Technology
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IT leaders in both the government and private sector recognize that the numbers and potency of cybersecurity threats are accelerating. More than 75 percent of respondents surveyed by the Aspen Institute and Intel Security said they believe a national defense force should respond to cyber attacks that damage critical infrastructure. Steve Grobman is the chief technology officer for Intel Security. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to review what else the survey found.
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Daniel Turissini, chief technology officer and chief information security officer of SolPass LLC, argues the federal government’s current approach to cybersecurity is too focused on analysis, containment and recovery, and not enough on prevention.
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee proposes moving the Chief Information Security Officer's job at the Department of Health and Human Services. A report from Republicans on the committee suggests moving the CISO job from the IT shop to the legal counsel's office. Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp explains why the legislators believe the agency would be better off with the CISO reporting to lawyers instead of IT experts.
August 10, 2015 -
Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald says most veterans don't know what Blue Button, E-Benefits or MyHealtheVet are and what each of those services can do for them. He wants his new Veterans Experience Officer -- Tom Allin -- to consolidate the department's websites into one. Phil Carter is a senior fellow and director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why simplifying everything could be an even bigger challenge for the VA.
August 10, 2015 Jim Benson, chief visionary officer of CorasCloud, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company can help your agency do more with less at reduced costs and levels of complexity. August 11, 2015
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Secretary Jeh Johnson is reorganizing the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) and elevating the role of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). He named Andy Ozment and John Felker to run the NCCIC.
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Dave Bowen, the Defense Health Agency CIO, said getting the military services to sign off on a concept of operations for health IT shared services is a huge step toward meeting an Oct. 1 deadline to reach full operational capability.
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Federal, state and local law enforcement officers no longer have to check multiple and disparate databases to ensure they aren’t stepping on each other’s toes. The concept of event deconfliction is part of the federally-led effort to improve information sharing across law enforcement entities around the country. Kshemendra Paul is the program manager of the Information Sharing Environment. In part one of their interview, he tells executive editor Jason Miller more about the effort to bring together three main law enforcement systems.
August 10, 2015
