The FCC becomes the latest agency to fully move to the more secure protocol. NIST's scorecard shows agency progress over the last decade.
A new agency could take ownership of the federal security clearance process, a former federal counterintelligence official said. The organization, called the National Investigative Service Agency, would also have a new director.
One of DoD's top cloud officials said companies should expect proposal requests from the Pentagon soon to host cloud centers on department property.
Howard Williams, the GAO’s chief information officer, said Comptroller General Gene Dodaro is asking the agency to develop a long-term road map to expand and improve its use of data analysis tools.
The Office of Personnel Management has sent notification letters to 93 percent of the 21.5 million victims impacted by the cyber breach.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is calling for the removal of the Office of Personnel Management's CIO Donna Seymour, after the agency's Office of Inspector General found that the Office of Procurement Operations mismanaged a contract it awarded for identity and credit monitoring services for early victims of the cyber breach.
It's one thing when cybersecurity hackers bring your system down. At least you can tell what's going on. But what about when malicious people inside or outside alter or erase data quietly? It's a major worry for business and government not knowing what they don't know. That's why the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has launched a project to establish standards and best practices for knowing about and responding to attacks on data integrity. For more on this project, Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked to Nate Lesser, the center's deputy director.
If you work in the IC based in or around Fort Meade, you should be involved and John Foster, vice president of Small Business for the AFCEA Central Maryland Chapter, will explain why on this edition of Ready To Prime.