The Basics: A Glossary of Federal Technology

  • Networx
    The largest government telecommunications program in history, Networx is a 10-year governmentwide contract valued at...
  • Cybersecurity
    Cybersecurity is the protection of all things Internet -- from the networks themselves to the information stored in ...
  • Information Sharing
    Information sharing is one of those rare technology terms that actually sound like what they mean. Information ...
  • The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
    That's a question many people have been asking ever since President George W. Bush issued National Security ...
  • Service-Oriented Architecture
    Although it has been discussed in the information technology industry for a decade or more, service-oriented ...
  • Identity Management
    One way to think about identity management is by imagining an enormous blueprint of an office building. It shows the...
  • Enterprise Risk Management
    Enterprise risk management, or ERM as it is called, uses an integrated or holistic approach to understand and manage...
  • IT Security Essential Body of Knowledge
    First, here's the technical definition: The IT Security Essential Body of Knowledge, or EBK, is an established ...
  • Telework
    Performing your job from a location other than a traditional office, away from the traditional supervision of ...
  • Internet Protocol Version 6
    IPv6 stands for Internet Protocol version 6. It also is referred to as the Next Generation Internet. IPv6 will ...
  • FISMA
    During the 1990s, the government transitioned from mainframe computers to networked computing, connecting federal ...
  • Virtualization
    Virtualization is software that separates an application from the underlying physical hardware on which it runs. It ...
  • Continuity of Operations
    Continuity of operations are guidelines that ensure that the government can carry on all essential functions in case of ...
  • Performance-Based Contracting
    Performance-based acquisition was designed to help agencies reap the benefits of private sector innovation. ...
  • Lines of Business
    When corporations merge, executives routinely consolidate functions that are duplicative. These functions include ...
  • HSPD-12
    Universal identification standards streamline access to buildings and computer networks, but not without some glitches...
  • Encryption
    Encryption is the process of turning computer data into code that can be read only by someone with a key to the ...
  • Business Intelligence
    Business intelligence uses software programs to analyze huge amounts of electronic data collected by a federal ...

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