National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Qmulos CEO & Founder Matt Coose joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges that federal agencies face when implementing continuous compliance in a complex and ever changing world.
March 09, 2020 -
NIST computer scientist Scott Rose said the publication is meant to help generate a “conceptual framework” for agencies and cybersecurity experts to apply zero trust principles within their enterprise.
March 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies receive new ways to protect their data on contractor or non-federal systems.
February 25, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration is trying to make it easier to learn and ask questions about its relatively new beta.SAM.gov contract opportunities portal.
February 20, 2020 -
To accelerate the adoption of emerging technology, NIST has released the first draft of a privacy framework that sets an ethical foundation for data usage.
February 19, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the American Federation of Government Employees is bashing a White House proposal to cut funding and staff at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
February 14, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the departments of Commerce, Defense, Transportation and Homeland Security are on the clock to figure out how best to secure the systems that support global positioning satellites and related critical infrastructure.
February 13, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, media reports indicate that J. David Patterson is removing himself from consideration.
February 05, 2020 -
It's ironic — the more data people put online about themselves, the more worried everyone is about privacy.
February 04, 2020 -
With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification accreditation board set up, the Pentagon expects to release version 1 of the cyber standards on Friday that will kick off the effort in earnest.
January 29, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced the Bogus Bonus Ban Act to try to rein in excessive spending on unwarranted bonuses to contractors who fail to meet certain standards on federal projects.
January 24, 2020 -
The Army is starting a three-phase reform effort to tackle challenges in the Risk Management Framework, but says it's seen some major successes already.
January 24, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Congressional Budget Office says agencies will not have to cut their spending because of sequestration in fiscal 2020, bad news for budget hawks concerned about the national debt.
January 14, 2020 -
Administration officials said this set of principles marks the first “binding document” that holds agencies accountable to how they regulate the private sector’s use of AI technology.
January 07, 2020 -
Even though achieving CSF compliance can take serious consideration and time, many international players have recently begun leveraging the framework, thanks in part to new efforts from NIST.
January 03, 2020