As the deadline quickly approaches for the military services to submit their respective zero trust execution plans, one thing is clear: the services are aggressively pushing to reach their zero trust goals. However, cyber experts across the military services agree that they must remain smart as they make moves toward their zero trust goals. […]
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., introduced new legislation this week that aims to prevent government shutdowns and the burdens they cause for Federal employees, government contractors, and Americans who rely on government services. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching a “full review” of all VA.gov processing systems after discovering technical problems that impacted the disability claims of thousands of veterans. […]
Top defense and intelligence officials shared this week the trends that worry them the most when it comes to the constantly evolving cyber threat landscape and what their top priorities are on the horizon given current world events and emerging cyber threat trends. […]
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) said this week that its Electronic Records Archives (ERA 2.0) system will become available for records scheduling on Sept. 18. […]
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) is calling on the IRS to create “timely remediations” for all of the agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) in its latest audit report. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking for public comment its latest revisional draft that is focused on producing a learning program for cybersecurity and privacy that can be used by government and other organizations. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) ninth annual Mission-Support Customer Satisfaction Survey is out for 2023, and the bottom-line finding is that the development, enhancement, and modernization of IT is one service that leaves the most room for improvement. […]
The U.S. Army has embarked on a three-phase zero trust journey to ensure it meets the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Zero Trust goal to implement a department-wide framework by 2027. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is teaming up with the U.S. Space Force in a newly issued solicitation focused on creating a “tactically responsive” space system prototype that can be deployed and utilized within 24-hour notice. […]
The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) made a broad call Monday for the creation of a National Water Strategy to ensure the nation can deliver sustainable critical infrastructure systems that are responsive to cyber threats. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has been working to reinvent the workforce of the future by making it more inclusive, agile and engaged, and equipped with the right skills. […]
The Department of the Interior (DoI) has tapped Stan Lowe to serve as its new chief information security officer (CISO). […]
With the rapid growth of AI technology in both the private and public sectors, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chief Technology Officer Frank Indiviglio, explained this week the importance of procuring trustworthy AI tools from potential vendors. […]
It has officially been two years this week since Robert Costello joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as its chief information officer (CIO) and pledged to make workplace culture one of his top priorities. […]
As policymakers continue to push Federal agencies to modernize their IT systems, top technology officials at four prominent government departments and organizations this week explained the progress they are making in legacy IT modernization and innovation. […]
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) announced Monday that it collaborated with the U.S. Army’s I Corps to successfully demonstrate the first-ever zero trust at the edge capability at Talisman Sabre 2023 military exercise in Australia. […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) earlier this month announced new guidance for identifying and coding Federal jobs with program management and project management functions. […]
A month after Acting National Cyber Director (NCD) Kemba Walden unveiled the White House’s much-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan, the administration is working tirelessly to put it into action – with a second version of the plan expected to make its debut in the spring. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) $9 billion multi-vendor cloud contract made more than $200 million in task order awards, and more are on the way, a top DoD technology official said on August 16. […]
The Energy Department’s (DoE) Office of Science has announced a $112 million investment to study fusion energy sciences with the use of high-performance computing capabilities across 12 different projects. […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) failed to review nearly 75 percent of IT security weaknesses within a timely manner in recent years due to staffing shortfalls, among other reasons, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found in a recent report. […]
In an “extremely contested” environment like space, leveraging commercial innovation is key to resiliency. […]
Members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are once again asking Federal agencies to share data on how many of their employees are teleworking, after not receiving a response to their initial request for that data in May. […]
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 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. […]
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. […]
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 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 Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) is seeking information on established vulnerabilities and threats that could impact the safe use of large language model (LLM) AI technologies – like ChatGPT – by intelligence analysts. […]