Modernization
Navy paying millions for Windows XP, other dated products
The Navy has awarded a $9.1 million contract to Microsoft for dated products including Windows XP, which the firm stopped providing updates for over a year ago.
Cybersecurity
Einstein the only winner from another flaying of OPM on the Hill
A key lawmaker said he is readying fresh legislation to accelerate the cyber detection program.
Cybersecurity
Joint Chiefs official blasts cultural resistance to major IT projects
Two of the Pentagon's major IT security initiatives face problems from the ranks, laments Lt. Gen. Mark Bowman.
Cybersecurity
Rogers mum on OPM attribution, but says hack shows value of data
The country's top cyber official declined to officially attribute the OPM hack to China, but called the intrusion a reminder of how "data has value as a commodity."
Digital Government
Hardware still hindering State visa process
After a June 9 hardware failure ground the State Department's process for issuing visas overseas to a near halt, two-thirds of the department's posts are now back online and issuing visas.
Digital Government
New NGA strategy touts automation, commercial capabilities
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo says geospatial intelligence is ripe for collaboration between industry and government.
People
Grassley unsatisfied with DOD response to ex-comptroller case
Sen. Charles Grassley and the Defense Department have traded letters over the alleged mistreatment of former Defense Information Systems Agency Comptroller Jimaye Sones.
Cybersecurity
House Intel panel, White House spar over new cyber agency
The intelligence authorization bill would, the White House says, leave the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center with too broad a set of responsibilities and a dearth of resources.
Cybersecurity
Parsing the cyber bills in the 114th Congress
The Congressional Research Service offers a detailed analysis of cybersecurity proposals being considered by lawmakers.
Cybersecurity
DOD looks to better data for better security
Pentagon officials are trying to do a better job of reaping the low-hanging fruit of cyberattack data to make their networks more secure.
Cybersecurity
Navy challenged by spear phishing, software patches
The less discriminate act of phishing is apparently a Defense Department-wide problem.
Modernization
DISA looks to fine-tune JRSS software
Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen says software is one of the missing pieces of the Joint Regional Security Stacks puzzle. DISA says it is getting closer to solving that puzzle.
Cybersecurity
DISA five-year plan treats cyber as warring domain
Defense Information Systems Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins says network operators need to adopt the "principles of war, whether it is maneuver, speed [or] surprise" to defend DOD networks.
People
Lynn to replace Hawkins as DISA director
Army Maj. Gen. Alan Lynn is currently vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
People
Halvorsen 'concerned' by status of JRSS software
The Pentagon's top IT official said the Joint Regional Security Stacks software, a key piece of the program's success, needs improving.
Cybersecurity
New glitch stalls State's visa and passport database
A June 9 hardware failure stalls passport and visa issuances, but is apparently unrelated to last year's failure of the Consular Consolidated Database.
Cybersecurity
Coalition for Open Security brings new voice to info-sharing debate
The formation of the coalition, a private sector-led group with tacit federal support, comes at a critical time for cybersecurity information-sharing legislation.
Cybersecurity
Senators: End sequester to pay for cybersecurity
OPM's fiscal 2016 request of $272 million includes $21 million for finishing network upgrades begun in fiscal 2014.
Cybersecurity
Army fights a two-front cyber war
The Army has been testing weapon systems for sophisticated cyber threats, but it was an attack on its public website that underscored the breadth of the challenge facing defense agencies.
Cybersecurity
Syrian hackers say they knocked army.mil offline
The Pentagon acknowledged the hack, but did not confirm the attacker.
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