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High schoolers win scholarships in cyber challenge

ISC2 sponsored the challenge. The idea is to spark interest in the field of cybersecurity to help build a broader pool for a future cybersecurity workforce.

Tags: technology , Cybersecurity Update , Federal Drive

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OMB outlines shift on FISMA

The Obama White House is trying to put its own stamp on how it wants to protect the federal government's cybersecurity infrastructure. That's the message in the Office of Management and Budget's "Fiscal Year 2009 Report to Congress on FISMA, the Federal Information Security Management Act."

Tags: technology , cybersecurity , OMB , FISMA , Vivek Kundra , Alan Paller , SANS Institute , Hord Tipton , Max Cacas

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What are your federal IT pros worried about?

"Security" is a word that gets woven in to nearly everything your agency does, so understanding what your security people are worried about is good information to have.

Tags: Hord Tipton , Cybersecurity Update , technology , IT , In Depth

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Training - a cybersecurity basic for HHS

Federal Security Spotlight speaks with Thomas Schankweiler III, chief information security officer in the office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
January 13, 2011

Tags: Thomas Schankweiler , HHS , CISO , cybersecurity , technology , Federal Security Spotlight , Tom Temin

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Rep. Lofgren wants contractors to fill cyber void

As agencies try to hire hundreds of trained cybersecurity experts in the coming years, there are questions about whether that need can be met. Some observers wonder whether there really are enough cybersecurity workers.

Tags: contracting , technology , cybersecurity , management , Greg Schaffer , Zoe Lofgren , DHS , OMB , OPM , Stan Soloway , PSC , Hord Tipton , Max Cacas

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DHS's Marshall: Supply chain management vital

The challenge of securing the nation's IT infrastructure has often been likened to building an airplane as it flies through the air -- or even herding cats.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , technology , cybersecurity , DHS , Richard Marshall , National Cybersecurity Division , FBI , HP , Electronic Data Systems , Howard Schmidt , Barack Obama , Max Cacas

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DHS promotes tech from workbench to market

In speech after speech, officials talk about the need for government and industry to work together to solve cybersecurity challenges. But for the past five years, a government-industry partnership has actually been making good on the promise of collaboration in the cybersecurity arena.

Tags: technology , Cybersecurity Update , Security Innovation Network , Robert Rodriguez , DHS , Doug Maughan , Ironkey , Microsoft , McAfee , Max Cacas

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DHS: cybersecurity is more than herding cats

When it comes to securing the nation's cybersecurity infrastructure, how do federal officials think of the future? One of the top cybersecurity officials at the Department of Homeland Security weighed in on the topic at the ISC2 SecureAmericas conference yesterday.

Tags: technology , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DHS , Richard Marshall , National Cybersecurity Division , FBI , HP , Electronic Data Systems , Howard Schmidt , Barack Obama , Max Cacas

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Cybersecurity could affect federal bonuses

CISO survey released, Stock market may have been victim of cyberattack

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , National Cyberspace Office , CISO , cyberattack

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How to be part of the glitz and glamor of GISLA

The Government Information Security Leadership Awards (GISLAs) program has been recognizing the ongoing commitment by federal information security leaders to build a highly qualified and ethical workforce. Director Sarah Bohne tells us what's new for this year.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , GISLA , Sarah Bohne

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