Cybersecurity
Feds need to start thinking like hackers
Network intruders with an ax to grind are going after public officials and stealing their personal data.
Cybersecurity
Cyber and space systems top Defense tech priorities
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the Pentagon needs to make better use of IT to cut $60 billion from overhead costs.
Digital Government
Symantec software upgrade caused Military Health Record System shutdown
An older version of the storage program is in use for two weeks until a patch is ready, DISA says.
Digital Government
Veterans Affairs will host electronic health records in DISA data centers
VA will begin shifting operations at hospitals in New York and New Jersey in March.
Digital Government
Software upgrade knocks out Defense health record system
AHLTA was down for the entire workday Tuesday.
Modernization
DISA returns to the drawing board on cloud plans
Pentagon CIO must evaluate commercial cloud services before funding the agency to host military applications online.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon cedes control of Defense cyber pilot to DHS
The goal of the defense industrial base cybersecurity program is to block intruders from accessing private networks that support U.S. troops.
Modernization
Army delays transfer of 634,000 email accounts to DISA cloud
Move is held up by Defense authorization act requirement that officials submit a report on alternatives, costs and savings.
Modernization