Cybersecurity
Promoting an innovative workforce through DevSecOps
DevSecOps has the power to set a new standard for the way the DOD -- and the rest of the federal government -- executes work.
Ideas
The Role AI Plays in Safeguarding Government Data
Government agencies need to pivot to better filter and monitor incoming threats and data with velocity, efficiency and optimization.
Cybersecurity
Senate Dems demand answers on DOJ's hack exposure
A group of Democratic senators want detailed answers from the Justice Department and the judiciary branch by the end of the month about the impact of the SolarWinds breach.
Cybersecurity
The Hack Roundup: Biden Orders Intel Assessment of Suspected Russian Malfeasance
Here are the news and updates you may have missed.
Ideas
How to Modernize Mission-Critical IT Systems Without Disruption
Technology never stands still, so building new solutions based on requirements drafted in the past will always result in out of data solutions.
Cybersecurity
Navy to stand up DevSecOps task force
The task force, which is planned for March, is responsible for delivering recommendations that would become the Navy's enterprise-wide roadmap for implementing DevSecOps.
Cybersecurity
DOD’s Cybersecurity Certification Requirements to Appear in DHS Contracts
Official says a selection of the first contractors to be audited will be vetted by members of the new administration.
Cybersecurity
Evanina resigns as counterintelligence chief
William Evanina, a career intelligence official, is stepping down from the post of director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
Cybersecurity
The Hack Roundup: Trump Orders U.S. Cloud Providers to Log Foreign Users
Here are the news and updates you may have missed.
Digital Government
As Biden Signs On, Trump Appointees Share Social Media Sign-Offs
Posts highlighting the former and present administrations’ moves spanned online platforms Wednesday.
Emerging Tech
Trump Takes Executive Action on Drones in Final White House Days
The executive order encourages federal agencies to divest from unmanned aerial systems manufactured by China, Russia and Iran.
Ideas
A New Administration Offers an Ideal Time to Prevent Entitlement Creep
Here’s what you need to know to protect federal employees and secure classified data.
Artificial Intelligence
Defense Secretary Nominee Says Hack Perpetrators ‘Should be Held Accountable’
Gen. Lloyd Austin committed to conducting a review of defense cyber operations, if confirmed.
Digital Government
DHS Nominee Pledges Review of Agency’s Core Cybersecurity Programs
Sen. Josh Hawley blocked quick confirmation of Alejandro Mayorkas.
Cybersecurity
Haines looks to restore IC workforce morale
If confirmed, Avril Haines says that one of her top priorities as the Director of National Intelligence will be "institutional" issues, like renewing public trust in the intelligence community and improving workforce morale.
Digital Government
GAO: DOD Needs Permanent Group to Protect Critical Technologies
The task force currently running these efforts is set to dissolve in the coming months.
Cybersecurity
SolarWinds hack blights the Trump administration's cybersecurity record
The consequences of the SolarWinds Orion hack are far from clear, but analysts and lawmakers say that officials at CISA and NSA made notable strides to improve the government's cybersecurity posture.
Cybersecurity
Mayorkas calls for review of Einstein, CDM
The president-elect's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security said he will review the government's two major cybersecurity programs in the wake of the SolarWinds hack.
Emerging Tech
Roper Makes His Pitch To Biden Team: ‘I Want to Be Part of the China Fight’
The Air Force acquisition chief says he keeps politics out of his work at the Pentagon — and that the U.S. will lose against China without agility.
Modernization