The Defense Department is pushing forward its cloud adoption efforts and industry dialogue following recent updates on the commercial cloud acquisition policy and the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s cloud security guidelines, Nextgov reported
MoreThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released a draft plan to establish a system for interoperable health information exchange on a national scale. ONC crafted the “Connecting
MoreThe First Responder Network Authority will work to use smart mobile technology to help law enforcement communicate or send information through the future wireless public safety network FirstNet while in the field. T.J. Kennedy,
MoreA survey conducted by SolarWinds and Market Connections found that IT security professionals at the Defense Department consider careless insiders as the top potential threat to DoD network security, Defense Systems reported Thursday. Kevin
MoreThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is working with representatives from industry and civil liberties groups to develop potential legislation on cyber information sharing, USA Today reported Wednesday. Erin Kelly writes that
MoreThe Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program office seeks public feedback on a draft baseline for hosting and securing high-impact federal information systems in cloud environments, FierceGovernmentIT reported Thursday. Dibya Sarkar writes
MoreStephan Fihn, director of the Veterans Health Administrationâs analytics and business intelligence office, has said the VHA is building predictive models that it plans to deploy over the next decade, GCN reported
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The U.S. military is working with International Biometric Group under a $3 million contract to develop a biometric application programming interface that uses “cognitive fingerprints” or behavior patterns for online identity verification, Sky News reported Wednesday.
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security will deploy a biometric identification system for the U.S. Border Patrol that is designed to use iris and facial recognition to verify the identities of individuals who enter the U.S., Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya
MoreForty-six percent of federal information professionals surveyed by SolarWinds and Market Connections cited insufficient cybersecurity training as a key hurdle in the prevention of insider threats. The research polled 200 IT leaders across
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