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Amazon Snags $600M from CIA for Cloud Services, House committee approves FITARA, FISMA update and more

March 21, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Copyright Chief Urges Congress to Produce ‘Next Great Copyright Act’ – “Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante told a House congressional subcommittee Wednesday that everything from anticircumvention provisions and fair use to length of copyright and performance royalties should be on the [...]

Filed Under: CTOvision Tagged With: Amazon, AWS, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, cloud computing, CTO, ctovision, cyber security, Department of Energy, DHS, DoD and IC, DoE, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, Information technology, Maria Pallante, Mitre Corporation, National security, United States, United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

DHS Aiding with DDoS Attacks, Navy Cancels Annual IT Conference and more

January 16, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. OMB tells agencies to begin sequestration plans - OMB has released further information to federal agencies, instructing them to begin planning for sequestration. “Agencies presented with these circumstances should continue to act in a prudent manner to ensure that operational risks are avoided [...]

Filed Under: Cyber Security Tagged With: Big Data, BYOD, CTO, ctovision, cyber security, DDoS, DHS, digital dilemma, DoD and IC, Government, log audit, National security, Navy, OMB, outsourcing, sequestration, us cio, VanRoekel

DISA Awards $1.4B IDIQ, DHS to pick up Cyber Surveillance tab and more

January 4, 2013 By FedCyberTeam

By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. DISA awards $1.4 billion network support IDIQ – DISA has awarded 7 vendors spots on the Global Information Grid Services Management-Engineering, Transition and Implementation contract. The contract has a total value of $1.4B, and an initial period of two-years, followed by a [...]

Filed Under: Cyber Security Tagged With: Big Data, Computerworld, CTO, ctovision, cyber security, Cyber Threat, DHS, DoD and IC, Google, Government, John Reed, Microsoft, National security, Perfect Citizen, Stuxnet, United States Department of Homeland Security

Ozone Widget Framework to be on GitHub, GAO sees $2.3B in undeserved justification and more

December 14, 2012 By FedCyberTeam

By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Ozone Widget Framework to be on GitHub now by year’s end - The Ozone Widget Framework is an open source project that allows developers to create lightweight applications that draw from pooled data. This has been bogged down in clearance issues, but has [...]

Filed Under: Cyber Security Tagged With: Big Data, cloud computing, contracts, CTO, ctovision, cyber security, Cyber Threat, DHS, DoD and IC, EHR, GAO, Github, Government, Health IT, HealthIt.gov, Homeland Security Department, Ozone Widget Framework, project blitzkrieg, United States

The Election could Re-Write Cyber Org Charts, New Rules of Cyberwar (Post-Stuxnet) and more

November 5, 2012 By FedCyberTeam

By RyanKamauff Here are today’s top cyber news and stories. While most are looking at the financial, socio-economic and national defense ramifications of the election, Nextgov takes a look the cyber ramifications of the election - Many federal leaders are political appointees, especially in the cyber realm. When the fallout from this election clears, we will [...]

Filed Under: Cyber Security Tagged With: cloud computing, Computer security, Computerworld, ctovision, cyber security, Cyber Threat, DHS, DoD and IC, Federal News Radio, Government, Security, Stuxnet, United States Department of Homeland Security, WFED

5 Worst Mobile Threats of 2012, NASA AMES Wins 2012 National Cybersecurity Innovation Award

November 2, 2012 By FedCyberTeam

By RyanKamauff Get ready to see your favorite Generals with smartphones and tablets ComputerWorld Singapore and Craig Sprosts, VP of Nominum, have outlined the top 5 worst mobile threats of 2012 - Here are the top five threats mobile users have to compete with; NOTCOMPATIBLE – this drive-by Trojan infects Android devices via mobile browser, which [...]

Filed Under: Cyber Security Tagged With: Ames Research Center, Android, army IT, BYOD, collaborative tools, Computerworld, CTO, ctovision, CVSS, cyber security, DHS, Disa, DoD and IC, Government, NASA, National security, Security, Smartphones, Wednesday

Top Officers Say Sequestration Threatens Cybersecurity, the VA Considers Mobile Contracts for All Employees, and More

July 26, 2012 By FedCyberTeam

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Top officers from each of the military branches warned a House Armed Services subcommittee that sequestration would be devastating to cybersecurity. More here. The Department of Homeland Security is standing up 13 portfolio governance boards to oversee information technology efforts. More here. A researcher at the Black Hat conference demonstrated [...]

Filed Under: Cyber Security Tagged With: ADS-B, Air Force, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, Black Hat, ctovision, cyber security, Cybersecurity Act of 2012, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, DoD, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, House Armed Services Subcommittee, Information technology, information technology news, mobile device, sequestration, Smartphone, Tablet, VA, Veterans Affairs Department, White House

Obama Pushes for Cybersecurity Act, Alleged Amazon Hacker Arrested, and More

July 20, 2012 By FedCyberTeam

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: President Obama urged lawmakers to pass the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 that would create a public-private partnership to set cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure. More here. The U.S. Census Bureau plans to launch an economic statistics app for iPhone and Android devices and is streaming data through an application [...]