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. […]
By Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-Founder of Keeper Security Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) offers innovative applications that could help the federal government adapt to changing times. Some use cases are experimental, exploring new ideas, while others are already delivering positive results by enhancing human effort for difficult projects. GenAI also has the potential to streamline tedious, […]
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. […]
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. […]
The Federal Chief Information Security Officer Council (CISO) and Chief Data Officer (CDO) Council are poised to unveil a new data security framework in the coming weeks with the aim of improving data protection across government agencies. […]
The Federal Data Strategy brought to the fore an issue that is critical to government technology missions – the urgent need to know what employees can do. Only by gaining accurate and timely knowledge of employee skill sets can Federal agencies fully accomplish their increasingly complex missions and better serve the public. In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Tony Holmes, public sector practice lead for solutions architects at Pluralsight, discusses how Federal organizations can gain this vital knowledge of employee skills in a workplace increasingly transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. […]
The Deputy Commanding General for the U.S. Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps, Brig. Gen. John Cogbill, on Wednesday detailed the command’s effort to become “the Army’s first AI-enabled corps” – a directive given to the unit in 2020 under former Commander Gen. Michael Kurilla. […]
The U.S. Army has released details on its plans for a significantly larger – up to $10 billion from the previous figure of about $1 billion – multiple-award software development support services contract competition, according to an updated request for information (RFI) issued on Aug. 16. […]
U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are pointing the finger at Iran and Russia for what they say are ongoing attempts to conduct “cyber operations” including phishing attacks against U.S. presidential campaigns and people associated with them. […]
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) announced today that its inaugural chief technology officer (CTO) Bill Streilein is transitioning back to academia. […]
By: Dr. Matthew McFadden, Vice President of Cyber, GDIT The cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly with last week’s release of new post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These algorithms mark a critical step forward in preparing for the post-quantum era, providing a roadmap for agencies to begin their […]
A top official within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) said today that the VA is taking a more “cautious” approach when it comes to veteran-facing AI and is instead leveraging the tool internally to empower employees helping veterans. […]
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Marco Rubio, R-Fl. – leaders of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence – renewed their call this week to bolster cybersecurity in the U.S. presidential election process following a Microsoft report warning of foreign adversaries’ plans to influence this year’s election. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is looking for members and organizations in the scientific and technical communities to propose research and development projects that support national security, according to a recent announcement. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) announced this week that it is moving away from defining different tiers of authorizations and toward one designation of “FedRAMP Authorized.” […]
Select Federal financial regulatory agencies will be able to experiment with the use of artificial intelligence tools if a newly introduced bipartisan, bicameral bill is passed. […]
Funding for high-speed internet initiatives received by Federal agencies totaled $64.3 billion with an additional $11.4 billion in infrastructure contracts during fiscal year (FY) 2022, according to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) 2023 Federal Broadband Funding Report. […]
A bipartisan pair of senators today announced their plan to introduce companion legislation to strengthen Federal cybersecurity by requiring government contractors to implement vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs). […]
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it has executed on $969 million in task orders on its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) cloud services contract vehicle and currently has 75 packages in the process for award. […]
A recent report from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finds that Federal agencies will need approximately $7.1 billion to transition their prioritized information systems to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) between 2025 and 2035. […]
The chief information officer (CIO) within the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) said today that the Defense Department’s (DoD) Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE) series is working towards demonstrating “the ultimate example” of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) by the end of 2025. […]
Two of the biggest threats to the smooth functioning of the upcoming U.S. elections stem from potential misuse of artificial intelligence technologies along with ongoing efforts by foreign adversaries to sow distrust and confusion about election processes. […]
In response to a probe from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to release a national cybersecurity strategy for the water sector in January 2025. […]
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted on Wednesday to approve the bipartisan Future of AI Innovation Act that would provide congressional authorization for the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), among numerous other provisions. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) newly formed AI Safety Institute (AISI) released its first set of draft guidance last week, offering best practices for developers of AI foundation models to manage the risks that their models will be deliberately misused to cause harm. […]
American intelligence officials said this week that among major foreign adversaries Russia is doing the most to exert its influence on the upcoming U.S. general elections and is doing a better job at hiding those activities. […]
The White House announced Friday that it has hit the nine-month mark of its AI Executive Order (EO), and Federal agencies remain on track with their required directives – with two agencies reporting they are ahead of schedule. […]
New bipartisan legislation from Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., aims to improve the quality, usability, and completeness of grant recipient audit data. […]
Eric Mill, executive director for cloud security at the General Services Administration (GSA), offered a preview today of planned staffing additions at the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) program office that GSA runs. […]
National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. today announced the appointment of Harry Wingo as deputy national cyber director, effective next week. […]