via Politico Federal agencies — ranging from the Defense and State departments to the National Institutes of Health — are having second thoughts about moving government secrets and essential functions to the Web in the face of a growing number of cyberattacks from online assailants. The ...
via Washington Technology Officials are intent on making the Defense Department, the titanic of all the federal departments, agile and swift in the sea of acquisition to secure the world of cyberspace. Defense officials laid out how they plan to change DOD to match the dynamism of the private sector...
via SC Magazine The number of cyber incidents affecting U.S. federal agencies shot up 39 percent in 2010, according to a new report from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), but experts said the increase is partly a reflection of improved discovery capabilities within government. According to ...
via SC Magazine A plan aimed at streamlining efficiencies in the federal government’s use of IT technologies is making its way toward a hearing on Capitol Hill on April 12. The “25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management,” introduced last Decem...
via Washington Technology When executives from a large systems integrator met recently with a federal customer seeking to solve an IT problem, the customer wasn’t interested in talking about technology. The government official wanted to know how the company’s commercial clients were deal...
via Federal News Radio Agencies have about 18 months to put in place the capability to know the real-time security of their computer networks. Similar to when patient visits a doctor and has their vital signs taken to assess their health, agency chief information officers and chief information secur...