The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, has appointed Daniel Holtzman, a veteran technology leader, as deputy executive director. Holtzman announced his new position in a LinkedIn
A House subcommittee has introduced a proposal that would require the Defense Department to implement measures designed to protect the Joint Information Environment from insider threats, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. Billy Mitchell writes
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The Department of Homeland Security will conduct a two-day public meeting in May in Anaheim, California, to tackle the draft voluntary standards on the operations of cybersecurity-focused information sharing and analysis organizations.
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) is set to introduce a bill that would allocate $610 billion in defense budget for fiscal year 2017, Politico reported Thursday. Jeremy Herb writes Thornberry’s version
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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists have found that core particles of different sizes in a powder batch tend to develop the same level of shell thickness when subjected to a thin-film growth
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A House subcommittee has drafted a bill that would give the National Reconnaissance Office authority over some of the U.S. Air Force’s space weather programs, Space News reported Tuesday. The House Armed
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A National Institute of Standards and Technology-led initiative has unveiled a new strategic plan that seeks to guide and facilitate federal programs in support of a cybersecurity-focused national education initiative. Rodney Petersen,
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Amy Hess, executive assistant director of the FBI‘s science and technology branch, has said the FBI needs access to electronic information to aid in its investigations amid technological changes and evolving national security and
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The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has published a report that seeks to help the Commerce Department identify research-and-development opportunities to leverage data analytics for use in public safety communications and
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Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of cloud storage firm Box, wrote in a column posted Tuesday in The Washington Post that lawmakers should introduce policies on cybersecurity based on the “new digital
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The General Services Administration’s 18F organization has developed a tool that aims to help federal information security personnel continuously update their system security plans with code in an effort to manage risks
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