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Five ways to ensure responsible information sharing
The Information Sharing Environment is supporting a set of technology priories to promote the safe disclosure of data. In the ISE's annual report to Congress, it highlights the steps agencies have taken over the past year to move toward a culture of responsible and secure information sharing.
Tags: technology , management , Kshemendra Paul , Information Sharing Environment , WikiLeaks , information sharing , ODNI , Insider Threat Strategy , National Strategy for Infomation Sharing , NIEM , Supicious Activity Reporting standard , Jason Miller , FICAM ,
Commerce facing additional challenge with HSPD-12
The department is trying to figure out the best way to manage the cards of contract employees after they leave the department. Every agency using a managed service provider for secure identity card issuance faces a similar challenge. Commerce also is working on integrating physical and logical access systems.
Tags: technology , Commerce , Mike Maraya , OMB , HSPD-12 , cybersecurity , Jason Miller
Taskforce extends deadline for ideas on cloud ID management
The goal is for federal websites to accept third- party ID management credentials. The Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCCX) Tiger Team wants to know more about existing commercial products and services that can help.
Tags: technology , GSA , Deb Gallagher , cloud computing , industry , Federal Cloud Credential Exchange , cybersecurity , Ruben Gomez
GSA seeks input on ID management in the cloud
The General Services Administration will hold a vendor day Aug. 7 in Washington, D.C. The concept of identity management in the cloud builds on the efforts included in the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).
Tags: technology , NIST , GSA , Deb Gallagher , Naomi Lefkovitz , cloud computing , industry , NSTIC , Jason Miller
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 , cloud computing , Jared Serbu
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 , cloud computing , Jeremy Grant , White House , NIST , NIH , NSTIC , third-party credentials , FICAM , Jason Miller
DoD to use iris scans, fingerprints for building security
The Mark Center soon will require employees to provide a fingerprint or iris scan along with the CAC card to enter the facility. The Pentagon is next to implement biometric factors for physical access control. The Army also is looking at where biometrics could impact mission and business functions.
Tags: technology , DoD , Army , Brian Hunt , Tom Killion , Alexander Lazarevich , biometrics , physical access control , FOSE , Jason Miller , DoD Report
Task force drafting strategy to prevent another WikiLeaks
The Insider Threat Task Force expects to submit its national plan to the White House in the next few months. The Defense Department will use its secure identity cards to stop unauthorized access to data and systems.
Tags: technology , management , ODNI , FBI , Gordon Snow , John Swift , Rob Carey , DoD , Diana Braun , Insider Threat Task Force , White House , HSPD 12 , secure identity card , PKI , information sharing , WikiLeaks , insider threat , FOSE , Jason Miller
Air Force is next to move to DoD enterprise email
The military's chief information officer, Teri Takai, said after the Army completes its migration to DISA's email-as-a-service, the Air Force will be next. She said the Navy also is in discussions to move to the cloud. DoD soon will release a new cloud computing strategy and standards guide for industry.
March 22, 2012(Encore presentation April 19, 2012)
Tags: technology , Teri Takai , DoD , Army , Air Force , Navy , cloud computing , enterprise email , data center consolidation , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Agencies met 77 percent of cyber requirements in 2011
In a new report to Congress, the administration said continuous monitoring is taking hold, but HSPD-12 still is floundering. OMB also reported agencies spent $13.3 billion on cybersecurity last year and that government employees make up 60 percent of the cyber workforce.
Tags: technology , OMB , cybersecurity , continuous monitoring , Cyberscope , DHS , Trusted Internet Connections , HSPD-12 , FISMA , Jason Miller
