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A Revamped FedRAMP Revealed
The old approach has proven time consuming, and as time has gone by, more duplicative and less effective as more cloud service providers attempted to have their offerings meet FedRAMP’s requirements.
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Trump: US is ‘Obsolete’ in Cybersecurity
Trump claimed the Defense Department was “going backwards” in cyber while “other countries are moving forward at a much more rapid pace.”
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Homeland Security Building a Massive Database To Track Cyberattacks
The Homeland Security Department wants comments from the public about how useful a shared database could be.
Defense
Carter Watches Public Television on Fridays – and Other Surprises from His Email
The Defense chief's redacted private messages reveal Washington insiders asking about jobs for friends and challenge coins for their kids
Defense
Experts: The Dark Web is Too Slow for Terrorists to Even Deal With
It's way too much hassle.
Tech
NASA Looks to Explore the Oceans of the Outer Solar System
A new generation of probes will look for signs of life in the liquid plumes that shoot out from Jupiter and Saturn’s moons.
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GSA ‘Improperly’ Offered Email Services to Peace Corps for Free
A new audit found that GSA did not obtain the necessary approval to do so.
Management
Getting the Right People in the Right Job for IT Modernization
To successfully implement the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, agencies will need a focused HR strategy.
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Pentagon: ‘Innovation is a National Security Imperative’
If the quest for innovation could hold the keys to DOD’s most important technological riddles, its top officials have now made three visits to the West Coast tech hub and set up shop.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Apple and the FBI Trade Barbs
The Daily Show looks at the newest developments in the privacy battle.
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HHS Official: Social Media Listening a ‘Routine’ Part of Emergency Response
Response teams might scan tweets to see which geographic areas need resources during a natural disaster.
Defense
Seven Iranians Indicted for Hacking
The FBI’s most-wanted list for cybercrime has grown by nearly 50 percent this week.
Nextgov
A Search for the Government’s Oldest Computer
A 30-year-old computer in Grand Rapids that controls a school’s temperature, a 40-year-old machine in Hawaii handling payroll and the computers at NASA built for the Voyager space mission are all in contention.
Nextgov
Survey: Agency Cyber Pros Prefer Perimeter Defense to Encryption
Encryption and other data-at-rest defenses were ranked “dead last” in terms of spending plans over the next year, according to a new report.
Defense
The Rise of Asymmetric Cyberwarfare Attacks
The FBI added two Syrian hackers to its most-wanted list for cybercriminals, a project that's only been running since 2013 and includes individuals from China, Russia and Eastern Europe.
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Pentagon Wants Tech Companies to Pitch Cyber Products
The Defense Department is inviting “innovative” companies to present their products to government this summer.
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Pentagon Cut Off Access to Personal Email to Fight Malicious Messages
Employees could not log on to commercial webmail services from the military's network for about 48 hours last week.
Oversight
The Hill's Newest Encryption Fight -- Over Committee Turf
Some lawmakers created a “working group,” while others want a “commission.”
Defense
An Israeli Company is Helping the FBI Unlock That iPhone
This company might be able to bypass Apple's security measures.
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