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FedRAMP names organizations to review vendors' cloud cybersecurity
Vendors wanting to provide cloud services to the government must first receive support from these nine organizations that they are meeting the cloud computing security controls.
Tags: technology , industry , FedRAMP , GSA , DHS , DoD , third-party assessment organizations , Jason Miller
Red Hat gets common criteria approval
Red Hat Chief Technology Strategist Gunnar Hellekson joins host John Gilroy to talk about how his company helps federal agencies with their open software needs.
May 15, 2012
Tags: technology , Open source software , Red Hat , Gunnar Hellekson , Open Source for America , Gluster , Amazon , open stack , NASA , Rackspace , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk
Engraving and Printing ready to build on ERP success
The BEN Enterprise brings together the Treasury Department bureau's data about finances, procurement and printing. Now Peter Johnson, BEP's chief information officer, wants to add business and analytics tools.
May 10, 2012
Tags: technology , Peter Johnson , Bureau of Printing and Engraving , ERP , agile contracting , Jason Miller , Ask the CIO
DoD to begin rollout of cloud-based joint network
The Pentagon will begin testing cloud-based joint networking environment in Europe this summer. Effort aims to eliminate seams between service-and-mission-specific networks.
Tags: DoD , technology , Army , Navy , AFCEA NoVa , David Simpson , Harry Harris , Joint Chiefs of Staff , Joint Information Environment , identity management , Jared Serbu
GPO using model to launch FDSys with a series of new projects
Chuck Riddle, the Government Printing Office's chief information officer, said he's focused on innovation around five areas. The agency is piloting several new technologies, including mobile apps and a virtual desktop.
May 3, 2012
Tags: technology , Chuck Riddle , GPO , FDsys , mobile computing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Report: Cloud savings could total $12B
MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange has calculated that departments implementing cloud strategies now are saving about $5.5 billion, per their report, "Cloudy with a Chance of Savings."
Tags: MeriTalk , technology , Francis Rose , In Depth , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update
Interior email contract saga ends with Onix, Google winning
The agency announced it awarded Onix, the company which protested the 2010 contract, a $35 million deal to provide email-as-a-service to 92,000 employees. Under the terms of the deal, Onix must fully migrate Interior employees to the cloud by December.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , Onix , Google , Interior , Email-as-a-service , Softchoice , Microsoft , Jason Miller
Report: Cyber dangers lurking in cloud providers
A British research firm has revealed a series of cybersecurity dangers lurking in commercial cloud computing service providers.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Federal Drive ,
White House team tackles identity management in the cloud
A working group is developing common requirements for a federated cloud identity management shared service. NIH already showed how this could be done with its iTrust tools. The tiger team is expected to issue the common standards in the next few months.
Tags: technology , Jeremy Grant , White House , NIST , NIH , identity management , NSTIC , third-party credentials , FICAM , Jason Miller
Courts shouldn't plumb cloud computing complexities, expert says
Richard Falkenrath, a principal with the Chertoff Group, worries that agencies' information could be in jeopardy from overreaching court authority.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Richard Falkenrath , Chertoff Group , Federal Drive
