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NIST offers Continuous Monitoring FAQ
Rent-a-botnet attack for $9 an hour, Macs under attack by spyware
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , Cybersecurity Workforce , botnet , VeriSign , Apple
NIST helps small business at big dataloss risks
NIST has published a guide to help small businesses and organizations understand how to provide basic security for their information, systems and networks.
Tags: tech , data loss , small business , Richard Kissel
SAMMIES nominee making incalculable contributions to understanding
Tags: SAMMIES Tracker , Ian Spielman , superconductivity , Service to America Medals
Advisory board: overhaul privacy
Tags: tech , privacy , Dan Chenok , Pragmatics , Security and Privacy Advisory Board
Cool Jobs: NIST scientists deal with weighty issues daily
Most of us take for granted that medicines are usually dispensed in pills or capsules by the milligram and that a sack of flour or sugar is usually dispensed by the pound. But who determines officially just what a milligram or a pound actually is? As part of our "Cool Jobs in Government" series, Federal News Radio's Max Cacas takes us to the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Tags: Cool Jobs in Government , Patrick Abbott , Richard Steiner , kilogram mass standard , Max Cacas , Rachel Stevens , Margaret Beasley
Aware of Awareness
Louis Numkin
Gretchen Morris
FISSEA
February 23rd, 2009
Tags: contract , FISSEA , computer security , security certification , Louis Numkin , Gretchen Morris
This week in cloud computing
Kundra: Agencies on path for transition to cloud Agencies are on track with their cloud computing strategies. Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra told those in attendance at the NIST Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop that all agencies have identified the three systems they will move to the cloud as part of the administration’s cloud-first [...]
Tags: cloud computing , cloud-first policy , Dave McClure , GSA , Vivek Kundra
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 [...]
Tags: cloud computing , cloud security , cloud-first policy , GSA , USDA , Vivek Kundra
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 agency’s headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. Working groups formed at [...]
Tags: cloud computing , Patrick Gallagher , Vivek Kundra
