AFCEA NoVa

• Leaders at Navy’s innovation ‘super-connector’ give advice for getting in the door

  Leaders from NavalX gave advice for pitching to the Department of the Navy and discussed how to connect smaller players to innovation hubs during a recent webinar.

  Navy

  August 25, 2020
• NGA, NRO managing cyber risk through more data-driven, collaborative approaches

  Deputy chief information security officers at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office say they are in the middle of expanding and maturing their approaches to cybersecurity.

  Ask the CIO

  April 24, 2020
• DoD warns vendors about fake third-party CMMC certifiers

  Stacy Bostjanick, the director of the CMMC policy office in the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, said the first set of third-party assessment organizations should be in place by late summer in preparation for the first set of procurements requiring the cyber standards this fall.

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 24, 2020
• To keep cyber workers, Army opens up its wallet

  The Army has used authorities from Congress to pay bonuses to service members with specific cyber skills and it now is looking for ways to incentivize civilian workers to stay.

  Reporter's Notebook

  January 28, 2020
• The big data challenge getting smaller for Army, Air Force as CDOs mature

  Greg Garcia, the deputy CIO and chief data officer for the Army, and Eileen Vidrine, the Air Force’s CDO, are finding ways to increase the value of data that is leading to better decisions and cost savings.

  Ask the CIO

  January 24, 2020
• DoD using 14 entities as JEDI pathfinders as contract gets underway

  DoD will use U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Transportation Command to test its new cloud.

  Defense

  December 12, 2019
• For the FBI, data is both a blessing and a curse

  Gordon Bitko, the chief information officer of the FBI, said the bureau is relaying on a combination of tools, training and shared services to better manage data.

  Ask the CIO

  April 19, 2019
• DISA’s plan to replace CAC to come together this year

  Alfred Rivera, DISA’s director of the Development and Business Center, said the agency is moving toward multi-factor authentication, including biometrics and other “patterns of life” type of technologies.

  Reporter's Notebook

  April 24, 2017
• DoD to begin rollout of cloud-based joint network

  The Pentagon will begin testing cloud-based joint networking environment in Europe this summer. Effort aims to eliminate seams between service-and-mission-specific networks.

  All News

  May 04, 2012
• Army opens networks to Facebook, other social network sites

  Soldiers at domestic U.S. Army bases get access to Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. Top Army IT chief says order is part of an effort to provide more consistent management of networks across all Army facilities.

  Technology

  June 15, 2009