Pace of IT modernization accelerated as 2017 saw new technologies, new threats

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Pace of IT modernization accelerated as 2017 saw new technologies, new threats

From Blockchain to cloud computing, agencies began working together to develop a digital road map to keep up with the ever-changing world of IT and mitigate threats...

Steff Thomas

December 27, 2017 11:30 am

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6: Beyond passwords: NIST explores new digital identity management

At the beginning of 2017, the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace began questioning whether fingerprints were better than passwords when securing government systems. The issue? A password is a secret but fingerprints are left on everything. Read the full story.

Steff Thomas

Steff Thomas is a digital editor at Federal News Network.

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