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Finally, a faster FedRAMP?
A revamped assessment process targets the cloud security program’s biggest friction point: time.
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What agencies are asking about FedRAMP
FCW talked with FedRAMP evangelist Ashley Mahan about her role in helping agencies adopt cloud technology.
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What really goes on inside the FedRAMP office
One tiny team is at the center of the federal government’s push for cloud computing — and all the loud, complicated competing interests that go along with it.
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Video: These Tiny Samsung Computers Might One Day Fill Your Home
A vision for the Internet of Homes.
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Three wishes for FedRAMP Accelerated
The recently announced changes to one of the government’s most important security programs are a good start, but additional fixes are needed.
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Pentagon Wants Its Own Secure Messaging System
DARPA is looking for small businesses to supply that technology.
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How the Intelligence Community’s IT Strategy Helped Link Assad to 2013 Chemical Weapons Attack
The intelligence community's IT plan been shoring up the same kinds of intelligence gaps that preceded the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Protecting physical infrastructure with cyber
DHS' Suzanne Spaulding stresses that, in order to protect the physical infrastructure on which our nation depends, government and private sector alike must bolster cybersecurity.
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Amazon Launches Cloud Marketplace for Spy Agencies
“It’s a big deal and we’ve all been waiting,” one NSA official says.
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Nokia Bets Big on the Internet of Things with $191M Acquisition
The company Withings makes a Wi-Fi-connected scale, air-quality monitors for the home, and smart watches and baby monitors.
Digital Government
Future Smartphones Will Tell You What’s Killing Your Plants
By amassing a huge library of leaf images, scientist are training computers to diagnose the diseases that threaten our food supply.
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Public/private relationships crucial for tech progress
As innovative technologies such as cloud and big data accelerate, federal IT managers are looking to the private sector for help.
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NSA official: ICITE could boost metadata capabilities
Regardless of the source of metadata, "you're going to get improvements by merit of how the data is tagged and how the attributes are assigned," NSA Deputy CIO Sally Holcomb said.
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GSA sets summer expectations for EIS, Alliant 2
GSA has given vendors a heads-up on the next steps for its $50 billion EIS telecom contract and the Alliant RFPs.
Cybersecurity
Here’s How Much the FBI Paid Hackers to Break Into that iPhone
FBI Director James Comey said on-stage at a conference in London the hack cost “a lot."
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Uber Introduces Facial Scans to Reduce Driver Fraud
For all its improvements over traditional taxis, Uber’s safety features have been far from perfect.
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Pentagon CIO: U.K. a model on cloud adoption
The British government hosts commercial cloud services within government facilities. That's "the right way for us to go," says Defense Department CIO Terry Halvorsen.
Cybersecurity
The Cell Phone-Monitoring Agency You’ve Never Heard Of
The DHS subcomponent tracked cell calls during the San Bernardino attack last December.
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