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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a controlled study that shows video surveillance systems still need a lot of work. NIST computer scientist Patrick Grother shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
DJ Kachman, the Veterans Affairs’ director of mobile and security technology transformation lead in the Office of Information and Technology, said the agency will pilot derived credentials later this year.
The Office of Management and Budget is developing a new IT capital planning policy that would help agencies measure, manage and budget IT investments. Training is another key component of OMB's strategy during the transition year, as it also will help agencies overcome cybersecurity recruitment and procurement challenges.
In the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act, Congress told NIST to take a deep dive into how agencies understand and use the special publications and Federal Information Processing Standards for cybersecurity that it produces.
The Defense Department has carved a bug bounty path that civilian agencies can follow on their own, as long as they don't try to compare their results to the same level as DoD.
Cybersecurity experts from federal agencies and industry say the best defense starts with basic "blocking and tackling," and then a layer of ad lib to throw off hackers who are reading from the same cyber defense cookbooks.
Recruiting and hiring cybersecurity talent has long been an uphill battle for the federal government, but the National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to make sure that President Donald Trump's 90-day hiring freeze won't make the problem worse.
No agency is fully immune from possible cyber attacks, despite how strong defenses may be. Murugiah Souppaya, computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, spoke on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his company's recently released guide for cybersecurity event recovery.
Maria Horton, CEO of EmeSEc, explains why having a strong cyber incident response plan is critical to your organization’s success.
Sicher Consulting president Alex Grohmann, Deloitte's John Dyson and Think Forward Consulting president Brian Gay join host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how to improve the cybersecurity framework for the federal government. January 10, 2017
The Office of Management and Budget issued two more memos, focusing on personal data breach response requirements and industry and vendor communications.
The Office of Personnel Management published updated instructions for agencies to assign revised standard codes to their cybersecurity positions. It's one of several recent steps the administration has taken to implement the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act, which Congress passed at the end of 2015.
Are fingerprints better than passwords for securing government systems? That's what the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is trying to determine.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology gives a holiday gift to agencies and organizations in a how-to guide for recovering from a cyber attack.