Following his induction into the 2024 class of Cyber Defenders, we were delighted to catch up with Gregory Garrett, who is chief operating officer at government tech provider REI Systems, for his look at the promising future that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can bring to improve cybersecurity, as well as the need to approach AI with a measure of caution for risks the technology can introduce. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is calling on industry to join its new Digital Authorization Package pilot – launched on Wednesday – and to submit public comments on the many changes coming to FedRAMP. […]
Senior intelligence officials this week highlighted the increasing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in improving situational awareness, but also underscored the need to thoroughly assess potential risks and limitations before fully embracing AI tech. […]
Defense Department (DoD) leaders called on U.S. allies this week for a collective push to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and improve space capabilities to tackle future security challenges. […]
The U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), announced today it has signed first-of-their-kind research and testing agreements with Anthropic and OpenAI – a key step in allowing the government to access and assess the companies’ latest AI models. […]
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb said this week that the Defense Department’s (DoD) ability to respond quickly to threats in space is critical to create credible deterrence against potential attacks. […]
Federal officials said this week that international collaboration and better sharing of actionable security guidance are needed to help meet the challenge of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks from China and other adversaries who are making the ability to attack critical infrastructure industries part of their military strategies. […]
When the Office of Commercial Space Transportation was established at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1984, it took the agency five years to commission its first mission. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has extended the deadline for vendors to submit their proposals for the Alliant 3 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) from Oct. 28 of this year to Jan. 10, 2025. […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is establishing five new technology accelerator centers that it says will facilitate commercialization and scaling of emerging defense technologies. […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Aug. 27 that it’s moving its application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) – which provides monthly payments to people with disabilities and older adults with little to no income and resources – online starting in December. […]
Intelligence officials across the Federal government are raising concerns about the escalating challenges and implications of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly regarding data authenticity. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a new vulnerability to its known exploited vulnerability catalog following a warning last week from Lumen Technologies that Chinese state-sponsored threat actor Volt Typhoon is actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in network management platform Versa Director. […]
The Department of the Air Force has appointed Col. Bryan Sparkman as the service’s new deputy chief data and AI officer (CDAO). […]
The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is planning to launch a new sprint this fall to focus on bringing more cybersecurity talent into the Federal government to help fill about 3,000 open technology positions. […]
The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) announced during its quarterly meeting today that the group plans to study the government’s national preparedness for its transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). […]
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines today announced plans for an expansion of the public-private analytic engagement program (AEP), marking a significant upgrade in government and industry partnerships within the intelligence community. […]
The Department of Commerce (DoC) announced today it has reached a preliminary agreement with HP Inc. for up to $50 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the expansion of HP’s existing semiconductor facility in Corvallis, Ore. […]
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is seeking generative artificial intelligence technologies to help the military with planning processes, according to an Aug. 23 solicitation to industry. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has appointed Pete Waterman as the program’s new director. […]
The Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) policy has evolved to meet the security demands of multi-cloud environments and mobile end users. However, many agencies need to fully capitalize on the potential of TIC 3.0 and modern Zero Trust and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)-based security frameworks. […]
The Biden administration announced it will reactivate a government website that will allow Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests at the end of September. […]
The Department of the Navy’s Neptune Cloud Management Office (CMO) launched its first mission owner into the new Flank Speed Azure IL6 cloud environment, and they’re already prepping a second mission owner for takeoff, according to an Aug. 22 announcement on LinkedIn. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has surpassed the $1 billion milestone on its $9 billion multi-vendor cloud contract, with over 65 task orders distributed to a variety of U.S. defense organizations, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced last week. […]
Jon Kosloski will serve as the next director of the Defense Department’s (DoD) All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the Pentagon said in an Aug. 26 release. […]
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has officially set a Dec. 16 deadline for Federal agencies to submit annual inventories of their AI use cases. […]
The FBI’s inventory management and disposition procedures for its electronic storage media – including sensitive and classified data – have raised concerns at the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). […]
The U.S. Army has announced it is officially merging the follow-on acquisitions to the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3-Services (ITES-3S) contracts into a single $50 billion, 10-year acquisition vehicle. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Georgia Tech Research Corp. (GTRC), asserting that they failed to “develop and implement a system security plan” as required by their contracts with the DoD. […]
Zscaler Federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Ryan McArthur detailed how the cloud security company is helping the U.S. military deploy zero trust at the operational edge during AFCEA International’s TechNet Augusta 2024. […]