Cybersecurity

Navy's new cyber strategy prioritizes threats

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command's five-year plan aims to avoid a repeat of the 2013 Iranian hack of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet.

Acquisition

Backseat drivers plague procurement

Acquisition officers get too much advice from people who can't move the process forward, says Army Assistant Secretary Heidi Shyu.

People

Mobile: It's not just IT, it's an adventure

PEO-EIS Victor Gavin says the Navy wants to adopt not only new technologies, but also a mobile mindset.

Cybersecurity

Air Force launches enterprise cyber strategy

Task Force Cyber Aware will take a year to diagnose the service's risks and vulnerabilities.

Cybersecurity

A safety lesson from Little League, GSA breach notification and Navy war gamers

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Acquisition

Necessity is the mother of Navy acquisition reform

The Navy's Innovation Cell is designed to speed up a lumbering acquisition system by getting vendors involved earlier in the process.

Cybersecurity

Revisiting the Navy’s blueprint for cyber operations

Operation Rolling Tide, which drove Iranian hackers from the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, could have a lasting impact on the Pentagon's approach to cyber.

Cybersecurity

Federal 100: Robert L. Anderson III

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Cybersecurity

Federal 100: Rear Adm. Nancy Norton

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Cybersecurity

Federal 100: Lt. Cmdr. Tom McAndrew

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Modernization

Federal 100: J. Eric Markland

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People

Federal 100: Capt. Michael N. Abreu

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People

Federal 100: Laura Knight

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Cybersecurity

New job for Norton, plus updates on drones and data breach legislation

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Secret Service head named, accused hacker pleads and Navy patents honored

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Cybersecurity

Navy intelligence challenged by big data

Rear Adm. Elizabeth Train says a common networking architecture is a pressing need.

Digital Government

GovTV: The Navy's new robot firefighter

A prototype of the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot debuted this week.

Acquisition

Top Navy official asks Congress to strip out acquisition regulations

The new Congress should focus reform efforts on doing away with existing regulations rather than adding new ones, says the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition.

People

How would you like to run the Navy's IT?

With Terry Halvorsen running DOD IT, the Navy is now officially looking for a new CIO.

Digital Government

Pirate tracking, highways in the sky and laser deployment

News and notes from around the federal IT community.