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After years of preparing companies for stricter cybersecurity requirements, DoD is finally cracking down.
February 04, 2019 -
Among the options the Pentagon is considering: Conducting its own assessments of whether subcontractors are meeting new requirements to comply with NIST.
January 30, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, while some members of Congress are trying to make sure federal employees can get paid during a potential shutdown, don't expect every member to feel sorry for them.
December 21, 2018 -
As part of its management agenda, the Trump White House proposed to modernize the process for transferring federally funded R&D to the commercial domain. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a green paper on it.
December 17, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection issues Accenture a partial stop work order to pause its nearly 300 million dollar contract to hire more border patrol agents.
December 11, 2018 -
The Air Force believes its new streamlined ATO process will not only get systems online faster, it will deliver better security.
December 11, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is asking the Office of Special Counsel to rescind its recent memo prohibiting certain speech such as resist or impeachment.
December 10, 2018 -
The first round of public comments recently closed on NIST's draft IR 8228 “Considerations for Managing Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks." Learn more as part of Federal Monthly Insights — Security Month.
December 04, 2018 -
Ellen Sundra, the vice president of Americas systems engineering for ForeScout Technologies, said, like most cybersecurity decisions, agencies need to balance risk and reward when it comes to IoT devices.
October 24, 2018 -
George DeLisle, federal director of Varonis, outlines five steps to create a repeatable process to improve your cybersecurity.
October 24, 2018 -
Recent House votes included bills on the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Energy, while committees on natural resources have made progress on a bill to cut down on national parks maintenance.
October 03, 2018 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is spearheading an initiative to help agencies and organizations fill in the holes when it comes to implementation of data privacy protections.
October 03, 2018 -
The General Services Administration (GSA) has selected Ad Hoc and Fearless to upgrade the search.gov platform.
October 01, 2018 -
NIST wants to make sure agencies understand the added challenges of cybersecurity for IoT. That's why it's producing a new guidance document on the subject.
September 28, 2018 -
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has released fresh guidance on derived personal identity verification credentials in the an ongoing federal challenge of improving cybersecurity for people using mobile devices.
September 07, 2018