Homeland Security and Defense officials are advocating for a Senate bill that would concentrate computer defense authorities at DHS and the Pentagon’s National Security Agency. In debating how best to thwart a devastating attack on critical U.S. networks, the case has been made that Defense is...
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Troy Lange knows that just mentioning cellphones is enough to give security officers heartburn at the National Security Agency. Lange, as the NSA’s mobility mission manager, is developing a smartphone that he wants to bring inside the super-secret U.S. spy agency to access classified informati...
Lange, as the NSA’s mobility mission manager, is developing a smartphone that he wants to bring inside the super-secret U.S. spy agency to access classified information and apps while on the move. He wants it to work as easily as any of the smartphones those that are so ubiquitous in the outsi...
via SearchSecurity.com ORLANDO — Historically, the National Security Agency may be known for its low profile, but a top official from the NSA’s Central Security Service Threat Operations Center sounded a loud and clear warning that the size and growth of the cybersecurity threat landscape de...
via Market Watch At the NSA Trusted Computing Conference in Orlando, Fixmo today showcased powerful mobile risk management solutions available free of charge for government agencies. Fixmo’s new defense-grade solutions for server compliance, device integrity and data integrity result from its ...
via People Management Spending cuts may have unintended consequences, says HR director US government spending cuts could make talent acquisition at America’s National Security Agency (NSA) more challenging, the agency’s director of HR Kathy Hutson has warned. Speaking to delegates at the SHRM 20...
via Federal News Radio The Defense Information Systems Agency usually is on the leading edge in how it uses technology when compared to other federal agencies. But like all agencies, DISA has some areas of its IT infrastructure that are stuck in low gear. So that’s where the Defense Department...
via BaltTech One of the companies in the Baltimore area that I pay attention to on my tech beat is KEYW Holding Corp., a three-year-old company that’s launched itself hard out of the gate with a string of acquisitions and an IPO last fall. It’s a public company in fact. But if you look a...