Cloud

Congress eyes new rules for tech: What’s under consideration

Lawmakers have introduced bipartisan bills to regulate tech, and it’s one of the few major policy issues where Republicans and Democrats generally align.

3 weeks ago

How agencies could utilize $12.7 billion budgeted for cybersecurity

Having centralized secrets management is core to building a zero trust environment.

4 weeks ago

Coast Guard fills cyber skill gaps with all-remote team of volunteers

The Coast Guard, an armed service within the Department of Homeland Security, recruits a volunteer body of more than 20,000 members.

U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger speaks at the Sea-Air-Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on April 3, 2023.

Over-classified information hampers work with allies, top Marines say

“Sometimes we get in our own way, by over-classifying, over-compartmentalizing,” Gen. David Berger said.

8 weeks ago

Pentagon close to making first awards on $9 billion cloud contract

The Pentagon in December tapped Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle for its highly anticipated Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract.

3 months ago

How observability helps federal IT pros work smarter, not harder

Observability goes beyond traditional monitoring to provide proactive insights into problems before they occur.

3 months ago

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President Joe Biden listen as Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi speaks during a virtual meeting at the White House in April 2022.

Biden vows to wield ‘all instruments’ in fighting cyberthreats

The strategy calls out China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and others for “reckless disregard for the rule of law and human rights in cyberspace."

3 months ago

When it comes to network innovation, we must protect the data ‘pipes’

Because encryption has a shelf life, military networks still need to protect the data pipes that support the warfighter.

3 months ago

Data governance holds the key to integrity and security

A logical data fabric architecture enables dynamic and intelligent data orchestration across a distributed landscape.

3 months ago

Managing security across the new data perimeter

If the network perimeter was like a protective moat that surrounds a castle, the data perimeter is the small houses that dot the landscape.

4 months ago

Pentagon, intelligence community eye cloud collaboration

The Department of Defense will work closely with the intelligence community as it establishes its cloud infrastructure.

5 months ago

Cloud-friendly Air Force has eyes on Pentagon’s JWCC contract

CTO Jay Bonci said U.S. defense leaders "have to think about cloud as being a part of a resilience baseline."

6 months ago

Pentagon, private sector must partner to fight new era of cyberattacks

Over the past six months, there have been 10,666 ransomware variants identified, almost twice the total in the previous six months.

6 months ago

Workforce gaps may hinder federal IT modernization

For one, telework remains a decisive factor in attrition.

6 months ago

DISA’s ‘Gray Network’ faces performance monitoring challenges

Gray networks sit between inner and outer VPN tunnels and provide an extra layer of security for encrypted classified data.

6 months ago

A people-first approach to recruitment, retention at federal agencies

While the private sector has recovered more than 90% of jobs lost over the past two years, the public sector has only recovered 53%.

6 months ago

Technical debt: The cybersecurity threat hiding in plain sight

The Biden Administration’s executive order on cybersecurity in May 2021 jump started the movement toward a zero trust architecture.

6 months ago

Government-private sector cooperation vital in cyberwar: Senator King

King, who sits on Senate Intelligence panel that investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election, said citizens must develop their media literacy.

6 months ago

Will Common Access ID cards stop working on Nov. 23?

More than 78,000 Navy members and 21,000 Marine Corps members were using Common Access Cards of Nov. 10 that will become "non-operational."

6 months ago

Cloud

From the Cloud First policy to FedRAMP and shared services news, get the latest on federal adoption of cloud technologies.

Lawmakers have introduced bipartisan bills to regulate tech, and it’s one of the few major policy issues where Republicans and Democrats generally align.

Having centralized secrets management is core to building a zero trust environment.

The Coast Guard, an armed service within the Department of Homeland Security, recruits a volunteer body of more than 20,000 members.

“Sometimes we get in our own way, by over-classifying, over-compartmentalizing,” Gen. David Berger said.

The Pentagon in December tapped Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle for its highly anticipated Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract.

Observability goes beyond traditional monitoring to provide proactive insights into problems before they occur.

The strategy calls out China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and others for “reckless disregard for the rule of law and human rights in cyberspace."

Because encryption has a shelf life, military networks still need to protect the data pipes that support the warfighter.

A logical data fabric architecture enables dynamic and intelligent data orchestration across a distributed landscape.

If the network perimeter was like a protective moat that surrounds a castle, the data perimeter is the small houses that dot the landscape.

The Department of Defense will work closely with the intelligence community as it establishes its cloud infrastructure.

CTO Jay Bonci said U.S. defense leaders "have to think about cloud as being a part of a resilience baseline."

Over the past six months, there have been 10,666 ransomware variants identified, almost twice the total in the previous six months.

For one, telework remains a decisive factor in attrition.

Gray networks sit between inner and outer VPN tunnels and provide an extra layer of security for encrypted classified data.

While the private sector has recovered more than 90% of jobs lost over the past two years, the public sector has only recovered 53%.

The Biden Administration’s executive order on cybersecurity in May 2021 jump started the movement toward a zero trust architecture.

King, who sits on Senate Intelligence panel that investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election, said citizens must develop their media literacy.

More than 78,000 Navy members and 21,000 Marine Corps members were using Common Access Cards of Nov. 10 that will become "non-operational."