Risk Management Framework

DoD seeks better integration between cyber risks, operations

The Defense Department released a new version of its risk management framework in July with four new focus areas to improve how the agency manages its…

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DHS, DoD publish 5G security guidance to help agencies think through key ATO process

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 10, 2009) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ryan Allshouse uses the intrusion detection system to monitor unclassified network activity from the automated data processing workspace aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). IDS is part of the integrated shipboard network system and serves as an important computer network defense enabler protecting the unclassified shipboard network from cyber attack. (U.S. Navy photo by Rick Naystatt/Released)

Navy plans to become ‘cyber ready’ by ditching compliance-obsessed ATO processes

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DLA, civilian agency leaders explain what supply chain management means to them

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Navy reforming its IT security processes to approve new systems in a day

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FILE - In this Jan.23 2018 file photo, a French solider watches code lines on his computer at the French Defense ministry stand during the International Cybersecurity forum in Lille, northern France. Police in Europe and North America have seized servers and data from Islamic State propaganda outlets in a multi-country operation aimed at tracking down radicals and crimping the group's ability to spread its violent message. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

Army’s Project Sentinel aims to fix cyber authorization bottlenecks

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Air Force joins growing list of agencies paving a new cyber-approval path

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Six ways the CIO is supporting the Army’s new AI task force

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Air Force to release new ‘fast-track’ cyber approval process

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VA must show sustained progress with cybersecurity for auditors to give their seal of approval

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Closing the gaps between cyber risk assessment mechanisms

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Simplify, innovate, automate: NIST’s keys to IT modernization

NIST plans to soon update some of its publications, including its risk management framework, to reflect these priorities.

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In upcoming pilot, Navy to test delivery of new IT capabilities to ships within 24 hours

The Navy will test a new architecture that relies on web services and shared IT infrastructure in a combination of ashore and afloat clouds.

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CYBERCOM expects ‘initial understanding’ of cyber risks by spring

Cybersecurity

Three years after coming into existence, the cyber defense arm of U.S. Cyber Command says it will reach phase one of an order aimed at shoring up vulnerabilities across the Defense Department this spring.