In light of the proliferation of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, the Government Accountably Office (GAO) has added one new priority recommendation – to help regulate “blockchain-related risks” – to its list of recommendations for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). […]
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has elevated Adarryl Roberts from program executive officer to chief information officer, according to a LinkedIn post August 6. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is looking to utilize AI capabilities to keep Americans safe from cyber threats and bolster the nation’s cyber defense, CISA Director Jen Easterly said this week. […]
President Biden signed an executive order on August 9 that will give the Treasury Department the ability to block private-sector U.S. investments in China that involve hot-button technologies including artificial intelligence, quantum information science, and semiconductors and microelectronics. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has assumed responsibility for the management and operations of the SharkSeer cyber defense tool previously managed by the National Security Agency (NSA), the agency announced on Monday. […]
The U.S. Army is currently looking to integrate its tactical networks with its enterprise cloud systems, something that a top Army official this week said is “really challenging” to do. […]
The National Finance Center (NFC) – a Federal shared service provider of payroll, human resources, and retirement services to more than 650,000 government employees – is suffering from a range of operational problems including woefully outdated IT infrastructure, and is “at risk without prompt action,” according to a report released this week by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) efforts to move from a highly networked legacy environment to a data-driven environment require a careful balance between modernizing network systems and meeting mission requirements, a senior Pentagon technology official explained this week. […]
The Biden-Harris administration is launching a two-year competition that will leverage AI to protect the United States’ most important software – such as code that helps run the internet and critical infrastructure – senior White House officials announced at the opening of the Black Hat USA Conference in Las Vegas today. […]
The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has hired Daniel Ragsdale to serve as its deputy assistant director for workforce and education to help spearhead implementation of the White House’s brand-new National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is asking for public feedback on the draft version of a major update to its voluntary Cybersecurity Framework, which has become something close to a de facto baseline standard for security efforts in government and the private sector since it was launched in 2014 as a guide for critical infrastructure sectors. […]
How do you attack two big challenges for Federal agencies under the President’s Management Agenda – improving both customer experience and cybersecurity – with just one set of pilot projects focused on better device management? A good person to ask for advice on that front is Dr. Kelly Fletcher, who took over as State Department […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is looking for insight from the private sector on the agency’s plans to develop a cloud-based data and analytics platform to replace its legacy data system. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has launched a new cloud capability available outside of the contiguous United States and is on the cusp of releasing further cloud capabilities, according to a DISA official. […]
It’s no longer a question of whether Federal agencies should implement a zero trust model for cybersecurity, but what methods they should implement to get to that goal. […]
“Ensuring cybersecurity” remains at the top of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) list of priorities issued annually by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for the fifth year in a row. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is delaying the rollout of its Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Provider Suite (ECLIPS), with plans to conduct a follow-up industry engagement event in October or November to discuss the status of the project. […]
Alexis Bonnell, who late last month became the Air Force Research Laboratory’s first chief information officer and director of its new Digital Capabilities Directorate, is viewing her new duties with a “bias to action … that lets me take risk, be curious, and lean in.” […]
Cybersecurity technology provider CrowdStrike said in a report issued today that its Falcon OverWatch managed threat hunting unit saw a 40 percent year-over-year jump in “observed interaction intrusion volumes” for the year ended June 30. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted last week to launch a notice of inquiry to better understand non-Federal spectrum usage and identify new data sources and emerging technologies – such as AI – to accomplish that task in a cost-effective way. […]
Faced with increasing cyberattacks on K-12 schools, the Biden-Harris administration today unveiled several government actions to help bolster their cyber defenses, along with numerous commitments from private-sector organizations that aim for the same result. […]
The White House is calling on Federal agencies to “aggressively execute” plans for Federal employees to spend more time in the office this fall after years of working from home, according to an email sent Friday by White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and obtained by MeriTalk. […]
A new report from tech security provider BlackBerry finds a 40 percent in cyberattacks targeting government agencies and public services organizations during the three months ended in May 2023. […]
The deadline for the final draft by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Council on a ruling to consolidate cybersecurity supply chain risk management requirements is approaching soon. The final ruling is expected to further permeate cybersecurity regulations across Federal procurement circles. […]
The Commerce Department (DOC) and the Department of Defense (DoD), signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) last week to broaden their collaboration on the production of semiconductors for U.S. defense capabilities. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlined some of the leading practices that private sector organizations are using to create a range of “cyber-physical” products, and pointed to how government acquisition officials can learn from those practices to help frame changes in their own acquisition processes. […]
The White House late last week announced its latest step to leverage the Federal government’s procurement power to advance American innovation and build sustainable Federal supply chains. […]
In a new interview with MeriTalk, Brandon Iske, a principal solutions architect at identity platform provider Okta, and Bill Wells, a senior solutions architect at cloud provider Amazon Web Services (AWS), evaluate the successes and challenges that agencies are experiencing as they implement required identity protections and offer advice and best practices for agencies as they continue to plan and implement components of their zero trust architectures. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today debuted its cyber plan for the next three years, noting that the agency’s planning document builds on the White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy released earlier this year. […]
The Pentagon’s top technology official is pushing defense agencies and components to use the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract for all future cloud acquisitions and top-secret cloud capabilities. […]