Donna Dodson of NIST fills us in on the emerging research needs in cybersecurity. Dan Helfrich of Deloitte talks about the newly released report on leadership. ...
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All day Thursday and Friday, a diverse group of engineering and IT experts are gathering together to explore emerging research needs for cybersecurity in cyber-physical systems. The two-day workshop is sponsored by the Cyber Security Research Alliance and National Institute of Standards and Technology. Donna Dodson is division chief of the Computer Security Division and the acting chief cybersecurity Advisor at NIST.
If you suspect your employees are grumbling behind your back, you might be right. A new analysis shows more feds think their leaders have room for improvement. Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service have issued a report based on the most recent Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
Remember when defense contractors were threatening to layoff employees because sequestration would be so tough on them? Turns out the budget cuts haven’t been too bad, so far. Defense contracting actually shot up last month. What’s going on? For some answers we turn to Bloomberg Government defense reporter Nick Taborek.
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