Modernization

The future of cloud: Moving up the value chain

Cloud technology is reducing costs and enhancing agencies' focus on what to do with data instead of how to store or manage it. And that is only the beginning.

Modernization

NSA's bulk data program is shut down

The National Security Agency is replacing a controversial spying program with a new data collection regime approved under the USA Freedom Act.

Digital Government

The Internet Isn't Available in Most Languages

Despite all the hype about how it has connected the world, the web is more insular than you might think.

Modernization

Supercomputers get help with Fortran

The National Labs are using a new tool to integrate the 1950s-era Fortran computer language into their supercomputing infrastructure.

Modernization

Michael H. Brody

Michael Brody has a unique ability to reconcile mission needs with privacy protections, which requires close collaboration with DHS' many independent-minded components.

Modernization

Katherine Mullins

Katherine Mullins has been instrumental in enabling all levels of government to communicate securely via the Homeland Security Information Network.

Modernization

Nicholas Keshavarz-Nia

Noblis' Nicholas Keshavarz-Nia led development and deployment of an automated continuous monitoring solution that he now uses to support FedRAMP.

Modernization

Michael Wheeless

Michael Wheeless successfully demonstrated that commercial smartphones and tablets could connect securely from Navy ships to networks back ashore.

Modernization

In Sentinel, the FBI finds an unlikely poster child for agile

The FBI has struggled with case management over the years. The bureau’s CTO thinks lessons learned along the way have taught the FBI how to do agile development,

Modernization

Critical infrastructure regulators need to improve cyber metrics

According to a recent Government Accountability Office study, sector-specific agencies need to do a better job of measuring cyber risks to private-sector critical infrastructure.

Modernization

The 911 System Wasn’t Built for Smartphones

It's hard for dispatchers to locate people reporting emergencies.

Modernization

Your Phone Knows What You Watch on TV

Silverpush creates inaudible signals between devices to serve you more targeted ads.

Modernization

GAO nixes Peace Corps' email plans

Auditors ruling on a bid protest could bring clarity to how follow-on contracts should be handled.

Modernization

NIST Names App Challenge Winners

First place went to an app that provides simple access to chemical species data.

Cybersecurity

This ISIS-Endorsed Encryption Contractor Says It Will Now Screen Who's Buying Its Services

The goal is to stop terrorists from using stolen credit cards bought off the online black market, and entering bogus physical addresses to register for encryption services.

Digital Government

Why Restricting Encryption Would Not Have Prevented the Paris Attack

... despite what intelligence officials from multiple countries are saying.

Digital Government

Senators Investigate Role of Encryption in Paris Attacks

Lawmakers want to know whether encryption allowed the attackers to keep their communications covert.