Digital Government
Pentagon working on federated app store
To save money and time, Defense Department officials are moving gradually toward a shared catalog of approved mobile applications.
Cybersecurity
Security experts: OPM breach shows Einstein isn't enough
Post-mortems on the OPM hack show that former officials agree on one thing: that Einstein 3 and CDM, cornerstones of federal civilian cyber defense, need to be enhanced.
Modernization
DISA redoing content delivery
The Defense Information Systems Agency is exploring the next version of its Global Content Delivery Service.
Cybersecurity
Untold lines of code make Pentagon weapons vulnerable
DOD officials are up against a daunting challenge in making weapons systems more secure from hackers.
Acquisition
Modified BPA for CDM coming within 30 days
The crucial next phase of the $6 billion acquisition vehicle will focus on identity management.
Acquisition
The urgency behind DOD's acquisition reform efforts
Better Buying Power 3.0 has a geostrategic urgency and emphasis on cybersecurity that was missing from earlier iterations.
Modernization
Marines hope IT can keep pace with personnel
The Corps has recently deployed personnel to crises springing up around the world, but is still working on how best to equip those officers with the information they own at garrison.
Modernization
DOD releases updated IT management guidance
The second edition of the DOD Enterprise Service Management Framework sets requirements for IT services contracting based on industry best practices.
Cybersecurity
USMC colonel calls for shakeup of cyber structure
Marine Col. Gregory Breazile, director of the Corps' C2/Cyber and Electronic Warfare Integration Division, says HQ "is not functionally aligned to support cyberspace operations."
Acquisition
IT lobby optimistic about defense bill
Some acquisition provisions in the defense authorization measure have pleased the IT Industry Council’s public sector arm.
Cybersecurity
Cracking down on poor cyber hygiene
DOD Deputy CIO David Cotton says stricter enforcement of cyber hygiene standards at the Pentagon comes as users still struggle with basic security measures.
Cybersecurity
Britain's cyber envoy, in his own words
The Anglo-American relationship in cyberspace is flourishing thanks in part to bilateral measures agreed to by Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama.
Cybersecurity
State Department presents cyber norms to Congress
Maryland Democrat Benjamin Cardin is skeptical about how U.S. cyber adversaries will receive the State Department’s newly released peacetime norms for cyberspace.
Acquisition
House defense bill includes acquisition reform
Included in the $612 billion House-passed defense bill are some of Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry's proposals for overhauling military purchasing.
Cybersecurity
Fate of surveillance program lies in Senate's hands
After the House voted overwhelmingly to rein in the NSA's bulk-data collection program, the Senate is set for a showdown.
Digital Government
DOD Lab Day has a cyber undercurrent
At the Pentagon's first-ever Laboratory Day, researchers from Air Force, Army and Navy labs won $45 million to develop quantum computing.
Digital Government
Bureaucratic wall stands between DOD and Silicon Valley
Analysts say Defense Secretary Ashton Carter needs to seize the reins of the bureaucracy to push innovation.
Cybersecurity
Debating the Sino-Russian cyber pact
Mike Rogers, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, weighed in on the growing Russian and Chinese threats to U.S. assets in cyberspace.
Cybersecurity
NSA chief wary of proxies
Adm. Michael Rogers says nation-states might increasingly turn to surrogates to conduct cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon frets over China's cyber capabilities
The annual report to Congress comes not long after the Chinese defense ministry objected to what it said was the offensive nature of the Pentagon's cyber strategy.
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