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Although there’s some disagreement over when agencies will actually start benefitting from them, many agencies are currently laying the foundation to start using SBOMs.
Read moreChris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said the focus on securing commercial software comes from the cyber executive order.
As federal agencies and contractors come to grips with the burden of protecting their software supply chain, understanding who had a hand in the development of their software products has taken on increasing importance. It comes down to pedigree. Where did your software come from? Was it domestic or international? Who had a hand in developing it?
In the federal software world, supply chains are often extensive. How can an agency ensure its risk assessments can adequately gauge potential threats? The Federal Drive’s Tom Temin asks just that of RiskRecon cyber expert John Ehret.
The recent Crowdstrike outage has shown everything that can go wrong when doing a simple update.
Drew Mykelgard, the deputy federal chief information officer at OMB, said the updated FedRAMP policy pushes for more automation, reciprocity.
Space Hour host Eric White spoke to Dylan Powell, Lead Strategist for Weather and Earth Science at Lockheed Martin.
The IT challenges come as multiple agencies have been forced to close their offices for hours or even a full day due to a shortage of federal security guards.
The IRS is managing hundreds of legacy HR IT systems with thousands of workflows, but deferred upgrading these systems when the agency faced budget cuts.
Opting for career SES officials or appointees who don’t need Senate confirmation may be the most effective way to minimize persistent leadership vacancies.
Brandon Wales is the second senior leader to depart CISA in recent months. He led many of CISA’s internal and external initiatives over the last three years.
New research from NASA shows that the building blocks of life beyond Earth may not be hard to find were we ever to send a probe to do some digging around.