Cybersecurity

Marine Corps rolls up its sleeves on cyber acquisition

The Marine Corps is looking to make "rapid acquisition" less of an oxymoron.

Cybersecurity

Navy workforce memo separates cyber from IT

A recent policy memo from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus differentiates the IT and cybersecurity workforces.

Cybersecurity

Secret Service taps Nally for CIO post

Longtime Marines IT leader Brig. Gen. Kevin Nally is coming out of retirement to take over tech operations at the U.S. Secret Service.

Cybersecurity

Joint Chiefs hack illustrates insufficient cyber defense

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said the hack "clearly highlighted for me...that whatever investments we've made in cyber defense to date have not gotten us to where we need to be."

Cybersecurity

Marine Corps CIO seeks to cordon off network

The uniqueness of the Marine Corps network and the threat of adversaries manipulating data require the Corps to segment parts of its network to make it more defensible, CIO Dennis Crall said.

Cybersecurity

Demystifying cyber intel, Marines get real, ITI signs Palo Alto and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

In first policy speech, DIA director prioritizes ICITE

Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart pledges to drive an ambitious intelligence community IT project forward.

Modernization

Domain name delay, DHS funding, McCain on acquisition and more

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Modernization

Marines hope IT can keep pace with personnel

The Corps has recently deployed personnel to crises springing up around the world, but is still working on how best to equip those officers with the information they own at garrison.

Cybersecurity

USMC colonel calls for shakeup of cyber structure

Marine Col. Gregory Breazile, director of the Corps' C2/Cyber and Electronic Warfare Integration Division, says HQ "is not functionally aligned to support cyberspace operations."

Cybersecurity

(ISC)² honors information security leaders in government

Winners hail from DHS, Education, State, the Army and the Marine Corps.

People

Nally to retire in July

The Marine Corps' top IT leader is winding down a 34-year career.

Cybersecurity

Marine cyber commander reassures comm officers

Maj. Gen. Daniel O'Donohue told communications officers that their contributions are not being overshadowed by cyber specialists.

Cybersecurity

Marine Corps CIO focuses on collapsing networks

Three months after the Marine Corps commandant issued IT-focused guidance, CIO Brig. Gen. Kevin Nally offered an update on how the Corps is meeting key goals, from network consolidation to mobility.

Cybersecurity

Federal 100: Robert L. Anderson III

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Modernization

GSA cloud, Marine Corps guidance and a UK cyber deal

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

People

Tech panels, IoT caucus, a Marine at DIA and CNN’s drones

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

People

Linking research to real life (and to real-world budgets)

With a doctorate in neuroscience and a talent for finding funding, Ivy Estabrooke personifies the Office of Naval Research's straddling of science and military operations.

Modernization

Navy trims NGEN transition timeline

The transition of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet to a new government-owned system had been delayed by bid protests and the government shutdown, but

Digital Government

Federal 100: Lynda Pierce

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