Cybersecurity
FCC Working on Rule for Wireless Carriers to Avert SIM Swap Fraud
More than a year after lawmakers requested such action to protect consumer data and national security, the commission’s move could help to stop hackers undermining multifactor authentication.
Ideas
Prioritizing Breach Prevention for a Secure Government
A more secure government happens when hackers are stopped before they can touch critical data and systems—when a breach is prevented, not mitigated.
Cybersecurity
White House Announces 7 TMF Awards with Big Focus on Zero Trust
Half of the awards announced publicly went to zero trust cybersecurity projects, with no funding going directly to pandemic response tech. One project remains classified.
People
Congress passes funding bill through Dec. 3, avoiding shutdown
With just hours to go in fiscal year 2021, Congress passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown.
Digital Government
Defense Business Board Relaunches After Pentagon Review
Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James named chair of the diverse advisory board.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Planning a New Initiative to Train People How to Make Use of Its Space Data
A NASA initiative aims to teach the public how to effectively use open-source tools and software to answer data-centered questions on their own.
Cybersecurity
Cyber EO compliance is a full-time job
Unified security controls, supply chain security, zero trust and smart procurement decisions are all pieces of the puzzle.
Cybersecurity
7 new TMF awards include one classified project
The awards focus on zero trust and include a major investment in the Login.gov federal digital identity solution.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: September 30, 2021
The latest news and analysis from FCW's reporters and editors.
Cybersecurity
NSA Cyber Chief Warns Hackers Increasingly Use Commercial Tools to Stay Hidden
Advanced persistent threat actors are becoming harder to spot and making attribution more difficult.
Digital Government
After 3 Years, Key IRS Systems Still Aren’t Properly Encrypted
The inspector general attributed the delays in the agency’s data at rest encryption program to additional mandates and poor adherence to program management best practices.
Cybersecurity
Senator: Competing Cyber Incident Reporting Bills May Merge
The bills could be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act.
Cybersecurity
CISA chief: Cyber incident reporting can't become a burden
Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, stressed the importance of cyber incident reporting but said mandates should be careful of potentially overburdening companies -- and CISA -- with "reporting noise."
People
TSA head says more union rights coming to airport screeners
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want the agency to resolve longstanding compensation issues for the frontline Transportation Security Administration workforce.
Ideas
Why Government Agencies Fail at DevSecOps—and How They Can Succeed
Instead of seeking out short-term gains, agencies need to focus on the long-term benefits.
Digital Government
Federal Employee Group Urges Congress to Avoid a Government Shutdown
Lawmakers have a little time left to pass a continuing resolution.
Digital Government
CDC, NASA seek apps to monitor employee vaccinations
CDC is looking for a vaccine passport-type service to authenticate COVID-19 vaccine data on its employees and to supply proof of recent tests for traveling agency employees, while NASA is looking for a smartphone app that would not only allow its 18,000 employees to display their vaccination status when entering a NASA facility, but also help the space agency efficiently survey, report and analyze data on the immunization status of its workforce.
Digital Government
A government IT 'public benefit corporation' works to benefit the public
Steve Kelman checks in with Nava on the efforts to balance profitable business and civic-minded federal contracting.
Digital Government