Ross Nodurft

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Rep. Gerry Connolly’s letter to agency CIOs seeking details about their data center closure plans will help determine a new grading category for the…

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CISA provides agencies with long-awaited cloud security guidance

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Congress wants to overhaul FISMA. Agencies are already measuring security differently

Cybersecurity

The Capitol is seen as members of the House of Representatives vote on a short-term lift of the nation's debt limit and ensure the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers see ‘real opportunity’ to modernize federal cyber playbook

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Biden seeks a higher standard for federal customer experience. How well is it already working?

Management

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FILE - In this May 13, 2021, file photo, Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on unaccompanied minors at the southern border, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Portman announced earlier this year that he would not run again. The Senate primary in Ohio is still a year away, but Republican contenders already are working furiously to cast themselves as Trump's favorite in the open race. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)

Senators see room in FedRAMP bill to address supply chain security threats

Cloud Computing

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Ross Nodurft, executive director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation. Nodurft joined ADI after nearly three years as senior director of cybersecurity services at Venable. From 2015 to 2017, he served as chief of the cyber team in the White House Office of Management and Budget. He also served as a staffer in the Senate, including as senior policy advisor from 2013 through 2014 to then-Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) when she was chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee.

Former White House, Senate staffer to lead cloud-based tech group

IT Modernization

Veteran of White House, DHS steps into federal CISO role

People

Federal Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Management and Budget (CISO)

Federal CISO Schneider knew when to let the cyber cats roam, when to herd them

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Schneider leaving federal CISO role for private sector

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FedRAMP’s banner year leads to more ideas to speed up, improve the processes

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EINSTEIN and TIC never got along, and TIC 3.0 makes their break-up official

Federal cyber experts say the Homeland Security Department’s draft TIC 3.0 implementation guidance is well thought out and gives agencies the necessary…

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After a dozen years, agencies are freed from restrictive cyber policy

The Office of Management and Budget released the final TIC policy that outlines four uses cases and a series of deadlines to implement a more flexible…

Management

The witness chair in the House Judiciary Committee is expected to be without former White House Counsel Don McGahn, who was a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. President Donald Trump directed McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify but the committee's chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has threatened to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress if he doesn't appear. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate committee details cyber deficiencies at 8 agencies, but is that the whole story?

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The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations’ report on the cybersecurity at eight agencies highlights systemic problems over the last decade and offers several recommendations.