Cybersecurity
Booz Allen Hamilton Wins $1 Billion CDM Contract Award
The award marks the largest ever Booz Allen federal task order, the contractor said.
Artificial Intelligence
DHS Funds Machine Learning Tool to Boost Other Countries' Airport Security
The system would help countries determine if air travelers pose security risks without investing in expensive analytics software or personnel.
Cybersecurity
Kaspersky Ban Draws Few Public Comments
Only three people commented on the rule implementing the Kaspersky ban.
Ideas
CDM Bill Is a Small Price for Major Cybersecurity Improvements
The legislation has the potential to correct many of the shortcomings of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program’s initial implementation.
Cybersecurity
DHS Asks Industry’s Help in Major Supply Chain Security Upgrade
The department wants industry’s input on how to detect malicious and counterfeit tech in the government’s supply chain.
Emerging Tech
CBP Rolls Out Facial Recognition at Silicon Valley Airport
International travel at the Mineta San José International Airport has doubled in recent years.
Cybersecurity
Kaspersky Appeal Hurtles Toward Courtroom Arguments
Lawyers for the government and the Russian anti-virus company have filed their last briefs before arguing before a judicial panel in September.
Emerging Tech
America Is Not Ready for Exploding Drones
An apparent assassination attempt in Venezuela shows how technology is moving faster than governments can counter it.
Digital Government
Cyberattacks Haven’t Stopped but Neither Have Bills to Fight Them
Top national security and intelligence leaders pledged to defend the country from foreign influence campaigns.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security is Pushing Hard for More Supply Chain Authority
The department is examining several specific companies as potential supply chain cyber threats.
Cybersecurity
DHS Stands Up New Cyber Risk Center to Protect High-Value Targets
The center will free up NCCIC to work on cyber threat sharing and incident response, officials say.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Unveil Plans for Agency Telework and Cloud Security
Plus the annual defense authorization bill is poised to pass.
Digital Government
Shoddy IT is Limiting FEMA's Ability to Respond to Disasters, IG Says
Some of the outstanding recommendations go back to 2005, just after Hurricane Katrina.
Modernization
Portal Lets Immigration Agency Deliver FOIA Responses Digitally
Filers can ditch their CD drives.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security Committee Forwards Bill to Prevent the Next Kaspersky
The committee also forwarded legislation to codify Homeland Security’s CDM program.
Cybersecurity
Trump Administration Plans National Cyber Risk Management Initiative
The effort will include the Homeland Security, Treasury and Energy departments along with smaller sector-specific agencies.
Cybersecurity
Government’s Cyber Monitoring Program Would Become Law Under House Bill
The bill also aims to prevent agencies from getting stuck with outdated technology.
Ideas
Forward-Thinking Strategies Can Secure the Power Grid
Owners and operators of our power systems need better ways of knowing what assets they have in their production environments, which have computing capability, and which connect to the internet.
Cybersecurity
Government’s Kaspersky Ban Takes Effect
Pentagon, GSA and NASA contracts will now officially prohibit Kaspersky software.
Cybersecurity