A group of 20 leading technology companies signed a pact at the Munich Security Conference Friday to help combat the use of harmful AI-generated content, such as deepfakes, meant to deceive voters in the 2024 elections. […]
The Cloud Safe Task Force – comprised of four nonprofits: MITRE, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC), and the IT Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC) – published a paper on Feb. 14 offering recommendations for Congress, the White House, Federal agencies, and industry to improve government cloud security. […]
U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro this week pledged to hold government contractors accountable and called on them to deliver cutting-edge technologies and capabilities to the Navy “on time and on budget without excuses.” […]
The government’s move to zero trust security is picking up speed, with Federal agencies facing an Office of Management and Budget deadline to meet specific zero trust goals by the end of fiscal year 2024. Peter Romness specializes in just this type of situation: the cybersecurity principal in the CISO Advisor’s Office at Cisco Systems has been helping government customers achieve their missions for nearly 35 years. In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Romness offered expert tips to agencies on how they can make faster progress – often with existing tools – in boosting cybersecurity and meeting the Federal mandates. […]
On the 21st century battlefield information is a warfighting imperative, and the U.S. military needs to enable the right tools and solutions that deliver consumable and ready-to-use data to warfighters, top military and defense leaders said on Feb. 14 at the WEST 2024 conference – co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute – in San Diego, Calif. […]
As technologies are continuing to evolve at a rapid pace, officials from the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) said on Feb. 14 that the United States must be dominant in artificial intelligence (AI) in order to win the “information fight.” […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is looking to “automate and elevate” its data in order to better adapt to a dynamic cyber environment, according to Darrell Fountain, chief of the Cyber Security Services Provider (CSSP) Program at DISA. […]
The U.S. government’s Zero Trust progress is paying off as organizations across the public and private sectors address Ivanti security breach risks. […]
A top Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) official offered a look today at DISA’s ongoing efforts to provide cloud services to military branches outside the contiguous U.S. (OCONUS), noting the agency’s successes specifically with the Stratus cloud program during remarks at the WEST 2024 conference in San Diego, Calif., co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute. […]
Although many organizations believe that zero trust security does not have a destination, Dell Technologies is changing that narrative through its fully configured Project Fort Zero security solution. […]
As the U.S. Navy is integrating disruptive and emerging technologies, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti stressed today that “speed matters” in order to keep up with our nation’s global adversaries. […]
The Federal government is already using artificial intelligence technologies, but one tech expert this week explained that it’s crucial to leverage “radical collaboration” to put a formal AI governance model in place – such as an Authority to Operate (ATO). […]
Infusing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into data and applications at the edge has the potential to transform operations at Federal civilian agencies and in national defense. But edge environments can be challenging to manage and come with their own set of security risks. […]
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) partnered with the United States Indo-Pacific Command and the Army I Corps to further integrate zero trust technology at the tactical edge during the December 2023 Yama Sakura exercises in Japan. […]
On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden stood in the East Room of the White House and unveiled an executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI) that was breathtaking in scope. “AI is all around us,” the president said as he signed the 111-page document. In the near term, there is plenty that Federal agencies can do to work toward achieving the goals of the EO. […]
The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Federal Zero Trust Strategy turned two years old on Jan. 26, and officials from several private sector firms that are helping Federal agencies put zero trust security in place are giving solid marks for progress thus far, and emphasizing the need for further gains as the threat environment grows more complex. […]
The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is upon us. AI is everywhere, dominating headlines and conversations as it and machine learning (ML) technologies advance toward adoption at a rapid pace. […]
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has issued guidance to agencies to encourage more public feedback in Federal rulemaking, including through a new web portal that makes it easier for citizens to provide their feedback. […]
The Department of Commerce (DoC) said today it has reached an agreement with Microchip Technology Inc. to provide about $162 million in Federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act – marking the agency’s second funding announcement under the law. […]
Sonny Hashmi, who stepped down last month as the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) commissioner, has landed his next position at codeless development platform provider Unqork. […]
A sampling of execs from some of the Federal government’s top IT and service vendors is showing consensus that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will continue to be a major hot-button issue in government tech circles in 2024, with cybersecurity and workforce development also making strong showings in the new year. […]
As cyber threats continue to evolve in complexity, collaboration is more crucial than ever and serves as the “fuel” of cyber operations, according to David Carroll, associate director for mission engineering at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working to ensure millions of Americans have an optimized customer experience (CX) when interacting with one of its many websites, utilizing a modern approach to the software development lifecycle. […]
Former Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt reiterated this week his views on the need for global-level regulations for development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and said that the era of AI computer systems gaining the capability to set their own “objective functions” may only be five to 10 years away. […]
While every Federal agency is now required to identify network assets and vulnerabilities and provide data to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) regularly under CISA’s Binding Operational Directive (BOD), Improving Asset Visibility and Vulnerability Detection on Federal Networks, gaps persist. Bad actors continue to exploit known vulnerabilities, some of which are the consequence of highly interconnected systems and data sharing between the public and private sectors. […]
Federal government agencies are running hard to meet challenging White House technology policy mandates on a host of fronts – with cloud adoption, zero trust security migration, and customer experience improvements high on that list. […]
Cloud security provider Zscaler announced new updates on Nov. 8 to its Zero Trust Exchange™ platform to simplify and improve cloud workload security, with added enhancements for Federal agencies. […]
The Federal government is continuing to seek solutions to improve the security of its operational technologies (OT) and IT infrastructure, especially as numerous policy mandates bring further attention to the need for securing government networks. […]
The Indian Health Service (IHS) – a Department of Health and Human Services agency – awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a $2.5 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to modernize its electronic health record (EHR) system, according to a recent release. […]
A sampling of government IT sector officials is giving solid reviews to President Biden’s AI Executive Order issued on Oct. 30, and looking forward to next steps as the administration begins a months-long effort to push the order’s requirements out to Federal agencies. […]