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A rather nasty advanced persistent threat group known as “Naikon” targets governments and commercial interests in South, Southeast Asia and the South China Sea. Now, a team of researchers from two companies, Threat Connect and The Defense Group, has analyzed five years of Naikon activity. They think they've identified the individual behind the malware. Rich Barger is chief intelligence officer at ThreatConnect. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin now with the highlights from Project CameraShy.
September 25, 2015 -
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When the military needs to send covert messages over its wireless networks, it cloaks the transmissions in virtual "noise" or chatter. This method hides secret communications effectively, but also consumes a lot of bandwidth, which limits message size and speed. Syed Ali Jafar is a research professor at the University of California Irvine. He's been working on a way to make military wireless networks larger, faster and able to accommodate more users, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research.
September 25, 2015 -
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The Defense Information Systems Agency’s cyber defense headquarters says it's been involved in seven named operations since its establishment in January. Now the Joint Force DODIN is taking some of the operational pressure off of U.S. Cyber Command. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione tells Francis Rose more about DODIN and why its involvement in seven operations matters.
September 25, 2015 -
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Maybe not at the state dinner, but President Obama could put Chinese President Xi Jinping on the defensive with a simple question. “So, how’s Ge Xing these days?” Ge Xing is an obscure officer in…
September 25, 2015 -
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A blue-ribbon commission's review of the Mitre Corporation's audit of the Department of Veterans Affairs says if the agency doesn't push for sweeping reforms with Congress' help, the VA can expect more of the same scandals that put it under the microscope in 2014.
September 24, 2015 -
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Data protection using encryption won't buy much unless you design it correctly. Like, keeping the keys away from the encrypted data. It's all in NIST publication 800-57. Look it up.
September 24, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region's government contractors. The awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, celebrate high achievers. Between now and Nov. 5, Federal News Radio is interviewing the finalists for this year's awards. Greg Baroni is the chairman and CEO of Attain, which is a finalist for this year's GovCon Contractor of the Year award in the $25-to-$75 million in sales category. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on his nomination.
September 24, 2015 -
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Encryption has been around almost as long as the ability to count. Yet it remains a difficult technology for CIOs to implement. Robert Bigman spent 30 years in the CIA, including 15 as its chief information security officer. Now he's an independent cyber security consultant and president of 2 B Secure. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some practical advice for approaching encryption.
September 24, 2015 -
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Defense Department components are under orders to set up their own hubs to monitor their employees for signs of insider threats and respond if necessary. The Defense Intelligence Agency is one of the first DoD organizations to get its hub up and running. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, DIA started by asking whether its insider threat program could actually offer anything new
September 24, 2015 -
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Agency inspectors general face a head-spinning rate of change in how they do their oversight work. That's from the Association of Government Accountants, which issued its third annual survey of federal IGs. Auditors said they're struggling to keep up with all the new requirements they face. David Zavada is the director of the IG survey for AGA, and a partner with Kearney & Company. He tells executive editor Jason Miller why IGs are struggling to keep up.
September 24, 2015 -
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The upcoming presidential transition could easily derail some agency-level federal customer experience improvement efforts. And that means customer experience professionals should start preparing for the change now. Rick Parrish is a senior analyst at Forrester Research, and has authored a guide with 14 tips to start prepping.
September 23, 2015 -
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The Office of Management and Budget tells agencies to get their shutdown plans ready. Congress has less than a week now to come up with some sort of budget deal before the fiscal year ends. And there's still no immediate plan from congressional leadership to vote on a short-term, clean continuing resolution. As the deadline gets closer, agencies and contractors are thinking about the lessons they learned back in 2013 to help them prepare. Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko tells In Depth with Francis Rose why there's still some optimism that agencies won't have to implement those shutdown plans.
September 23, 2015 -
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The Defense Department is fighting gender bias in the military and department workplaces by approving "lean-in" group meetings before, during and after work hours. Lean In is a nonprofit started by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. The organization closes the leadership gap for women in the workplace by opening dialogue between colleagues. The groups are open to men and women. Lean In says it has more than 24,000 groups in 120 countries. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with Sandberg and 12 female service members and DoD employees to talk about challenges women face in the workplace. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione discusses with participants how these Lean In groups are helping.
September 23, 2015 -
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When scandals over scheduling and poor health care reached a boiling point in 2014, Congress acted. One of its mandates in the Veterans Affairs reform bill was a top-to-bottom review of VA's organizational set-up and whether it was optimal for delivering health care consistently. That task fell to the non-profit Mitre Corporation. After it completed that work, Mitre convened a blue-ribbon commission to review its findings. Gail Wilensky was a co-chair of the commission. On the Federal Drive with Tom Temin, she describes the scope of the commission's work, and by extension, how deeply Mitre dove in the VA.
September 23, 2015
