The government officially stood up an interagency working group to develop best practices guidance aimed at helping agencies and departments move with greater speed and confidence to adopt cloud computing services. […]
A new mix of emerging technological threats has contributed to the decision by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to move the Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight. It is now 2½ minutes to midnight. […]
President Donald Trump released his Making Our Military Strong Again and America First Foreign Policy last week, which hint at potential changes to the Federal cybersecurity community. Trump’s administration has yet to include any more specific details about how the United States’ cyber capabilities will be used. […]
Can he really do that? The Federal records management regulations prohibit President Donald Trump from making climate change data disappear, despite the order to take down part of the website. […]
Though the U.S. government can still claim to be the top physical security player in the world, it can no longer claim leadership as the top cybersecurity player, according to retired Gen. Michael Hayden, who has served as the director of both the NSA and the CIA. […]
The White House Office of Management and Budget should drive structural reforms to make big data more accessible, according to Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., nominee for President Donald Trump’s director of OMB. […]
Oracle announced that it will open six new cloud startup accelerator programs for companies around the world. Oracle will begin programs in Bristol, England; Delhi–NCR, India; Mumbai, India; Paris; São Paulo, and Singapore, as well as Tel Aviv, which MeriTalk previously reported. […]
Though former Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill served only about four months as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer, he has some suggestions for improving cyber in the new administration. […]
The Department of Transportation on Thursday designated 10 new testing sites for autonomous vehicles. […]
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers is advocating for increased cybersecurity partnerships with the Federal government, according to its 2017 advocacy agenda. […]
One way for agencies to adhere to the new data center energy efficiency policy is to upgrade legacy IT systems, according to Rob Davies, ViON’s executive vice president of operations. […]
Federal Joint Analysis Reports should include stronger language on indicators of compromise, according to Cris Thomas, a network security strategist at Tenable. DHS and the FBI released a JAR on Dec. 29 that discusses the tools Russian intelligence officers used to compromise the networks and infrastructure associated with the recent U.S. presidential election. […]
IBM has been awarded a cloud solution contract by the U.S. Army potentially worth $62 million over five years, to build, manage, and operate a cloud for the Army’s Redstone Arsenal. […]
Oracle, a U.S.-based company, began a new program in Israel to promote startup cloud computing companies. Oracle will look for five companies later this year to participate in the program that includes six months of mentoring, new technology, a co-working space, access to Oracle’s customers and partners, and free Oracle Cloud credits. […]
MeriTalk conducted a Q&A with David Tishgart, director of product marketing at Cloudera, on cloud adoption. […]
With a new story map, the U.S. Census Bureau is trying to clarify what “rural” means. […]
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would put energy efficiency standards on Federal data centers. […]
Leo F. Scanlon, deputy chief information security officer for Health and Human Services and the agency’s senior cybersecurity adviser for the health care sector, was named the co-chair of the (ISC)2 U.S. Government Advisory Council. […]
Microsoft announced that its Azure and Office 365 cloud service became the first commercial cloud to be awarded Impact Level 5 DoD Provisional Authorization by the Defense Information Systems Agency, which allows the cloud to store the most sensitive, controlled, unclassified information. Microsoft also announced general availability of the service to all validated Department of Defense customers. […]
In his final remarks as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler on Friday advocated for net neutrality and the effect it could have on cloud computing. […]
Federal agencies need to continue moving to the cloud, even in the wake of continued distributed denial of service attacks, said Tom Ruff of Akamai Technologies. […]
The Department of Commerce will recommend policy to support a stable and trustworthy Internet of Things (IoT) environment, according to a green paper the agency released on Jan. 12. […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will coordinate a cybersecurity team on behalf of the incoming Trump administration. […]
Centrify and SailPoint Technologies have tools to address the tasks outlined in Phase 2 of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, according to representatives from the companies and DHS itself. […]
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said that in order to crack down on cybersecurity attacks on the United States, he has compiled a team of “computer people” to discuss security procedures. Trump didn’t explain any specific policies that he or the team were working on. […]
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly stressed the importance of working together to combat cyber warriors at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security. Kelly said that incumbent Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was “on to something” when he reached out to Silicon Valley companies for best cybersecurity practices. […]
The Department of Defense will spend $8.5 million to modify its sexual assault incident database, DSAID, in fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the Government Accountability Office reports. […]
The Office of Personnel Management launched CyberCareers.gov. The website, which was created as part of the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy, focuses on learning policies that will assist Federal agencies in building the cybersecurity workforce. […]
The Federal Trade Commission filed charges against the computer networking equipment company D-Link for providing inadequate security for its consumers. […]
The future got ahead of our innovators and government policymakers this past weekend at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, leaving many wondering about the world being ushered in by the confluence of smart sensors, big data, and artificial intelligence. […]