Mark Kneidinger, director of the Department of Homeland Security‘s federal network resilience division, has said he believes a federal chief information security officer will not be able to demonstrate leadership potential without legal
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has opened the comment period for its draft publication on cloud computing accessibility as part of an effort to help employees with disabilities utilize the
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IBM’s Dan Chenok has said the government should work to identify and respond to cyber threats in a way that does not prevent government agencies, commercial firms and citizens from using technology
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Federal digital managers have verified more than 7,300 government accounts on third-party Web, social media and mobile platforms through the General Services Administration‘s U.S. Digital Registry, GSA official Jacob Purcell wrote in a blog article published Monday. Purcell,
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The Department of Homeland Security has proposed establishing a centralized system for DHS to manage inquiries, complaints and investigations about potential insider threats. DHS said in a public notice posted Feb. 26 on Regulations.gov it
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Steve Harris, vice president and general manager of Dell‘s federal systems group, has recommended federal chief information officers instill a “future-ready mindset†among employees to facilitate the implementation of the Federal Information Technology
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A bipartisan group of senators that includes Brian Schatz, Deb Fischer, Cory Booker and Kelly Ayotte has introduced a bill that seeks to build on a U.S. Senate resolution passed in March 2015 that
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has announced the Defense Department‘s plan to establish an advisory board to help craft technological strategies for DoD to address organizational culture and project management issues. DoD said Wednesday the Defense Innovation
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has posted eight new coding projects for the open-source community on the GitHub website as part of NGA’s GEOINT Pathfinder initiative. NGA said Feb. 22 two of the open-source
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The Defense Department plans to enlist ethical hackers for a pilot cyber “bug bounty” program that aims to uncover security vulnerabilities on DoD’s public-facing websites. The Hack the Pentagon initiative will use private-sector crowdsourcing to allow participants to
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