addressing gaps that impede existing organizational structures.
While much of the recent attention has fallen on the president’s proposed budget, Congress has still been introducing and passing legislation. Here are a few bills worth knowing about that might have slipped through the cracks.
One thing about cybersecurity: events never let you take it for granted. Every week, it seems, brings a new and lurid story about a cyber problem. The Trump administration is continuing the tradition of the White House having cybersecurity policies. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with analysis of the month-old executive order is Karen Evans, chairwoman of the U.S. Cyber Challenge and a former IT executive during the George W. Bush administration.
DoD is trying to make its networks more conducive to Third Offset Strategy technologies with new guidance.
Cybersecurity is more about people than technology. That's why the federal agencies having to do with cybersecurity need certain vacant management positions filled. Federal News Radio's Eric White discussed this with Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
A detailed study of congressional websites shows that none of them are fully secure. Most aren't very good in the user experience department either. Allan McQuinn, a research analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, shares the latest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.