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Kundra to agencies: Manage your 'digital oil'
Agencies are following through on the administration's 25-point plan for IT reform. Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra said the movement to cloud is becoming more important than ever.
Tags: Vivek Kundra , cloud computing , technology , Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop , GSA , John Buckner
NIST sets new security configuration guidelines
Draft special publication would help agencies implement systems based on a minimum set of standards.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Secure configuration
Testing the path to IPv6
Less than one year from now, agencies across the Federal Government face a new deadline: On July 2010, all new equipment and software for federal computer networks must be compliant with the IPv6 internet protocol.
Tags: technology , networking , Internet , IPv6 , University of New Hampshire , IETF , Tim Winters , Max Cacas
Software bugs still leaving agencies vulnerable
Higher stage of maturity is necessary to secure systems
Tags: JM , tech , AFCEA , FDCC , cybersecurity , Richard Schaffer , NSA
NIST, DoD move closer to a set of unified cyber guidelines
IT security also to be worked into federal segment architecture methodology
Tags: technology , Ron Ross , Scott Bernard , Kshemendra Paul , DoD , Intelligence Community , OMB , DOT , cybersecurity , risk management
Senate confirms Ferriero to be next Archivist
David Ferriero is the new Archivist of the United States.
Tags: management , David Ferriero , Susan Tsui Grundmann , Elizabeth Robinson , Patrick Gallagher , Tara Jeanne O'Toole , Christopher Bond , Harry Reid , NARA , MSPB , NASA , DHS , GSA , Martha Johnson
GAO to tell lawmakers agency cyber measures are lacking
Testimony obtained by FederalNewsRadio says IT security measurements focus too much on compliance and not on risk. GAO surveyed 24 agencies and found few have moved beyond just fulfilling FISMA requirements.
Tags: technology , Greg Wilshusen , Vivek Kundra , John Streufert , GAO , OMB , State Department , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Tom Davis , Deloitte , cybersecurity , FISMA , risk management
HSPD-12: What's Next?
With the new Obama administration, HSPD-12 will gain greater importance as the government prepares for next phase.
Tags: security , technology , identity management , Access Control , Booz Allen , identity theft , privacy , Identity Data , smart card , NASA , Corinne Irwin ,
OMB, NIST release draft of new FISMA metrics
Agencies would be asked to report on 11 categories to determine the status of their computer network security.
Tags: technology , OMB , FISMA , cybersecurity , FIPS
NIST says secure those mobile devices
New guidance offers steps agencies can take address risks in cell phones, PDAs
Tags: technology , JM , DoD , Treasury , State , Navy , cell phones , PDAs , mobile technology , Wayne Jensen
