Google Public Sector said today that its Google Distributed Cloud Hosted (GDC Hosted) service has received authorizations to host some of the most sensitive missions for the Defense Department (DoD) and U.S. intelligence community agencies. […]
Brian Conrad, the former acting director of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), joined Zscaler today as its new head of global compliance, authorizing authority liaison. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) released findings late Tuesday following its independent review of the summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online intrusion that attributed the success of the China-based hack to “a cascade of security failures at Microsoft” and an “inadequate” security culture at the company. […]
One of the challenges that Federal agencies need to address when developing and deploying AI technologies is figuring out exactly what effects they are looking to achieve and then zeroing in on discrete solutions for those, a Treasury Department official said at the ServiceNow Federal Forum in National Harbor, Md., on March 21. […]
The age of generative AI is here, and top officials from across the Federal government said this week that agencies must begin the work to demystify and embrace the tool among their workforce to transform how business is done. […]
Two Federal IT experts had a message on March 21 for agencies trying to achieve digital transformation: don’t hesitate to drive cultural change even if it means upsetting some of your colleagues. […]
Automation technologies have helped the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) stop more than 800 cyberattacks this fiscal year, a VA cybersecurity official said today during the ServiceNow Federal Forum – powered by MeriTalk – in National Harbor, Md. […]
Retired Adm. William McRaven has had an extensive career in the U.S. military in which he had to overcome adversity at different moments, learning countless life lessons in teamwork, personal accountability, resilience, and leadership with purpose.
He shared those life lessons with attendees at ServiceNow’s Federal Forum – powered by MeriTalk – in National Harbor, Md., on March 21. […]
The head of diversity at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said today that part of the VA’s mission is to ensure that its workforce looks like the veteran population. […]
U.S. Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO) Venice Goodwine said today she is realizing benefits from the ServiceNow platform as she works to build a “coalition of the willing” in the service branch to harness technology to improve the speed and quality of workflows. […]
Four months have passed since the Biden-Harris administration unveiled its AI executive order (EO), tasking more than 50 Federal entities to take more than 100 specific actions to implement guidance covering eight broad areas of policy. […]
Michael Dickman, Chief Product Officer at security provider Gigamon, reinforced the concepts of “assume breach” and the application of network observability capabilities during a keynote address on innovative cybersecurity approaches at the Visualyze Zero Trust Security Summit hosted by Gigamon and MeriTalk on Feb. 29. […]
The Federal government has a large portfolio of real estate. Managing the lifecycle of that portfolio, from architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) to operations, has historically occurred in silos. New approaches, however, can connect project teams, reduce costs, and improve environmental sustainability. […]
Federal government networks are under more pressure than ever before, and technology officials are making clear that now is the time for network modernization. […]
Cyber Smoke has officially graduated to Tech Tonic. We need all Fed IT mixologists at Morton’s in D.C. on March 14 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. to help us perfect the cocktail. […]
Zero trust security is a complex and moving target, but cybersecurity experts today explained how focusing on your people and instilling a culture of cybersecurity can help Federal agencies reduce zero trust complexity. […]
Which agencies and CIOs are top of the charts for their IT performance? Who’s getting As and Fs in what IT subjects – cloud, cyber, and everything in between? It’s all in the latest Congressional FITARA Scorecard. […]
What are a few great reasons to circle March 11-12 on the calendar for AFCEA’s TechNet Emergence conference at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Va.? […]
Microsoft announced today that it is officially launching its expanded cloud logging capabilities to all Federal agencies this month after working closely with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) to finalize this effort. […]
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. […]