According to the Office of Naval Research, Fire Scout unmanned helicopters will soon be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other vessels. More here. An inspector general’s audit of Veterans Affairs found 15,000 outstanding security risks caused by failures to comply with the Federa...
The draft version of the comprehensive cybersecurity bill could give the Homeland Security Department the ability to take “any lawful action” against contractors if their systems are under attack....
Vendors wanting to provide cloud service to the government must meet as many as 168 security controls under the FedRAMP program. The General Services Administration released specific requirements around each of the security controls for FedRAMP last week for systems needing low and moderate secur...
An update to the Federal Information Security Management Act is under review by members of Congress. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Thursday night during a speech before the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council (HSDBC) in Washington that congressional staff is reviewing a draft of th...
Federal officials announced Dec. 8 the launch of FedRamp, an effort for low- and moderate- risk cloud services to gain common cybersecurity certification under the Federal Information Security Management Act. In a call with reporters, Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said FedRamp ...
The Department of Transportation has once again failed to meet federal information security requirements, DOT’s Office of Inspector General says in its annual Federal Information Security Management Act security audit. “These weaknesses significantly increase the risk that systems will...
via Dark Reading Federal agencies must begin reporting security data to an online compliance tool as part of fiscal year 2011 requirements for the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlined new requirements for FISMA, the National Institut...
via InformationWeek Government Federal agencies must begin reporting security data to an online compliance tool as part of fiscal year 2011 requirements for the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlined new requirements for FISMA, the Nat...