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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 , NIST , cybersecurity , FISMA , continuous monitoring , encryption , HSPD-12 , cyber workforce , CyberStat , Cyberscope , supply chain , Jason Miller

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U.S. CERT grows up

Randy Vickers, head of U.S. CERT, discusses cybersecurity challenges in the government.
December 2, 2010

Tags: Randy Vickers , cybersecurity , technology , DHS , Federal Security Spotlight , Tom Temin

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Investing in cybersecurity: who bears responsibility, cost?

Also, most of the malware on federal networks are after money, not intel

Tags: Federal Drive , newscast , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , NSA , malware ,

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DISA's Stempfley heading to DHS's cybersecurity division

DHS also will make Randy Vickers the permanent head of U.S. CERT. Stempfley would become the first permanent NCSD director since 2007. The division's oversight of federal civilian networks is growing more important with Einstein and TIC initiative.

Tags: technology , Bobbi Stempfley , Cornelius Tate , Peter Fonash , Randy Vickers , DISA , DHS , Mischel Kwon , RSA , cybersecurity

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