Technology
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Ted Girard, vice president of Delphix Federal, makes the case for data-as-a-service as a way to ease the migration to public, private or hybrid cloud services.
July 10, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management announced today that 21.5 million people were affected by the second breach of its background investigation databases. This includes 19.7 million people who applied for a background check, as well as another 1.8 million people whose personal information was included on clearance applications, such as spouses.
July 09, 2015 -
FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate and renewed his fight to allow law enforcement access to encrypted data on apps and communication devices. That’s after Apple and Google decided to offer strong encryption by default on their mobile operating systems, and as criminal and terror groups worldwide increasingly go dark by encrypting their communications. Comey wants “a secure back door,” something Paul Rosenzweig says might not be possible. He’s the founder of Red Branch Consulting and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in Homeland Security. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with his takeaways.
July 09, 2015 -
As news of a second major cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management spread, the Office of Management and Budget gave agencies a month to fix their systems. Federal CIO Tony Scott ordered agencies to take immediate and specific actions in the so-called 30-day sprint. Now, those 30 days are almost up. Ralph Khan is vice president of Federal at Tanium. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to assess whether these measures have had any effect.
July 09, 2015 -
The National Treasury Employees Union announced Wednesday it was suing OPM, saying the agency violated the constitutional rights of union members.
July 08, 2015 A second federal employee union is suing the Office of Personnel Management over the two recent cybersecurity breaches. The National Treasury Employee Union files a lawsuit in federal court today. NTEU says OPM violated its members' constitutional rights by not protecting their personal and private information. Colleen Kelley is the union's national president. She explains her union's decision to take OPM to court.
July 08, 2015The rise of the chief data officer across government comes from new opportunities and holes in the federal technology space. Chief information officers spend a majority of their time on infrastructure issues. And chief technology officers focus on the next IT innovation agencies can take advantage of. DJ Patil is the White House’s chief data scientist. In part two of his special report, Deconstructing the CDO, Patil tells Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller how chief data officers are filling in the gap between CIOs and CTOs.
July 08, 2015-
The Homeland Security Department is rushing to give civilian agencies tools to share information about cybersecurity threats nearly as they happen, Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday.
July 08, 2015
