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DoD opens bidding for secure mobile device project
DISA wants a secure mobile device manager and app store to support at least 162,000 Apple and Android mobile devices. Contract would begin next spring.
Tags: DoD , DISA , industry , technology , contracting , Jared Serbu
VA awards contract for mobile device management, apps store
Procurement will start with management of 5,000 mobile devices, plus app stores for consumers inside and outside of VA. The agency awarded a three-year, $9.3 million deal to Longview International Technology Solutions to build and manage the technology in the cloud.
Tags: technology , VA , Longview International Technology Solutions , Agilex Technologies , BYOD , Roger Baker , Jared Serbu , contracting , industry
TSA analyzes mobile needs before deployment
Dr. Emma Garrison-Alexander, TSA's chief information officer, said the goal is to make sure employees have the right device to match up with their mission requirements.
September 20, 2012
Tags: technology , TSA , Emma Garrison-Alexander , cybersecurity , data center consolidation , cloud computing , Jason Miller , Ask the CIO
DoD to rev up the cyber approval process for mobile devices
Instead of using a lengthy security technical implementation guide approval process to decide which tablets and smartphones will be allowed to use its network, the Defense Information Systems Agency wants to put the ball in the vendors' court.
Tags: technology , DoD , DISA , Alex Froede , cybersecurity , Jason Miller
NIST gives agencies tips to secure mobile devices
New guidelines could help agencies adopting bring-your-own-device strategies manage the potential risks smartphones and tablets could pose.
Tags: best practices , cybersecurity , NIST , Tom Karygiannis , In Depth , Bring your own device , Keith BieryGolick
Ahead of OMB guidance, agencies bring their own strategies to BYOD
Early-adopter agencies of the bring-your-own-device idea are blazing their own trail through the security, privacy and policy challenges of personally-owned devices on government networks.
Tags: technology , mobility , BYOD , Bring your own device , ACT/IAC , GSA , EEOC , Venable , Perryn Ashmore , Kimberly Hancher , Dan Reece , Rob Burton , Jared Serbu
Agencies struggle to grasp mobile cybersecurity
NIST, DHS experts say protecting smartphones and tablets shouldn't be any different than securing typical desktop or laptop computers. DHS will release mobile security reference architecture to help agencies understand common concepts. NIST is updating security control guide with 250 new requirements, including mobile controls.
Tags: technology , Sean Donelan , DHS , Ron Ross , NIST , cybersecurity , Digital Government Strategy , AFCEA , HSPD-12 , Jason Miller
Virtual desktop key piece to NASA Goddard's future in cloud, mobile
CIO Adrian Gardner said he will pilot the technology this summer. VDI also will help with foreign nationals who need access to some of the space agency's data for collaborative projects. Gardner said the Innovations program is looking other leading-edge software.
Tags: technology , Adrian Gardner , NASA , Goddard Space Flight Center , cloud computing , virtual desktop initiative , Management of Change Conference , MOC 2012 , IAC/ACT , Jason Miller
Agency CIOs coveted new Digital, Shared Services strategies
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel said the new documents met three of five action items that agency technology managers developed last winter. OMB received buy-in not only from CIOs, but CFOs, CAOs and CHCOs before finalizing the plans.
Tags: technology , Steven VanRoekel , OMB , Digital Management Strategy , AFFIRM , ACT/IAC , cybersecurity , Bring your own device , Jason Miller
IT upgrades highlight MSPB's innovations in how it meets its mission
CIO Tommy Hwang said the agency is receiving more documents electronically from agencies and law firms than ever before. He also is moving the email system to the cloud and developing a BYOD policy.
May 17, 2012(Encore presentation June 28, 2012)
Tags: technology , Tommy Hwang , Merit Systems Protection Board , cloud computing , e-government , Bring your own device , Jason Miller , Ask the CIO
