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The National Institute of Standards and Technology senior fellow Ron Ross said keeping things simple lets agencies protect their systems against cyber threats without spending a lot of money. NIST is publishing guides to help agencies make cost-conscious cybersecurity decisions.
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New department chief information officer is finding her way with the federal government, while making improvements across Treasury. She says the agency will implement ITIL and collaboration software. August 25, 2011(Encore presentation October 27, 2011)
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CIO.com reports a security company was able to reverse-engineer a Microsoft patch and launch a denial-of-service attack on Windows DNS Server.
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Robert Shea, a principal at Grant Thornton and the former Associate Director for the Office of Management and Budget, explains how agencies can take advantage of Performance.gov.
August 25, 2011 -
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The Xinhua News Agency characterized the Pentagon\'s annual assessment of China\'s military capabilities — reporting that Beijing is building a modern, regionally focused military — as scaremongering. China maintains that its military posture is entirely defensive.
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Greg Schaffer, the acting deputy undersecretary of the Homeland Security Department\'s National Protection and Programs Directorate, joined the Federal Drive to discuss what changes have been made to the nation\'s communications systems after 9/11.
August 25, 2011 -
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Thousands of office workers didn\'t have to deal with road construction and confusion about building closures after Tuesday\'s earthquake in Washington — because they telecommute. Agencies with robust telework policies largely avoided the chaos. But others have been slow to implement the new policies required by the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010.
August 25, 2011 -
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The Veterans Affairs Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are testing how employees\' personal mobile devices would work on their networks. VA plans to start letting its workers use their smartphones on its network in October. CDC is focusing letting employees access only non-sensitive data.
August 25, 2011 -
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A hacker broke into Allianceforbiz.com, and stole information on 20,000 people, many of them federal employees and contractors.
August 24, 2011 -
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Speaking at a MeriTalk event, Tony Sager, chief operations officer of the information assurance directorate at the National Security Agency, said compliance is misaligned with technology.
August 24, 2011 -
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Jonathan Lasher, assistant Inspector General for External Relations at the SSA, outlines the recommendations the report made to SSA to improve online customer service.
August 24, 2011 -
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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that during the recent Black Hat conference, a cybersecurity researcher demonstrated how he could hack his own insulin pump, and disable it
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The Army has begun moving users of DoD\'s secret IP network to a more secure, two-factor PKI authentication system. It\'s one of several measures the service says it\'s taking to better use trusted identities on DoD networks.
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Each service will have a board to approve technology buys. The Department of the Navy CIO established the level for sign-off at $1 million, but the Navy and Marine Corps set their thresholds much lower. The goal is to gain more control than ever over IT purchases in order to reduce the technology budget by 25 percent over the next five years.
August 24, 2011
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