National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Recommendations attempt to raise acquisition, cyber consciousness

  GSA and DoD release six suggestions for how to better integrate cybersecurity in the acquisition progress. The recommendations are one of the deliverables under the cyber Executive Order President Obama signed last February. GSA will release a RFI in the coming weeks to let industry and others comment on how best to begin implementation.

  Defense

  January 30, 2014
• Agencies settling in on better privacy controls

  More agencies are recognizing the growing importance of keeping data private after recent information leaks and cyber breaches. The Federal Trade Commission is among the agencies at the head of the pack and is relying on best practices.

  Technology

  January 29, 2014
• The economy and cybersecurity

  On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will discuss democrat and republican plans to spur job growth, and why some companies are lagging behind in implementing the cybersecurity framework. January 16, 2014

  Budget

  January 16, 2014
• Risk, cyber and physical security

  On this week's Capital Impact show, Liberty Group Ventures President Kiersten Todt will discuss how corporations and the general public are handling the rollout of the cybersecurity framework. January 2, 2014

  Technology

  January 02, 2014
• Agencies eager to understand benefits of cloud credential exchange

  The Postal Service will kick off its pilot to provide identity management services in the cloud in early 2014. The IRS and DHS also are pursuing complimentary initiatives to authorize and authenticate users.

  Technology

  November 15, 2013
• Risk, cyber and physical security

  On this week's Capital Impact show, Liberty Group Ventures President Kiersten Todt will discuss how corporations and the general public are handling the rollout of the cybersecurity framework. November 13, 2013

  Technology

  November 13, 2013
• Cyber workers control their future as skillsets converge

  As business practices, information technology and cybersecurity threats become more industry-agnostic, competition across and between industries for cybersecurity professionals will remain fierce, says Earl Crane, former member of the White House National Security Staff. Though professionals will be in short supply for years to come, increased mobility among industries and government will bring a leveling of common cybersecurity skills across the profession.

  Technology

  October 24, 2013
• NIST’s cyber framework moves toward implementation stage

  NIST issues the industry-developed final draft approach to help critical infrastructure providers secure their computer systems. The agency is accepting comments over the next couple of months and will issue a version 1.0 of the framework in February. Industry offered mixed reactions to the framework. Some said it's too broad while others said it provides a set of agreed upon basic cyber protections.

  Technology

  October 23, 2013
• Federal events, related services feeling trickledown effect of shutdown

  Organizations postponed several large conferences earlier this week after the government shutdown. More than 100 other events are scheduled in October in the Washington area, and could be in jeopardy if the partial closure of the government continues.

  Congress

  October 04, 2013
• NIST puts finishing touches on critical infrastructure cyber framework

  The preliminary version of the framework will be published in mid-October, followed by several months of public comment. NIST plans a final release of the voluntary framework in February.

  Technology

  September 26, 2013
• USPS chooses vendor to take identity management to the cloud

  SecureKey Technologies will build a portal in the cloud to handle the identity management process and connect one username or password or digital certificate to many services. The contract is worth $15.1 million over three years.

  Technology

  August 21, 2013
• White House details initial ideas for industry cyber incentives

  The departments of Commerce, Homeland Security and Treasury submitted suggestions to the White House on what incentives the government can offer to induce critical infrastructure providers to use the cybersecurity framework to improve their systems and networks. NIST is leading an effort to develop the framework with industry.

  Technology

  August 07, 2013
• FedRAMP, IT security, and the cloud

  Alex Grohmann and John Dyson from the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Informations Systems Security Association, join host John Gilroy to talk about what you can do to make your agency more secure. July 9, 2013

  Federal Tech Talk

  July 08, 2013
• DoD’s revised cyber policy to shift toward governmentwide standards

  Department will move away from DoD-specific approaches to cybersecurity, lean more toward informing and relying on governmentwide efforts.

  Defense

  July 08, 2013