People
NRC cybersecurity exec steps down
Pat Howard, the chief information security officer at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is retiring from government in April.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity becomes high priority in budget request
With large investments proposed for DOD, DHS and NSF, budget puts cybersecurity front and center.
Modernization
NIST sets security approach for cloud computing
New guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology offer recommendations agencies should consider when outsourcing data, applications and infrastructure to a public cloud environment.
Modernization
DOD to allow Android on classified networks
Forthcoming security standards are expected to allow the use of certain mobile devices on DOD's secure networks.
Digital Government
Obama reorganization could affect at least 12 agencies
White House consolidation plan is more expansive than the six agencies first identified.
Digital Government
NIST seeks data searchers
NIST seeks participants for annual data-mining conference.
Digital Government
NIST security expert elected AAAS fellow
The world's largest general scientific society will honor a member of the NIST Information Technology Laboratory.
Digital Government
DOD looks to unconventional methods in fight against IEDs
The U.S. military's counter-IED agency is focusing on intelligence and robotics in the continuing fight against a critical threat to soldiers' lives.
Cybersecurity
Proposal: A career path for federal cybersecurity pros
The National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education has drafted a framework to help professionalize this area of work and provide a path for federal career development.
Modernization
Cloud-computing help is on the way for agency managers
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's road map is designed to support secure adoption of cloud computing by federal agencies. Comments are due by Dec. 2.
Modernization
FedRAMP to become mandatory, fed CIO says
NIST guidelines, FedRAMP and monitoring contribute to cloud security
Cybersecurity
NIST proposes privacy safeguards for federal IT
The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to ensure the privacy of personal information is among the standard security controls used to protect federal information and information systems.
Modernization
Cloud security may be the easiest problem to solve
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program requirements for authorizing the use of cloud services are expected soon, but security might be the simplest issue to solve in the federal adoption of cloud computing.
Digital Government
NIST document 'brings it all together' on FISMA
The new NIST guidance for managing information security risk is called the capstone of the agency's work on FISMA implementation.
Cybersecurity
NIST budget request could more than double cybersecurity spending
The Obama Administration wants the National Institute of Standards and Technology to get $43.4 million for cybersecurity programs, an increase that would more than double NIST's money for research and development programs in this area.
Digital Government
National strategy for identity management nearly done
The administration’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is expected to be finalized this winter, and the standards-making process to support it already is under way.
People
NIST late to start work after getting paid, GAO says
Auditors scold the National Institute of Standards and Technology for taking too long to deliver results on research studies paid for by federal agencies.
Digital Government
4G public safety network to undergo first tests
Telecom industry partners are being signed up for the public safety demonstration network being established by the Commerce Department to test LTE equipment for a 700 MHz nationwide public safety network.
Digital Government
First set of Smart Grid standards submitted to energy regulators
The first standards for Smart Grid interoperability and security have completed a cybersecurity review by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and have been forwarded to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for adoption. The Energy Department also is funding research on Smart Grid security.
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