Cybersecurity
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The so-called insider threat remains a potent one for cybersecurity practitioners. But old fashioned outside hackers have been raising their capabilities. Now they're the biggest threat to governments at all levels.
February 04, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, immigration judges would no longer be part of the Justice Department, if a bill introduced in the House passes.
February 04, 2022 -
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is moving to the CIO's office, while Katie Arrington's former role is being disestablished.
February 03, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, most federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors have less than two months to certify that they are meeting their requirement to develop and maintain annual affirmative action programs.
February 03, 2022 -
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said the final zero trust strategy gives the federal government an opportunity to lead the conversation for how best to improve cybersecurity.
February 03, 2022 -
A new report says the Office of the National Cyber Director should lead a government-wide cybersecurity workforce strategy.
February 03, 2022 -
The name SolarWinds has become synonymous with a scary cybersecurity crisis. It's one of at least two widescale breaches to which the government had to respond. The other is when hackers showed they could get into and take over Microsoft Exchange Server. The Government Accountability Office took a look at the federal response to these two incidents.
February 02, 2022 -
Katie Arrington, the former top cyber official in DoD’s office of acquisition and sustainment, gained new information as part of a lawsuit, her attorney said.
February 02, 2022 -
Bob Stevens of GitLab joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the entire process of the software development life cycle and provide guidelines on ways to incorporate testing in all aspects of project completion.
February 01, 2022 -
Paul Cunningham, the chief information security officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is retiring at the end of February.
January 31, 2022 -
The White House revised cybersecurity metrics for agencies this year, with a major focus on multifactor authentication, security testing, and cyber workforce.
January 31, 2022 -
The State Department dealt with a major email outage Thursday morning, but as of Friday had all its capabilities back online.
January 27, 2022 -
The award to Booz Allen Hamilton will be used to start testing a prototype of DoD's zero trust security model, which the agency calls "Thunderdome."
January 26, 2022 -
The federal cybersecurity workforce is less diverse than the rest of the federal government, and a unique series of challenges make it harder for agencies to show progress.
January 25, 2022 -
The White House’s forthcoming zero trust strategy gives agencies a chance to overhaul how employees and citizens access federal systems.
January 25, 2022
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