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- Friday federal headlines - May 24, 2013
USAID works around FISMA to use iPads
"We are not DHS. We are not DoD," says Jerry Horton, chief information officer at USAID.
Cloud-first policy, cloud security top of mind for feds
Federal News Radio covered two big stories this week on cloud computing. Check them out! Cloud computing e-discovery risks a concern Federal lawyers and record managers are watching closely how the General Services Administration, the Agriculture Department and others move their email and collaboration services to private sector cloud computing providers. Federal News Radio’s Jason [...]
Kundra: Agencies on path for transition to cloud
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra says agencies are on track to move to the cloud and framed his ideas for where he wants government to go in the future.
NIST's Dodson coordinates interagency tech collaboration
In her position as the Deputy Chief Cybersecurity Advisor at National Institute of Standards and Technology -- part of Donna Dodson's job is to coordinate NIST priorities.
NIST, HHS to test vendor technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Health and Human Services are hosting a workshop next month for labs that want to test the technology.
Top 100 feds in IT: Donna Dodson
Making the exclusive cut is cybersecurity rock star - Donna Dodson. She leads the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division and is the Deputy Chief Cybersecurity Advisor.
Tech standards to change for accessing buildings, computers
Hildy Ferraiolo, a NIST computer scientist, explains how the standard is changing to access federal buildings and computer systems.
Agencies still struggling to encrypt mobile devices
Despite a 2006 mandate to secure mobile devices and implement two-factor authentication, only just over half of federal agencies have managed to do so. OMB submits its annual FISMA report to Congress detailing the steps the government has taken to improve cybersecurity, including spending $12 billion on cybersecurity last year.
Cloud computing progress to be discussed at NIST forum
Government and industry leaders are coming together to discuss progress the government has made to advance open standards in interoperability, portability and security in cloud computing. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will hold its Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop III April 7-8 at the agencyâ"™s headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. Working groups formed at [...]
NIST raises cybersecurity to a holistic level
NIST has updated its Cybersecurity Recommendations for Government. Learn how your agency will be able to better manage information security risks from project leader for FISMA implementation, Ron Ross.
NIST wants input on information security
For the first time, NIST is seeking feedback on security controls for information systems in federal governnent.
NIST releases 'Managing Information Security Risk'
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the final version of its guidelines for information risk management.
Agencies figuring out how to take network vitals
OMB mandated departments implement continuous monitoring of their cyber networks by 2012. Part of meeting that goal is understanding what hardware and software currently reside on the computing backbone.
This week in the cloud
NIST cloud guidelines address security, privacy concerns We told you last week about the two draft cloud documents NIST published. This week, Federal News Radio spoke with NIST computer scientists Lee Badger and Tim Grance about those docs. Federal News Radio host Chris Dorobek also discussed how agencies can take advantage of the costs and [...]
NIST to end mercury thermometer era
NIST's Gregory Strouse explains why the agency wants to end the use of mercury.
NIST cloud guidelines address security, privacy concerns
NIST's Lee Badger and Tim Grance explain how the public can comment on two draft documents offering guidelines for public cloud use.
NIST seeks public collaboration for cloud guidelines
The public has until Feb. 28 to comment on two draft documents on cloud computing for the government.
Grant to head trusted identities program at NIST
Jeremy Grant shares his top priorities as the incoming
NIST releases cloud computing standards
Two draft documents released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology define and set guidelines for government cloud computing.
NIST publishes draft cloud computing standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology published two draft documents on cloud computing today. The first offers NIST’s definition of cloud computing and the second offers guidelines on security and privacy in cloud computing. Both documents are open for public comment through February 28, 2011. NIST also announced the launch of a new Cloud [...]
