Later this month, the Navy is launching the USS Secure effort to ensure disparate networks and systems on board ships are protected from hacks or computer viruses. Adm. Lorin Selby, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, fills in executive editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Anne Rung, the administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and Tony Scott, the federal chief information officer, sent a memo to all CFO Act agencies detailing the requirements for the new labs as well as announcing a pilot to expand the use of digital acquisition capabilities across the government.
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is scheduled to certify the Automated Indicator Sharing initiative on March 16, which provides a central location for cyber data and a way to share it across agencies and industry.
Sean McAfee, the deputy director of the National Cybersecurity Assessment and Technical Services, will lead the cyber operations part of the Homeland Security Department’s new Silicon Valley office, where he will work with companies to find innovations that the government can test and scale across all agencies as soon as possible.
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson defended his agency's $40.6 billion fiscal 2017 budget, telling a congressional committee that cybersecurity funding would help hiring efforts.
Nearly half of the firms approved by the Internal Revenue Service to provide free online tax filing services have received a failing grade from a cybersecurity watchdog organization.
Mark Schwartz, CIO of Citizenship and Immigration Services, pioneers new approaches to agile development.
Mav Turner, director of Product Strategy at SolarWinds, joins host John Gilroy on Federal Tech Talk to discuss network management and a survey on the federal cybersecurity landscape. March 8, 2016