Cybersecurity

Army tries to speed cyber acquisition process

The Army is using an acquisition template known as the Information Technology Box to help it cope with cyberthreats.

Cybersecurity

Training program for vets focuses on analytics

Now working with its fourth class of students, NS2 Serves is teaching hard-to-hire veterans the data skills that government and industry desperately need.

Cybersecurity

IARPA tries to predict the unpredictable

The agency is seeking information on methods for forecasting rare events and alternative ways of assessing such methods.

Cybersecurity

Exclusive: The OPM breach details you haven't seen

An official timeline of the Office of Personnel Management breach obtained by FCW pinpoints the hackers’ calibrated extraction of data, and the government's step-by-step response.

Modernization

In search of virtualization

Responding to calls from Congress and the Pentagon, several Defense Department components are seeking better virtualization technologies.

Cybersecurity

DOD sets up cyber workforce council

The group will include members from the offices of the DOD CIO, Defense undersecretaries for personnel and readiness, policy, and intelligence, and the National Security Agency.

Acquisition

OPM: CDM will offer baseline security

The continuous diagnostics and mitigation program will give agencies a much-needed standard for reporting vulnerabilities.

Cybersecurity

NGA opens its doors to industry

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency hopes an upcoming industry day provides ideas about speeding up its acquisition cycle.

Cybersecurity

A virtual community of cyber talent

Organizers of CyberCompEX are aiming to have 1,000 online registrants by year's end.

Modernization

NRO opens up on R&D

A broad agency announcement presents an uncommon window into the secretive National Reconnaissance Office.

Acquisition

OMB releases cyber guidance for contractors

With hackers using contractors to access sensitive federal data, the Office of Management and Budget has released draft guidance aimed at strengthening contractor cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity

Decrypting outbound data a key to security

Decrypting and inspecting network traffic is still a work in progress for federal agencies, according to F5 Networks' Randy Wood.

Cybersecurity

NIST identifies objectives for cyber standards

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is proposing four broad objectives as the foundation for international standards in cyberspace.

Cybersecurity

DARPA looks to strengthen software

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to develop software "that is inherently resilient to attack."

Digital Government

Interior Department soars on Instagram

Social media is easier said than done for federal agencies, but the Interior Department's Instagram account is the very picture of success.

People

Work, Kendall talk tech superiority with DIUX leadership

The deputy Defense secretary and top acquisition official met Aug. 4 with the heads of DOD's new Silicon Valley outreach office.

Cybersecurity

ITAPS recommends vast changes to federal cybersecurity policy

Among the suggestions from the Information Technology Industry Council's public sector division was establishing a permanent administration role that directs cyber activities across the government.

Cybersecurity

IARPA gets a new director

Jason Matheny has worked at Oxford University, the World Bank and the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins.

Cybersecurity

In first policy speech, DIA director prioritizes ICITE

Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart pledges to drive an ambitious intelligence community IT project forward.

Modernization

3-D printing could offer flexibility for system upgrades

The emerging technology could give the Pentagon more flexibility in upgrading deployed systems in an ever-evolving threat environment.