NIST

In today’s Federal Newscast, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) introduces new legislation requiring federal regulators to encourage financial institutions to work with consumers and other business impacted by a shutdown.

The fiscal 2020 budget request cuts about $300 million from NIST across most areas, including manufacturing and scientific measurements.

An exchange over a tiny NIST program takes one budget debate out of the purely political realm.

In today’s Federal Newscast, bipartisan legislation in the House would create a panel of cyber professionals to advise the Department of Homeland Security.

The Defense Department will audit contractor cybersecurity in the next year and a half, says Ellen Lord, DoD undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment.

Savvy organizations have long turned to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its detailed guidance publications on all facets of cybersecurity, and updates could be on the way.

Matt Shabat, the U.S. strategy manager for Glasswall Solutions, makes the case for how using a risk management framework can lead to real savings that agencies can use to move off legacy systems.

Ryan Cote joined the Transportation Department on Feb. 4 after spending most of his career in the private sector.

You might not wake up thinking about routing control plane anomalies, prefix hijacking and route leaks. But your agency network administrators do, or should.

Bill Becker, vice president of product management for SafeNet Assured Technologies, explains the steps agencies can take protect their information.