The National Institute of Standards and Technology will issue federal grants to establish a laboratory for collaborative research into forensic methods and technologies. NIST said Tuesday it plans to spend up to
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has launched a pilot to explore role-based authentication tools to control employee access to data based on their roles and responsibilities, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes that
MoreBilly Rios, director of threat intelligence at Qualys, has called for increased effort to protect private industry and federal industrial control systems over existing security regulations in place, FCW reported Friday. Mark
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The U.S. Air Force has partnered with Aurora Flight Sciences to develop a small unmanned aircraft system for usage in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in non-combat areas in Afghanistan. Development work the so-called “urban beat
MoreU.S. Cyber Command chief Michael Rogers believes CyberCom must demonstrate flexibility when responding to domestic cyber threats, DoD News reported Monday. Cheryl Pellerin writes that Rogers’ priorities are to ensure that his
MoreThe U.S. military plans to consolidate personnel from its service branches into a joint cyber group in a move to counter cyber attacks and run military networks, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared Serbu
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The Securities and Exchange Commission‘s use of analytics and cloud tools to organize massive trading data is saving the agency more than $3 million each year, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Nicole
MoreA recent SANS Institute survey says that around 30 percent of federal agencies and contractors have not yet adopted the Department of Homeland Security‘s program for continuous diagnostics and mitigation, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jared Serbu
MoreTerry Halvorsen, the Pentagon’s acting chief information officer, has said the department is working to build a protected and shared global network through the Joint Information Environment program, DoD News reported Wednesday.
MoreRichard McKinney, the Transportation Department‘s chief information officer, discussed how the agency worked to bolster cybersecurity during a speech Wednesday at the Federal Forum in Washington, FCW reported Wednesday. Colby Hochmuth writes
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