Modernization
Super categories, supercomputers, analytics acquisitions and Microsoft clouds
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Kim Jong-un’s Operating System Now Available in the Free World
Government (Foreign) // Pyongyang, North Korea
Digital Government
Inspectors Warn: Scrap Proposed $443 Million Border Drone Surge
U.S. unmanned jets fielded to catch border trespassers have not proved their worth and DHS is lowballing cost estimates, the watchdog reported.
Cybersecurity
Sony Hack Signals ‘New Normal’ in Cybersecurity
The attack on the entertainment conglomerate illustrates the cold reality of the cybersecurity landscape today: It’s likely to get worse before it gets better.
Cybersecurity
US Digital Service Hauled in to Shore up White House Security After Hack
The U.S. Digital Service -- the newly minted federal IT fix-it shop headed by former Google engineer Mikey Dickerson -- has been dispatched to look at shoring up security on the White House networks.
Digital Government
Report: Air Force Drone Program at ‘Breaking Point’
The force has enough drones, but so few pilots that it may not be able to fulfill the growing demand for air patrols.
Emerging Tech
This is What Happens When High Schoolers Build Robots
A tournament for tech leaders of the future is rooted in traditions of the past.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon Wants ‘Real Roadmap’ To Artificial Intelligence
Should we be afraid of AI? The military wants a real answer by the end of 2015.
Cybersecurity
USPS breach wider than first reported
Medical records of as many as 485,000 employees might also have been exposed, in cases reaching back to 1980.
Cybersecurity
FCC complaint portal, KeyPoint inquiry and a child-porn sentencing
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
The measure of all things
A Commerce Department advisory council hopes to quantify innovation and measure the effectiveness of incubators and federal grants.
Cybersecurity
Cyber campus, St. E's funded in 2015
The omnibus spending bill includes $144 million for the new DHS site and $35 million for GSA’s civilian cyber campus.
Cybersecurity
Border Patrol finding new uses for data
Border security now means not only the basic metrics of apprehensions, but using that data to gauge and interdict looming threats.
Cybersecurity
Morgan Stanley Insider Exposes Private Client Names
Financial Services // New York, United States
Modernization
Watchdog Wants to Know if DOD Has Actually Saved Money by Jumping to the Cloud
Audit to determine whether DOD components performed cost-benefit analyses before buying cloud services.
Digital Government
NWS Says 'No Involvement' from China-Owned Unit in IBM Supercomputer Deal
The National Weather Service will get forecast-boosting supercomputers that will increase processing capacity by almost tenfold.
Digital Government
CIA Watchdog Who Revealed Senate Hack is Resigning
Inspector General David Buckley will step down at the end of the month, the agency said.
Ideas
Why Commercial Clouds are More Secure than Federal Data Centers
It’s time to add security as a reason for, not against, moving federal applications to the commercial cloud.
Modernization