Cybersecurity
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Chris Townsend, vice president of federal for Blue Coat Systems, explains why Phase 3 of the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program run by the Homeland Security Department is a winner for agencies.
November 01, 2016 -
The National Treasury Employees Union and Office of Personnel Management are battling in court on whether or not a judge should dismiss a lawsuit against the agency, stemming from the 2015 data breach.
October 31, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management said it's notifying about 100,000 to 150,000 cyber breach victims enrolled in credit monitoring services with Winvale/CSID that their coverage will soon expire.
October 31, 2016 -
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says the Internal Revenue Service needs to work on strengthening the security of taxpayer information and employees if it wants a strong information technology program.
October 28, 2016 -
In case you haven't noticed, cybersecurity has become the top concern of federal agency IT and program people. Now a new study finds a highly robust cybersecurity services industry in the D.C. region. But the products it uses aren't made here. Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the study.
October 28, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget unveiled its guidance for IT modernization, which includes four implementation phases for agencies.
October 27, 2016 -
The time has come to split U.S. Cyber Command from the National Security Agency and assign separate leaders to each organization, the nation’s top intelligence official said Tuesday.
October 26, 2016 -
When ISC², a non-profit focused on cybersecurity education and certification, conducted a survey of chief information security officers for federal agencies, it found three major concerns that permeated the results.
October 25, 2016 InfoZen President and CEO Raj Ananthanpillai and Susan Sparks, director of Solutions Engineering, join host John Gilroy to discuss DevOps, identity management, and software development. October 25, 2016
October 24, 2016-
Some federal IT managers say there are simply too many tools in the playing field and not enough governmentwide guidance to implement them quickly and easily.
October 24, 2016 -
The Obama administration appointed a permanent chief information security officer, underscoring the importance of cybersecurity. Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked Dan Waddell, ISC Squared's North American managing director, about a detailed list of suggested priorities for the federal CISO Greg Touhill the non-profit put together.
October 24, 2016 -
How good is the Homeland Security Department's own cybersecurity? The DHS inspector general took a look as called for by the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. Sondra McCauley, assistant inspector general for IT audits, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with all the findings.
October 24, 2016 -
Interior CIO Sylvia Burns shined a brighter light on the agency’s implementation of DHS’ continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program in the wake of auditors saying the effort was "immature."
October 24, 2016 -
The Homeland Security Department and the Defense Department are among the agencies that are out in front in shifting their cyber focuses toward applications.
October 24, 2016 -
The federal government’s cybersecurity policy has reached a crossroads, and the upcoming presidential transition is an opportunity to take a long, hard look in the mirror, and decide how to move forward.
October 21, 2016
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