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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.

Tags: technology , management , Vivek Kundra , OMB , DoD , GSA , NASA , DHS , U.S. CERT , cybersecurity , FISMA , continuous monitoring , encryption , HSPD-12 , cyber workforce , CyberStat , Cyberscope , supply chain , Jason Miller

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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.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , FISMA , Ron Ross , technology , management

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NIST wants input on information security

For the first time, NIST is seeking feedback on security controls for information systems in federal governnent.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , New New Internet , Dorobek Insider

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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.

Tags: Federal Drive , FISMA , technology , security , management , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity

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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.

Tags: technology , contracting , Roger Baker , Bobbie Stempfley , Mike Krieger , Donna Dodson , Army , VA , DHS , State , GSA , cybersecurity , continuous monitoring , Cyberscope , SmartBUY , Jason Miller

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Grant to head trusted identities program at NIST

Jeremy Grant shares his top priorities as the incoming

Tags: Jeremy Grant , Cybersecurity Update , technology , management , trusted identities , Dorobek Insider

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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.

Tags: cloud computing , standards , guidelines , technology , OMB , Vivek Kundra , CIO , Jolie Lee

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How to meet IPv6 standards

NIST's Sheila Frankel explains how agencies can be IPv6-compatible.

Tags: Sheila Frankel , Internet , IPv6 , technology , Tom Temin , Federal Security Spotlight , Dorobek Insider , Cybersecurity Update

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NIST hires ASI's Grant to run Trusted Identities Office

Tags: technology , management , Jeremy Grant , Ari Schwartz , identity management , ASI Government , National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cybers , Jason Miller , Cybersecurity Update

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The IPv6 countdown clock quickens

As the day draws nearer for the world to run out of the unique addresses that allow us to use the Internet, NIST has some help for managers on how to make the shift securely. We get details from NIST's Sheila Frankel.

Tags: Federal Drive , IPv4 , IPv6 , technology , contracting , security , management

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