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Finding security in the cloud
A few key considerations can make it a little easier to choose a cloud provider in a complex regulatory landscape.
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Another cyber bill, a FedRAMP report card, cyber-ed partnerships and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Postal Service's Futuristic Vision for the Internet of Things
The "Internet of Postal Things" paints a picture of post office systems that auto-fill paperwork for customers as they walk in, delivery vehicles that monitor themselves for maintenance, and sensors that notify package recipients upon delivery.
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FBI Wants to use Mobile Devices to Collect Biometrics
In an Aug. 3 draft Request for Quotations, the bureau devoted 43 pages to detailing its wide array of requirements for a mobile biometric app able to collect biometrics via an agent’s smartphone.
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How the Apple Watch May Have Saved This Man’s Life
The smartwatch gathered the user's heart beat data
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Spectrum sharing is no simple matter
Moving government spectrum to market can be a bureaucratic slog.
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Infrastructure looks to government for cyber help
A new survey shows critical infrastructure providers expect the physical impact of cyberattacks to worsen.
Digital Government
US Officials Warn That Medical Devices Are Vulnerable to Hackers
This new vulnerability could enable hackers to change the dosage of critical medicines.
Digital Government
Census Plans 2016 Test Run to Experiment with New Tech Tools
Census is rolling out a handful of new options in 2020 designed to upgrade the decennial headcount for the digital age.
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3-D printing could offer flexibility for system upgrades
The emerging technology could give the Pentagon more flexibility in upgrading deployed systems in an ever-evolving threat environment.
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How 'fog computing' makes the IoT run
The push to put processing power on the network's edge can be a valuable complement to cloud computing.
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An explainer on containers
If containers continue to advance into federal enterprise IT, they could spell the end of monolithic legacy applications.
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Army issues guidance for commercial cloud migration
The guidance stipulates that commands bear ultimate responsibility for ensuring that systems and applications within their portfolios are rationalized.
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Buy or build? For IT, it's custom vs. COTS
It's a timeless question — and the answer might not be as clear-cut as agencies think.
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Video: How Android Phones Can Be Hacked With One Text
Why 95 percent of Android users are at risk.
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Shadow IT on the Rise But Feds Unsure How to Tackle Security Risks
Many federal technology decision-makers say they see widespread use of shadow IT in their agency, but consider themselves Ill-equipped to handle its accompanying security risks.
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Rules for the IoT: 'Only what's necessary and no more'
Industry advocates urge Congress to establish national standards for the Internet of Things, but not to use a heavy hand while doing so.
Ideas
The Future-Forward Cybersecurity Fix
The U.S. government is playing catch-up on security primarily because it has not been able to keep up with the advances in technology over the last decade.
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