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They have been a separate entity around the Pentagon for less than five years, taking on a variety of complex technical issues for different DoD groups. And their organizational structure is a lot like a Silicon Valley start-up.
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Over the years, the DoD has been at the vanguard of ethical hacking and bug bounty programs, where the good guys find cybersecurity flaws in their systems and let them know.
The latest ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline has some panicked Americans hoarding gasoline in plastic bags, leaving many to wonder how vulnerable U.S. companies and government entities are.
Alex Rice, the co-founder and chief technology officer at HackerOne, said over the last five years, DoD has identified more than 10,000 vulnerabilities through bug bounty and other similar programs.
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Space Force finds multiple paths to training its guardians
As space fills its ranks with cyber and satellite specialists, it has to build out its training abilities.
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Should feds even have TikTok on their personal devices?
Banned on federal devices, is TikTok even safe to use on personal devices of federal employees?
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CISA establishing ‘systemically important entities’ office
CISA is working to identify a subset of critical infrastructure that underpin the economy, national security and public health and safety.
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Lawmakers take aim at changing how agencies buy software
In today’s Federal Newscast: Raising duplication issues, lawmakers takes aim at changing how agencies buy software. Firms that get CHIPS Act money might need to avoid expanding their operations to places like China and Russia. And senators are trying again to create a reserve force of civilian cyber workers.
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Federal agencies need to build an effective foundation for climate intelligence. Here’s how
In part 1 of this commentary, Prachi Sukhatankar discusses the need for federal agencies to build a climate intelligence foundation, along with the benefits and challenges of such an undertaking.
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Nuclear power could be of some use in space as well
A new project has NASA and DARPA seeing how effective nuclear power could be in space.
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IQT president discusses tech leadership
Steve Bowsher, president of In-Q-Tel joins host Aileen Black on this week’s Leaders and Legends to discuss the leadership traits of a successful tech founder.
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If agencies let cyber employees temporarily leave their jobs, will it keep them on staff longer?
Agencies have new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management to implement a federal rotational cyber workforce program, which will officially launch this November.
