Cybersecurity
Navy CIO memo promises accountability
The Feb. 12 memo issued by Navy CIO Robert Foster echoes recent emphasis from Defense Department officials that commanders will be held accountable for IT failures under their watch.
Cybersecurity
Audit finds Navy installations still vulnerable
Navy officials did not properly tap the National Crime Information Center when screening certain contractors, the IG concluded in a November report that was released in full on Dec. 18.
Modernization
Navy drones still a work in progress
The new deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for unmanned systems is still exploring how best to deploy remotely guided vessels.
Cybersecurity
Naval Research Lab hit by zero-day exploit
The sophisticated attack on NRL's unclassified network became an "experiment unto itself," NRL Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Bruington said.
Modernization
Michael Wheeless
Michael Wheeless successfully demonstrated that commercial smartphones and tablets could connect securely from Navy ships to networks back ashore.
Cybersecurity
What a big Navy breach taught the Army
The Army had been paying close attention to the Navy's operation to drive Iranian hackers from the unclassified portion of the service's intranet.
Cybersecurity
How FITARA helps federal CIOs straddle IT and finance roles
Being an effective CIO means mastering multiple disciplines. Four CIOs new to their posts explain the demands of the role, and how new rules strengthen the CIO's hand in federal organizations.
Cybersecurity
Navy establishes permanent cyber division
Navy officials are trying to build on the momentum of the yearlong Task Force Cyber Awakening to drive a lasting, more secure cyber posture at the service.
Acquisition
Navy NextGen RFI, cyber acquisition and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Prioritizing authentication, GitHub attacked, Carter back to Silicon Valley and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Army cyber training, an $850M comms contract, DOJ seeks a CISO and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Navy drones, an innovation festival and predicting the grid
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Navy paying millions for Windows XP, other dated products
The Navy has awarded a $9.1 million contract to Microsoft for dated products including Windows XP, which the firm stopped providing updates for over a year ago.
Cybersecurity
Rogers mum on OPM attribution, but says hack shows value of data
The country's top cyber official declined to officially attribute the OPM hack to China, but called the intrusion a reminder of how "data has value as a commodity."
Cybersecurity
Navy challenged by spear phishing, software patches
The less discriminate act of phishing is apparently a Defense Department-wide problem.
Cybersecurity
FirstNet RFP, Navy CIO and S&T on Facebook
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Encryption warning, email assurance, a health IT SIN and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Navy cloud and Air Force space launch
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
DOD Lab Day has a cyber undercurrent
At the Pentagon's first-ever Laboratory Day, researchers from Air Force, Army and Navy labs won $45 million to develop quantum computing.
Modernization