Emerging Tech
More International Quantum Partnerships Likely As U.S. Stakes Claim In Field
The U.S. is keen to get ahead in the global quantum race as national security and technological innovation intersect.
Cybersecurity
Joint Alert Warns Advanced Hackers Have Developed Tool Targeting Industrial Control Systems
The design of the tool, which allows full system access to certain operational technology in environments such as power plants and water treatment facilities, can also be used by less sophisticated attackers.
Digital Government
Jury: Former DHS Watchdog Official Stole Software, Employees’ Personal Info
The verdict is in for the last holdout in a scandalous scheme to defraud the government.
Cybersecurity
Open-source Leader Advocates Strong FCC Enforcement of Routing Security
Reply comments are now due in 30 days to the Federal Communications Commission.
Cybersecurity
GAO Promotes Need for Public-Private ‘Partnerships’ in Cybersecurity Policy
A Government Accountability Office official says the watchdog agency consulted with private sector entities in producing a report of 12 areas it’s planning to focus on in the next decade.
Digital Government
Senate Confirms Laurie Locascio to Lead Tech Standards Agency
The bioengineering professor and NIST alum was nominated by President Biden back in 2021.
Digital Government
Air Force Cyber Lead Selected to Serve as Joint Staff CIO
She’ll need confirmation from the Senate to proceed.
Digital Government
How a Social Worker Became the Defense Logistics Agency's First Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Under her leadership the agency is ‘just starting’ to really understand what it means to apply data as a strategic asset.
Cybersecurity
DOJ Disrupts Botnet Run by Russian State-Backed Hacking Group Sandworm
A slew of federal officials from the U.S. and U.K. removed malware from among thousands of infected devices, disrupting a global botnet.
Modernization
VA, DOD Electronic Health Record System Suffers Nationwide Outage
The three-hour outage prevented more than 95,000 clinician users from accessing and updating patient medical data.
Emerging Tech
Developing Viable Quantum Tech Hinges On Hardware, Workforce
Officials at the Department of Energy said that in addition to continued research and development, a basic foundation is needed to make quantum technologies mainstream.
Cybersecurity
Partisan Rift Stalls Efforts to Secure Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattack
U.S. Cybersecurity Policy heads back to square one as a public-private bargain that emerged from the Congressionally mandated Solarium Commission breaks down.
Cybersecurity
White House Asserts Micromanagement Critique Was About a Previous Administration
Debate is heating up over the role of sector-risk management agencies in shoring up security of the nation’s critical infrastructure.
Emerging Tech
DOD Advances Toward a 5G-Enabled 'Digital Battle Network' With Industry Collaboration
Two companies are embarking on a fresh agreement to help pave the way toward JADC2.
Cybersecurity
State Department Announces First Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy
The new office will work to advance foreign and domestic security through modernizations featuring new and emerging technology.
Cybersecurity
Google Surveys Federal Employees in Fight with Microsoft for Government Market
The survey report tried to associate heavy reliance on Microsoft’s products with greater susceptibility to cyberattacks.
Emerging Tech
Navy Targets Prototypes to Support Human-Operated and Autonomous Weapons and Vehicles
Only certain, U.S.-based companies will be considered for collaboration.
Cybersecurity
Key Lawmaker Defends SEC’s Cyber Incident Reporting Proposal
Rep. Jim Langevin was responding to an industry assertion that the SEC proposal undercuts the will of Congress, given recently enacted legislation.
Policy
Why Biden's Proposed Investment in Space Object Surveillance is a Big Deal
Space policy and technology experts weighed in on the nearly 800% increase for the Office of Space Commerce included in the FY2023 budget request.
Modernization