Ideas
6 Steps to Improve an Agency’s Cyber Defenses
Here are several security actions agency and command leadership can take to harden their cyber defensive posture.
Cybersecurity
New OPM Cyber Czar Worried About an ISIS Hack
Clifton Triplett -- named OPM's first-ever senior cyber and IT adviser last month – says forthcoming access controls will blunt the severity of any future hack.
Emerging Tech
DHS Wants to Offer Alternative Contracts to Silicon Valley Startups
Traditional procurement takes too long for the new Silicon Valley office, a new DHS notice says.
Digital Government
Why the Federal Government Tracks Visitors to Dot-Govs
Analytics.usa.gov keeps tabs on traffic to more than 4,000 government websites.
Digital Government
Feds Will Require $5 Registration Fee for Drones
Drone companies are expecting big sales for the holidays, but the government just gave them a lump of coal.
Emerging Tech
Robots Are Now Fighting Fires in Australia
These fire-fighters can shoot out mists of water or foam from 60 meters away.
Emerging Tech
Video: Are Self-Driving Cars Really Safer?
Research shows that automated vehicles might not be accident free.
Modernization
3 CIO Insights on Cloud, Security and Mobile
The need for more collaboration was the focus of many of the discussions this year at the semi-annual Government Technology Research Alliance Summit.
Modernization
Trade Group: Government Needs to Ramp Up Cloud Adoption
A recent Professional Services Council survey found only 8 percent of federal CIOs progressed as much as they wanted to with cloud-based technology.
Emerging Tech
3 Things We Learned This Week from the White House’s Top Tech Officials
U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott and Thomas Kalil, deputy director for policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, dropped a few notable soundbites and policy snippets.
Cybersecurity
OPM Rushed to Award $20M Post-Hack Contract -- and Ran Afoul of Federal Contracting Rules, IG Says
Because of OPM's missteps, "millions of taxpayer dollars were put at risk for waste or loss" the IG says.
Modernization
OMB Preps New Policy on Data Centers
OMB’s retooled guidelines are part of the administration's roadmap for implementing and operationalizing FITARA.
Cybersecurity
DARPA Wants Early Warning System for Cyberattacks
The Defense Department’s emerging technology agency is hosting a proposer’s day next week on rapid attack detection and characterization.
Modernization
Never Not Online
A new survey finds one in five Americans reports being online “almost constantly.”
Emerging Tech
Video: Car Crash Testing Goes Virtual
Computer-aided design is keeping us safe on the roads in new ways.
Cybersecurity
DHS Contract Expands Anti-Hacker EINSTEIN Protection to Every Agency
The deal was inked to complete a goal of making so-called EINSTEIN 3A network protections available to all civilian agencies by Dec. 31.
Emerging Tech
In-Q-Tel Invests in Firm That Says It Can Retrieve Evidence from Encrypted Devices
In-Q-Tel, the IC’s technology investment arm, did not disclose how much funding it will provide the Canadian-based Magnet Forensics.
Cybersecurity
Ethical Hacking Might Not Pay the Bills and That’s a Problem
“White hat” hackers have seen growing demand for their services but some say it’s not yet lucrative enough to keep people from using their skills for darker purposes.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Aims to Revamp Global Command and Control System
DOD is looking specifically at deploying data in cloud-and mobile-based environments.
Cybersecurity