A Department of Homeland Security official has proposed creating a government-wide security authorization service that would validate mobile applications before federal staff can download the apps, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Aliya Sternstein writes
MoreA National Institute of Standards and Technology official has clarified that the agency’s voluntary cybersecurity framework is meant to offer private enterprises the “know-how” needed to protect their infrastructure, GovInfoSecurity reported Wednesday.
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology is turning a laboratory into a mock office building in an effort to study energy consumption patterns and develop artificial intelligence that will regulate energy use
MoreThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is working with BAE Systems to develop a “map of the world” that contains geographic-based intelligence and integrates many types of information from sources in the intelligence community, Defense Systems reported
MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking information on non-invasive neurotechnology systems for use in studies that involve single neural activity sensing on an ambulatory human. DARPA’s biological technologies office issued a
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President Barack Obama has introduced a string of measures aimed at removing the barriers to mental health treatment of military veterans, Reuters reported Tuesday. Mark Felsenthal writes that President Obama detailed the
MoreU.S. intelligence organizations are working to build a common information technology network in the cloud as the agencies transition to a shared services strategy, Defense Systems reported Friday. Greg Slabodkin writes the
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking feedback from industry users of its voluntary cybersecurity framework following that frameworkâs release in February. NIST intends to incorporate industry responses into its
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The National Institute for Standards and Technology is seeking comments from the public on the agency’s new draft guidelines on how to test mobile applications for potential privacy and security risks to the network or organization. NIST
MoreMichael Daniel, a special adviser at the White House, says cybersecurity encompasses more than its technical aspects as the government seeks to understand and identify potential solutions in that space, GovInfoSecurity reported Thursday. “Being too down
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