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Federal leaders in cybersecurity are finding themselves in the position of trying to guess what the next big thing is going to be and how to prepare for it.
Senators focused on the authorities of an inspector general during the hearing for the nomination of Peggy Gustafson to IG of the Commerce Department.
Federal agencies like the Internal Revenue Service are finding that they must balance an increase in the amount of data they have to secure while providing safe access when that information is needed.
The department's Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) now has the ability to give access to users based on their job functions and attributes, not merely the person's name or employee number. Donna Roy, executive director of the Information Sharing Environment Office at DHS, said that capability is helping the department build trusted identity exchanges.
While House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) dallies with Donald Trump, some actual business is going on in Congress. In particular, two cybersecurity bills in the Senate, one from a Democrat and one from a Republican. David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation revealed five instances in which outgoing employees inadvertently downloaded information onto their personal storage devices. FDIC officials said the agency is conducting a 60-day review that includes additional employee training and the application of encryption software to help prevent future breaches.
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) wants the Obama administration to figure out when a cyber attack is considered an act of war.
With the demand for cyber skills high, the Air Force Reserve is trying to stay afloat.
Greg Garcia, the chief information officer/G6 of the Army Corps of Engineers, said the Defense Department’s mandated transition to Windows 10 is a top of mind priority, but he is balancing that with cyber, cloud and other priorities.
Agencies are swimming in data, and they're looking for ways to sift through the noise and identify the most important pieces of information to help them make meaningful decisions more quickly and accurately.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a second draft of Special Publication 800-160, a guidebook for agencies to build cybersecurity processes into their day to day operations.
The Homeland Security Department is about to roll out a new series of incentive payments to lure cyber experts from the private sector and keep them in the civil service.
The Department of Homeland Security wants private-sector companies to get under the agency's information sharing umbrella in order to better manage and mitigate cyber risks to critical infrastructure.
Stung by breaches and facing a rasher of policy mandates, federal agencies are using network upgrades as opportunities to improve cybersecurity. Lee Kelly, IT specialist and special assistant to the Environmental Protection Agency's senior information security officer, spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how the internet of things and big data are affecting EPA's network security.
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