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With hackers using contractors to access sensitive federal data, the Office of Management and Budget has released draft guidance aimed at strengthening contractor cybersecurity.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